The Washington herald., 1916-07-02
Special Gable TO The Washington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
London, July ALI England is pay
ing tribute to the genius of soldier
artist from New Zealand who considered
that by enlisting soon after the out
break OF the war he had made mince-
meat Of schemes which he had been lay
ing for years with the one aim of gain
ing recognition for his art here similar
TO that which 1t has already received
in his own land. Thus has fame come TO
Sapper Horace Moore-Jones, "the artist
of Gallipoli," as he has come to be called
upon whom honors have been heaped.
The apotheosis of Sapper Moore-Jones.
known familiarly to his friends as
Spider, came when the King received
the New Zealander at Buckingham Pal
ace and the artist exhibited and e&-
planned to the King, the Queen, Prince
Albert and Princess Mary the series OF
sketches which he made under fire In
the Gallipoli Peninsula. Many of these
sketches, which were made at the re-
quest of the general headquarters stan
at Anzac. We're used originally to Illus
trate the official dispatches.
Exhibition of Sketches.
Prior to the command" appearance
of the artist at Buckingham Palace an
exhibition OF his sketches had been held
at the offices of the New Zealand gov
ernment in the Strand. Art critics were
unanimous in recognizing the genius OF
the soldier artist and crowds Of dis
tinguished folk. including Sir Ian Ham
ilton, the Gallipoli commander, indorsed
the verdict of the critics.
Commissions have flowed in upon Sap
per Moore-Jones, a second SHOW" OF
whose sketches is now being held at the
home of Hugh Riviere, son Of Briton
Piyiere the ROyal Academician- The
New Zealand government is desirous OF
acquiring. a permanent collection, the
whole of his original Gallipoli sketches.
The artist will have to return to the
other and infinitely less profitable "colors"
some time within the present month,
when he will probably be sent to the west
ern fr]t.
Sapper Moore-Jones is within a year
or two of fifty. When war was declared
Moore-Jones had been in London just un-
der two years. All that time he had
been working hard under masters like
Frank Brangwyn and Philip Lazlow.
Goes to Recruiting ONCE.
Although participation in a war was
the last thing that his program called
for, Moore-Jones did not waste time in
considering what the step of enlisting
might entail Instead, he shaved off his
iron gray mUstache, generally adopted
the most youthful make up possible.
and went to the recruiting Office for New
Zealanders and calmly told them, in re-
sponse to their inquiries, that he was 90
A few days later he was in uniform as
a member OF probably ole of the most
remarkable corps of experts that even
this world war has brought together, the
New Zealander Engineering Corps. It
was this force that accomplished the en-
gineering marvels OF Gallipoli. building
roads up precipices. bridging chasms
that looked unbridgeable, generally ac-
complishing the seeming impossible.
Within a few days Of setting foot in
Gallipoli Moore-Jones, artist first of all.
began making sketches, and some of
these attracted the notice OF one OF his
officers, who was much impressed with
their value. He reported his discovery
to his superiors and almost Immediately
Moore-Jones got orders TO present him
self at a general headquarters. where he
submitted his rough drawings to Gen.
Birdwood. The latter assigned him at
once to the work of making drawings of
the enemy's positions. a dangerous task.
needless to say, as while thus engaged
he was nearly always a target for snipers.
LAS everybody knows now" the sap
per said, the maps We had when we
landed were practically useless. and il
was not until we found one on the body
of a dead Turk that We were able TO
construct anything like an accurate one.
Consequently every man who was ca
pable Of doing so was set to surveying
work. and thus and ty means Of sketch
ing we did the best we could to impTo-
wise charts OF the country both for our
selves and the fleet.
Naval Gunners Hampered.
THE gunners on our warships were
hampered in assisting US by lombard
ment by the same lack OF reliable maps
and the fact that they were practically
without targets. Even at best the re-
suits Of their fire were practically nil ow-
ing to this enforced inaccuracy. You can
realize this when tell you that when
we charged a position with the bavonet
even after a hot and prolonged lombard
ment, we found the Turks sheltered be
tween great wooden beams that had to
be literally pried apart. while all the
time We were exposed to constant fire
from below. No wonder the Corpses were
piled about
In his eight months on the peninsula
Moore-Jones got only one wound which
he esteems worth mentioning This was
in the right hand and put an end to his
sketching for while. General i'll health
the effects of prolonged privation. un-
derfeeding and strain on a man no long
or in the prime of life resulted in his be-
ing invalided home in December last. He
finally wound up at a military hospital
France, after experimenting went back in
1915 to her nine-month standard but
judging by the results of the war sol