The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-06
LORD KITCHENER


secretary had announced tho big
drive" would begin about the first OF
May The battl. OF Ncuve ChapClls
occurred In NAV. and England bO-
licvCd this was the beginning OF the
big drive. Shortly aftcrward. reports
reached England that the drive had
halted owing 10 shortage OF munl-
tons. especially hiEh-eNplostvc shells.
\ section OF the London press thNn
declared that Kitchener had made a
serious mistake IN providing largo
quantities Of shrRpucl and insufficient
hiTh-CNplosives. Newspaper attacks
went so far as to suggest his being
displaced as war secretary. hut the
majority OF the papers defended him
Il was agreed that the raising OF the
hig army and supplying munitions at
m" same time was too great a task
FOR one man. Thc diRrussiun devcl
opcd the formation Of coalition
cabinet and thu creation Of the new
portfolio Of minister OF munitions.
Of which David Lloyd George took
charge. while .EitchCner remained rs
war minister
Without his GROWING achieve
ments as the great organizer Of the
British campaign in the European
war Kitchener hHd already won
wide and lasting fame by his many
campaigns In Egypt, South Africa aud
In India.
He was born June "a. 1850. in
Kerry, Ireland fact that gave rise
10 a general belief that he was Of
Irish flood. hut his parents were OF
French and English descent His
father was soldier. but OF no very
high rank He haG managed 70 climb
to the Licutcnant-colo OF dra-
good regiment. when h" retired TO
the estate in ireland whore Horatio
Kitchener the distinguished
son was born Young Kitchener re-
received his fundamental military
education ~ WOoiwich. whore he dis
played only ordinary hrlliaucy. with
tho exception OF E,H HIKING for math
.omatics On graduating hc received
a commission In the Royal Engineers.
but when not vet . years Of age. he
attached himself to French army in
the Franco PTusEian war He had
been in the service only a short time
when he contracted pneumonia dur
ing balloon night, and had such n
prolonged and serious illness that he
had TO give up further service for
France. KitChcncr's experience in
European warfare prior to his di-
rrction Of tn" great war OF 1919
therefore. had been limited only to n
Few balloon flights in France
In 1874 when British expedition
was sent out to survey Western Pal
ostiuo. Kitchener was one OF the eager
volunteers accepted for this service
For months he travelled over the hills
and valleys Of this penccable Biblc
land with his theodolists and survey
Ing tape and with this life in tho
Omen he grew to be tall. Eaunt
subaltcrn with a hard face well burn
ed. His contribution TO the 'opo-
graphical knowledge to the Holy
Land completed, young Kitchener
was 9ont to cyprus which Grcnt Bri-
tain had Just acquired. To organize q
system Of courts work in which he
displayed administrative ability and
t"ct II was while there. In 1882.
that he took his FIRST step on the path
that was to lead him eventually to
Khartum. Trouble was already brew
ing in the Sudan. Hearing that
the Egyptian army was being organ
lied by Sir Evelyn Wood. young
Kitchener saw his opportunity with
unerrinE instinct and lost no time in
offering his services. The military
authorities. rccirno2inC at once his
insight into the native character. nut
hin IN the intelligence department.
and from the very outset uf his Eyp-
tian career negotiations Of the ut
most Importance" were entrusted to
him and carried out with invariahlc
success. a. an intelligence officer
Kitchener accompanied Sir Herbert
Stewards desert column on that he
rOic but disastrous enterprise known
as the Gordon Relief Expedition
IN" belief Of General Gordon from
khartum where he had been pntan-
gl"d during the evacuation Of the Su-
dan. Kitchener deeply took to heart
the lessons Of the fiaCso. with its
failur" Of transport and intelligence
departments. and avoided these
troubles in the expedition which he
himself led some years later. In the
meantime Kitchener was employed In
innumorable fights and raids against
the dervishcs or Mahdists Of South
ern Egypt In 1856 he became gov
ernor Of the. Rcd sea territories and
set in motion series Of raids on the
notorious Osman Digna. the dervish
leader. In one OF these raids Kltch-
'en"r's men wcr" nanked and put to
flight during which he received n
bullet which broke his Jaw.
BY this time much was heard in
England Of Kitchcncr's work In
Egypt and when he returned there
for short rest he was received with
honor and nominated aide-de-campe
Of Queen Victoria. With his health
recruited. he went back to Egypt, on
the resignation OF Sir Francis Grne-
fell. he was appointed Sirdar Ccom-
mander) OF the Egyptian army. His
really great career dates from that
time.
As an instance Of tho self-confl-
dcncc with which Kitchener under.
took his tasks in Egypt is recalled
how he dealt with the war Office n
few generals before him ever dared.
On one occasion he sent home for a
special kind Of gun. The war ofice
suggested another kind. The Sirdar
l PAnn0Nnd he -