South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-06

and thenceforth he was a man of
action.
In 1854 he served on the staff OF
the British expeditionary force on
the Nile. which vainly attempted te
rescue Gen. Gordon at Khartoum.
and was promoted successfully ma
ior and lieutenant colonel by brevet
fer his services. In 1855 he was COM
missioner in the deliinitatiOn Of Fan
zlbar and, returning TO Egypt in the
following year he was made COM
randant at Suakin, which post he
held until 1855. While leading his
troops at the battle of Handoub, in
1888. he was seriously wounded in
the face by a bullet. In the following
year he was given the Cross of the
Path for his part in the action at
Tosh under Gen. Grenfell. For four
years he was adjutant general, aad
in 1892 he succeeded Sir Francis,
afterwards Lord, Grenfell as sirdar
o. the Egyptian army, and COM
pleted his task of recognizing the
forces Of the khedive
For several years Kitchener had
been preparing for the recovery of
the provinces of Egypt which had
been lost to the power of the Mahdi.
With the capture Of Dongola in
1896 his active campaign toward
this end began. Advanced to the
rank of major general, he completed
the defeat Of the dervishes at the
battle of Omdurman and captured
Khartoum. After the victory Of
Omdurman il 1898 Kitchener was
raised to the peerage as Baron Kit
chener of Khartoum, and received
the thanks of parliament and
grant of $4,000. 1t was after that
battle that Kitchener found Major
Marchand and a French force at
Fahoda, on the White Nile In his
handling of the delicate situation
thus created the Sirdar showed
great diplomatic ability. Early in
1899 he was appointed governor
general of the Sudan.
Becomes Chief of stan.
In the autumn of that year the
BOer war broke out, and after the
BLACK Week." with its disastrous
defeat of the British troops under
Gen. Butler. Lord Roberts was ap-
pointed cOmmander-in-chief in
South Africa, with Lord Kitchener
as chief of staff. While engaged i'm
maintaining lines of communication
with Cape Colony Kitchener came
into frequent engagements with the
Beers and on one occasion he mar
rowly escaped capture by Gen. De
Wet, whom he later defeated. When
in December. 1900. Lord Roberts
returned to England, Kitchener sue
ceeded to the position Of comman-
der-in-chief. In the negotiations
eliminating in the peace of Vere-
eniging he again gave proof of his
diplomatic ability. He was ad-
vanced to the dignity of viscount
promoted to the substantive rank
of general FOR distinguished SER
vice" and received the thanks of
parliament and a grant of $25O,OOO.
Commander i'm India.
In 1902 he was appointed COM
mander-in-chief of India and dur
ing the seven years in that capacity
he proved himself thoroughly eff
cient in reforming and reorgan izing
the British and native forces. In
1908 he was promoted field-marshal
and succeeded the Duke of Con-
naught as cOmmander-in-chie and
high commissioner in the Mediter-
ranean. After inspecting the forces
of his empire, and assisting the
dominions to draw up schemes of
defense, Lord Kitchener declined to
take up the Mediterranean COM
mand. He had charge of the mill
tary arrangements at the corona
ton of King George, and carried
the third sword at the ceremony in
the Abbey. Lord Kitchener was I'M
married and had the reputation of
being a confirmed woman Halter. He
was rather stern. Woodworking
man and a strict disciplinarian,
standing high in the esteem but not
in the love of his soldiers.