The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-07
AIDED BY ROBERTSON


 Earl Kitchener's responsibilities were further lessened by the appoint ment of General Sir William Robertson as chief of the imperial staff in De- cember of last year. It was reported at that time that friction had arisen between Earl Kitchener and Field Marshal French, then in command of the British forces in France. Shortly, after the appointment of General Rob- ertson, Field Marshal French relin- quished his command. fs
 Notwithstanding the criticism di- rected against Earl Kitchener, his great accomplishments during the war are recognized universally. Foremost of his achievements is the creation from England's untrained manhood of huge army. At the beginning of the war, Great Britain had only few hun dred thousand trained men. Today more than 5,000.000 men are enrolled for the various branches of the services
 There have been no recent reports of Earl Kitchener's movements He was last mentioned in a cable dispatch of Friday, when he went to Westmin- ster palace to be questioned by mem bers of the House of Commons, who of the war. No intimation was given that he intended to leave England
 The Orkney Islands off which the Hampshire went down are off tho north coast of Scotland. The Hampshire was on her way into the Atlantic and around the northern end of the Scan dinavian peninsula into the White sea. Earl Kitchener probably intended to debark at Archangel.
 The Hampshire was one of the Dew onshire class of six cruisers. She was built in 1903 and normally carried 655 men. She displaced 10,850 tons; was 450 feet long, 68A feet beam, and drew 25h feet. She was armed with four 7.5-inch, six 6-inch. two 12-pound and 20 3-pound rifles, and two torpedo tubes. She cost $4,250,000. The Hampshire has been in use as scout boat and for carrying officials on various missions, having ample ac- commodations for the latter purpose. She was too old to take place on the fighting line. When the war started she was in the far east and was re- ported to have been worsted in fight with Germans in the south China sea. She was one of the British squadron sent to this country for the James, town exposition in 1907.
 ORGANIZED GREAT ARMY
 Of several things that entitleN Earl Kitchener to a place in world history,
 
 the largest volunteer army the world has ever seen, in the greatest war of all times.
 Within a year from the sudden out break of the European war in August, 1914, the ranks of British fighting men were quadrupled by an increase from less than 100000 to nearly 100000.
 All other great powers that entered the war had huge standing armies and compulsory military service. Great Britain alone faced the issue with confidence that it's people would readily respond to the call of King and country with out compulsion. and the precipitous de- velopments that led to the war found both the people and the government unanimous in the verdict that Kitchener of Khartum was the man to lead in the recruiting and organization of the neces- sary army.
 It was not sentimental clamor, for though Kitchener was a proven hero of many campaigns, his personality was as impenetrable as hardened steel and he was not a hero that could be loved; even the war office had no pronouhced liking for him, but on all sides there was pro- found respect for his military efficiency and for all he had done to extend the domains of the British empire
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