The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-07-18
A SURVIVOR
Of BOER WAR
IN ARDM0RE
LOST AN ARM FROM WOUND OF
POISONED BULLET, w n c II
KEPT HIM IN BED FOR TWO
YEARS.

That Lord Kitchener profited from
the lesson of the Boer war ana com
PEELED England to keep her head at
the beginning of the European war, is
the statement of Harry Clarke Renalle
correspondent for the London Times
during the Boer war who is in Ard
more. Mr. Renalle, who carries an
empty sleeve as a souvenir of the
African war, is a graduate Of Cam
bridge University and was in New
Zealand with the first English cricket
team under Lord Hawke, for the
Times when he was ordered to At
rica. He was at the relief OF Mafekn
May II, 1900, and at the battle of
Glands Laarate, a poisoned bullet tore
its way through his left arm and laid
him on a sick bed from which he did
not arise for two years.
"Responding to midnight call of
the Daily Mail, thousands of men vol
unteered for active service and were
sent to Africa" said Mr.. Renalle.
"They were the rawest kind of re
cruits and when they landed knew
nothing of either arms or soldier dis
cipline. These men went up against
thousands of trained and hardy Boer
soldiers, with thirty millions of say
age blacks on the side to be kept
quiet. The war, as we all know, drag
ged on, and reverse after reverse was
met. Kitchener was quick to grasp
the situation when he was put In
command, and then we all know what
happened. Just as soon as he had a
trained army the war collapsed.
"The present war is still far from
its end. | warn all who try to think
that the beginning of the end Is near
that such is not liable to be the case.
We at this great distance can hardly
attempt to IIophesy. We cannot have
the slightest possible idea of what
either side contemplates. The pres
ent phase might indicate speedy
end, but the allies themselves-tho
who are actually engaged in the con
hict-know too well the character of
their enemies and the struggle may
continue two more years. If the war
comes to a sudden ending it will be
Just as great a surprise to the victor
as to the vanquished. It is mistake
for one to suppose that the English
hate the Germans. They have the ut
most respect for them and for their
yalor and training. Whatever the end
of the war, Germany will soon regain
her prestige along all lines of en-
deavor, and-it may seem to be a
peculiar view to take of it, but the
whole world will be better off for the
war. New economic conditions will
arise, democracy will take the place of
imperialism and the political situa-
ton of the whole of continental Eu-
rope will undergo a remarkable
change. Crowned heads might not
disappear, but democratic brains will
lie beneath the crown.
Lord Kitchener had finished his
work when he was taken away. The
loss to England, however, Is just as
keenly felt, for every Englishman
would have liked to have paid him
homage and honor after the war. The
whole world knows that, let the end
be what it will, England is still safe
from invasion. After the war we Will
soon be peaceful England again, and
save for the houses in mourning and
the human scars which time cannot
efface, it will not be long before all
traces of the war will be gone. Then
II will be that Kitchener will be miss
ed. Not that they will feel further
need of him, but the natural tendency
Of the English to pay homage to their
heroes will remain unsatisfied and In
the surviving saviors OF the country
there will be a conspicuous vacancy
a vacancy which only he could NIL