Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-07
KITCHENER'S POSITION
IN WORLD-HISTORY, SAFE,
Most Notable Achievement Is Organization of Largest
Volunteer Army Ever Known in Greatest War of All
1imes-Hero of Many Campaigns.

I and with this life in the open he grew
to he tall. Sann: slbaltrrn with a
hard face we'll burned His con,rihu-
ton to the typographical knowledge
Of the Holy Land completed, young
, Kitchener was sent I" cyprus. which
Grea; Britain had jus, acquired. to or
Sanizc syate'n OF courts, "A work in
which he displayed administrative abil.
IT was while there. in 1882. that he
took his first step on the path THAT
was To lead him eventually 10 Khar-
tam. Trouble was already hrcwin,. in
the Sudan. Hearing that tie Egyptian
army was being organized by Sir Eve
lyn Wood. young Kitchener saw his on
portun!ty with unerrine instinct and
lost no time IN offering his services
The military authorities. recognizing
AT once his insight into the native
character. put him in the Intelligence
department, and from the very outset
Of his Egyptian career negotiations OF
the utmost Importance were Entrusted
10 him and carried out with ;nvariable
success. As an intelligence officer
Kitchener accompanied Sir Herbert
Stcwart's desert column on that heroic
hut disastrous enterprise known as
tho Gordon Relief Expcdition-,he re-
lief of General Gordon from Khartum,
where he mad been entangied during the
evacuation OF the Sudan. Kitchener
deeply took 10 heart the lessons OF
this tiasco. with It's failure OF trans
ror' and Intelligence departments. and
avoided these troubles in the cxpcdi-
ton which he himself led some ven-s
later. In the meantime Kitchener was
employed III iunumerahlr fights and
raids against the dervishcs OK NAH
dists Of Southern Egypt In 1856 he
became governor of the Red Sea ter
fitories and set in motion a series OF
raids on the notorious Osrlan Dirna.
the dcrvish leader. Ia one Of these
raids kitchener,s men were thanked
and put TO flisht, during which lie re-
ccived bullet which broke his Jaw.
HECOMES AID-DE-CAMP
OF QUEEN VICTORIA
BY this time much was heard in
England OF Kitchcner's work in Esyp,
and when he returned there for short
rest he was received with honor and
nominated aid camp Of Queen Vic
toria. With his health recruited. he
Went Jack 70 Egypt. where. on the
resignation OF sir Francis Grcnfell. he
was appointed s.rdar tcommander) Of
the Egyptian army. His really great
career oates from that time
~ an instance of the self-confdencc
with which Kitchener undertook his
tasks in Egypt IS recalled how he dealt
with the War Office as few generals
before him ever dared. On one occa-
sion lie sent home for 4 special kind
OF gun. The War ONCE suggested an
other kind. The s!rGar repeated his
orders Next he was informed that
the War Office guns had been forward
Cd. whereupon he dispatched n politely
imsolent message home saying that he
was very grateful. but the War Office
could keep its guns. His message read:
Il can throw stones al the dervishes
myself AS Il consequence. the guns
he asked for were forwarded without
delay
Tie Kitchener campaign that ended
wiki Tile r"captUrc or khartum, was
considered ~ military experts as per-
iec'!r orGanized and faultiessly con-
dncted Tn" Egyptian army that
Kitchener had worked up 10 such re-
markah!" efficiency was. when he first
took charge of it, Il band OF unpaid.
un!ed. and undermined fellaheen. /,
was said TO be an army without
stomach. heart or Backbone" but
h!ichcn"! worked over these helpless
reeds OF broken natives and made Of
them some OF the finest Of black bat
talions
Tho fight ~ Onldurman, September
:. 1888, just across the Nile from khar-
iG:n. WIS the greatest battle of Nitch-
enera tim" IN Egypt Osman Digna
faced him with 10000 Mahdists. while
ne had but 10000 men. When the bat
tie vas over. 1000 Of the Mahdists
had been Killed outright. 5000 wound
cd. and 5000 taken prisoners, while
the English and Egyptian loss alto
seihcr was under 800 men.
MEANS iuc-ESTA
OF BRIrISH POSSESSIONS
with the capture OF Khartum capt.
tai Of the S"dan. which meant the re-
establishment OF British possession of
these upper reaches OF the Nile, kitch-
cner became IN" object OF hero wor-
ship in England. His campaign had
been, and IS I" this day, much criticize
ed. however, because Of Its ruthless
ness 1t was charged Kitchener tram
pied on his foes in an almost harbarous
manner. On his return to England
however, he was generous enough to
ask his c0unt:ymcn to found "a college
az hhartum wherein the sons Of the
Gcrvish chiefs he had fought and over
"h"imcd might he educated In the
knowledge OF tn" West, a request that
me; Win SUCH response among the
Briti*h people that the fund required
was far over subscribed
For his triumphs in the Sudan he
ia
Kitchener Of Khartum, and received
the thanks Of Parliament and grant
Of Slj0,GCp. Shortly aItcrward he was
promoted licutcnant- and then
chief OF STAFF 10 Lord Roberts in the
south African War, and on Lord Rob
erts's return 10 England in November
1900, succeeded him as communicative
chief Of that field. BY constructing a
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