The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-01
LORD DUNMORE TO SPEAK.
Distinguished British Officer Will
Make Tour of South Carolina.

Columbia, april 25.-Few British
officers are better qualified to speak
on the war than Lord Dunmore. who
will come to South Carolina for O
speaking tour Of one week under the
auspices of the State Council of De-
fense.
The Committee on Public Informa-
ion at Washington has notified the
State Council Of Defense that in re-
sponse to the request of that organ
i2ation it has happily been made pos
sible to send Lord Dunmore to South
Carolina for the period from May 80
to June 6. AT meetings to be held
in different parts of the State, the
itinerary yet to be arranged by the
Defense Council, this fighting British
er, who is rendering the most effec-
tive service in this country as
speaker, will be heard.
Colonel. the Earle of Dunmore, ".
c., M. V. o., d. s. O., is rich in a
long experience which enables him
to know the present war in practi-
cally all it's aspects. He has fought
in every camfsaign that it has been
possible for him to take part in since
he joined the British army as youth.
Born in 1871, his first campaign was
in the Soudan in 1896. The follow
ing year he gained the Victoria Cross
for saving the life of a comrade un-
der fire while serving on the Indian
fl ontier. Twice he was mentioned
for military prowess. Then from In
dia he went to South Africa and
fought through the Boer War, and
was three times mentioned in des-
patches, having commanded q col
umn in the Transvaal.
A man of peace and q statesman
we'll as a soldier, Lord Dunmore
retired from the army after the Boer
War and taking his seat in the House
of Lords. entered active politics. He
also sat for three years on the Lon
don County Council, the elected body
that governs the British capital.
When the Germans swept into
Belgium and plunged the world into
this war, Lord Dunmore rejoined the
army and served with great distinc-
ton for two years in France. He
twice figured in the casualty list, hav-
ing been gassed before Ypres in De-
cember 1915, and wounded last au-
tumn in the battle of Flanders when
the famous Pachendaele Ridge was
captured. 1t is to recuperate from
this wound that Lord Dunmore is
now in the United States. hl,
During the present war, Lord Dun
more has been mentioned three times
in dispatches and was last year
awarded the Distinguished Service
Order
Through Lord Dunmore the peo-
pie of South Carolina will be able to
sam more accurate conception of
conditions in France. He has been
through the great contests on the
Somme, and he has seen the war
from two viewpoints. because in ad-
d;tion to having served on the firing
line he was for a time attached to
the staff of one of the divisions.
which gave him a broader and more
comprehensive view.
1t is said, too, that Lord Dunmore
can also speak from the American
point of view better than the average
Englishman. He has, before the war.
been n frequent visitor to this coun-
try. and is familiar with American
institutions and American methods.
Lord Dunmore, one of whose an
cestors was governor of Colonial vir-
Ginia. is member Of the Victorian
Order of Great Britain and of the ia
nous Order Of Isabella La Cattolica
Of Spain.