Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-09
FOLK
HONORED mAUDE
English General Lies Buried
in Little Cemetery
North Of City.

London. Dec. observation-disclosures
of the Associated ppessA-Gcncral
Maude, h ccnQuercr OF Bagdad,
who died recently OF cholera In AN
buried in the center OF tho British
cemetery north Of Eagdad. adtointaS
the old Turkish cavalry barracks, a
wooden cross marks his grave, and n
heap of Wreaths, chrNSantheMunas
and martgo!dS were strewn owe the
CRASHES mould of the desert. AmonS
those floral tributes were ribbons and
artificial flowers. h tribute OF the
people of Ragdad. Of the NaQuih. ana
of the Jewish school, whose annOai
dramatic entertainment he attended n
few days before his death. The near
est graves to his own are those of
privates of the division which he
used to command.
The British eyewitness with the
armies OF Mesopotamiaf in an ac-
count of a memoriai service held in
the citadel at Bagdad, writes of Gen.
Ieral Mande:
Ones first impression OF him was
OF nodestS, repose, confidence and
strength. Only gradually d:d one re-
alize his thoroughnesS. his far vision.
and his infinite application TO detail.
He was a master Of detail. Supply.
transport. intelligence, psychological
factors-in every branch OF staf work
he was h inspirer and director.
"Ex-officio he will have a niche
among the military immortals as tho
conqueror of Bagdad. but none real
lie better than h army he led how
individual his successes were. He
was more han the heart and brain
of the machine. 1t is doubtful il in
the whole of British military history
there is a parallel instance in which
a series of military victories can be
more exclusively attributed t the
personality of the man.
The retrieving of the situation aft
er the British had failed to relieve
Kut, h reconstruction of the fightins
machine, and the breaking up of the
Turkish force in the Tigris. called
for qualities which when found in
combination amount to genius. In
those dark days Britain prayed for a
great man-and he was on the spot
THE operations which led to the
capture OF Bagdad were a series o!
mastery strokes, so brilliant in con
ception that the Turks never serious
~ contemplated their success But
Maude vas always confident Of break
ing through. In h long. costly and
~laborious business of evictins the
Turk yard by yard from his elaborate
trench systems about kut, he was
satisfied all h time that things were
going we'll, and his confidence was
infectious.
General Maude's modeSty was Sd
pronounced as to be remarkable. He
detested flattery and would have
liked to have carried on b whole
campaign anonymously. No personal
reference to himself was permitted in
any public ~communiQue. He never
gave himself the credit for any sue
4 40nfH - -x-@i- - -,
or sound piece of organization. He
never listened to congratulations
without minimizing his own part in
the affair.
Don't congratulate me- he would
say in good-natured Impotence. 1t
was the men who did it He had
probably conceived every detail OF
the operation, even to the handling OF
single battalions. yet. when the COUP
1.-The whole credit on the subordinate
command. He was as disciplined in
his routine as a clock. He started
work at 5 o'clock in the morning
breakfast began and was finished a,
7:15. The Office and a full days work
followed. until his ride in the evening
He travelled light, a valise and small
kit-bag containing everything he pos.
sessed.
"'Time in war is everything wa.
his favorite axiom. Every officer,
he said. ought to have it inscribed or
his shaving-glass. His work and az
tons were governed by this maxim
He was never late for an appoint
ment.
HE possessed great persona
magnetism. especially for his troops
On the eve of every operation he wa:
accustomed to end out encouragin.
messages to the soldiers. and he mad,
q point of presenting medals imme
diately after any action to those wht
had distinguished themselves. Della!
in this, he maintained. defeated tn
object aimed at. Only a few day!
before his death he Travelled sixt.
miles by airplane for this purpose