Evening star., 1923-12-11
sY THE MARaUIsE DE FeNTENoY.

BY THE MARQCIsE DE FoNTESof.
Gen. Lord RawIinson. one OF the.
most successful army commanders OF
the great war In France. has been
intrusted ever since 1890 with the
supreme direction of the military
forces and defenses Of the vast In
dian Empire, and is at the head OF
that relatively small army of white
and native troops by means of which
England maintains control and keeps
order among swarming Asiatic
population of more than soo,oo0,ooO
Of rival races and creeds. who were
IL not for these British guns would
be flying at one snother's throats ana
engaged in internecine warfare such
as was constantly raging IN that
part Of the world. with disastrous re-
suits to Life and property. until the
English completed their conquest OF
Hindustan. The task of Lord Raw
liuson and the responsibility with
which he is burdeued taxed to the
utmost the energies and the health
Of Lord Kitchener, and. previous 10
that, of the late Field Marshal LORD
ROGeTtS, lHcII o4iN
year terms of command.
Next to the ONCE of COMMANDMENT
chief. now held by Lord RaWlinson,
is that OF ouartermaster general OF
the British military forces In India,
and, under. the circumstances; the ap-
ard Stuart-wortley. who greatly dis
tingu!shed himself in France during
the great war, and who was special
ly promoted major general on the
battlefield, may be regarded as
marked manifestation of the high re-
gard in which he is held by the war
department at whitehall and by Eng
fish military men in general. He is
one of the brothers of the present
Earl of Wharncliffs, also OF Maj
Gen. the Hon, Edward Stuart-Wort-
ley. owner OF Highcliffe Castle. in
Hampshire, on the Solent, which he
rented, in turn. to the ex-kaiser. some
five wears before the great war, and
afterward to Mrs. Lois Selfridge. the
nonagenartan mother of J. Gordon Sell
of the immense American emporium
IN tire British metropolis
Another brother of Cen Sir Rich-
ard Stuart-Wortley is the Hon.
Ralph Stuart-Wortley, who long ago
secured America, citissnship assnsI vsara ana
Iranching In the western states, set
ltled down in New York as mem-
Ser of the stook exchange and mar
ried Virginia, daughter OF the late
Admiral Winfield seiiey of the
TSs Stuart-Wortiey brothers, in
oluding the Lord Wharncliffe, count
among their forbearS the celebrated
Lady Mary Montagu, British amoas.
gadress at Constantinople, great
traveller and brilliant writer. who
was the first to INTRODUCES into Eng
land inoculation for smallpox
Cen, Sir Richard stuart-whortiey
10 a veteran of the Kings Royal
Rifes, one Of the most famous resl-
ments Of the British army. which
was first raised In North America
and used for long time to be otfi-
cially known as the Royal Amer
loans" The corps was organized in
1855 for the express purpose of help
ing to retrieve the terrible disaster
which had overtaken the British
troons under Gen. Braddock, when
thew were overwhelmed by.a force OF
French and red Indians in the forest
river: It had been found that the
slow, pondevous movements or troops
trained upon European models. with
their heavy accouterments; tight
fitting uniform and unsuitable tac-
the Indians and almost equally help
less against soldiers hahttuated to
warfare in the dense forests and
trackless wastes of America. II was
therefore. decided by the British
the Atlantic from the colonists
ale to deal with these conditions
Designated az% - t6Ah Royal Amer