Year: 1879

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The United Serrice Gazette SAYS the proceed
ings Of the court martial in the case of Lieuten-
ant Carey, who accompanied the expedition in
which the late Prince Imperial lost his life, have
been quashed on account Of an informality.
THE FACTS OF LIEUTENANT cAREY's cAsE-THE


SENTENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN COURT


MARTIAL.


The events connected with the death of the
Prince Imperial of France are still too fresh in
memory to need repeating in detail He was killed
on scouting or sketching expedition some miles
from the English camp at Itelzi HILL in zululand.
He was accompanied by small escort Of half
dozen soldiers. said to be under the command of
Lieutenant Carey. This officer was charged with
having deserted the Prince and having left him to
his fate. He was placed under arrest. tried by
military court. which passed sentence upon him.
asserted that the court sentenced the lieutenant
to death. The Pail Mall GaseAe. of recent date.
said:-"Rumors that Lieutenant Carey has been
sentenced to death by martial before whom
he was tried are so general and persistent that
we hesitate to dismiss them off hand as unfounded.
at the same time We sincerely hope that
there is no truth in them. The evidence
given at Lieutenant Carey's trial has not yet been
made public but account of the main facts of the
case has already been furnished in the statements
made before the Court Of Inquiry by several of the
who took part in the reconnoitring expedition.
Unless the evidence subsequently given by these
witnesses before the court martial differs very ma
teriay from their earlier statements reported the
confirmation of the rumor that death sentence has
been passed upon Lieutenant Carey will be very
startling to the English public"


LIEUTENANT cAREYs Defence.


Lieutenant Carey's crime was. in the eyes Of the
South African military court. "misbehavior before
the enemy" Carey. in his defence. stated that he
was not i'll charge Of tho party in which the Prince
lost his ife but only accompanied it at the Princes
request. The evidence tended to clear him Of
the charge of cowardice and to fix the
responsibility on those who sent the Prince
away with small escort. 1t is
needless to repeat the rumors of evidence adduced
both sides Of the question. The fact clearly
shown that the Prince was treated by the English
generals q royal parsonage who could do as he
pleased. The Prince was probably reckless and on
the morning of his death heard to exclaim.
won't give Carey fright to-day" The Prince
refused to leave the kraal when Lieutenant Carey
suggested they should return to the camp. In
short. Lieutenant Carey. it was proved was acting
under the Princes orders The lieutenant not
OF coward's blood Jahlee Brenton Carey thirty
one years old) is the of the Rev. Adolphus
Carey. of Brixham. Devonshire, and Harriet Mary.
daughter of Admiral Jaheel Brenton. Bart. X. G. B.
He bore splendid character. A member of his family
said He is strictly sober never smokes. and Is not
afraid Of DEATH" Members of his family did good
service to the royal in the disasters of Edge
hill and Nascby. An ancestor killed by the side
of Gustavus Adolphus few minutes before the
great swede himself stretched hfeless.


FALSE SENTIMENT


Carey, though condemned numerically by the
English papers at first, subsequently found many
warm defenders. The London Truth said recently
1.-The military authorities must distinctly under
stand that they will not be permitted to make Lieu
tenant Carey the scapegoat Of the miserable inde-
cison and the absence of frmness displayed by his
superiors Natal regard to the late Prince lmpe-
rial. Either the Prince spectator. and If
his plucky desire to share danger ought to have
been controlled. nor should he have been allowed
to make one of q reconnoitring expedition. where
an ambush not only possible but probable. or
he was, like others forming part OF the reconnoi-
tring expedition, soldier accepting like his COM
panions the chances Of war. Lieutenant Carey ap-
pears TO have pursued his career up to the moment
of the unfortunate accident with commendable
zeal and discretion. Those who thrust the Prince
and him into false position responsible for
what occurred Our regret for the untimely fate Of
the brave French lad must not lead us to view the
conduct Of Lieutenant Carey in any exceptional
ner accommodating party found itself suddenly
surrounded by overwhelming force of Zulus.
general rush made to get away. and this
was believe strictly in accordance with the usage
of war. Unfortunately the Prince and two troopers
did not get away. They were killed. We all
sorry for them and for their relations but that
of the victims of war happened to be the late
Prince Imperial should make difference In
feelings toward Lieutenant Carey. Had three
troopers been slain and the Prince Imperial been
saved would Lieutenant Carey have been brought
before court martial and then sent home to Eng
land under arrest? No. And II not, the entire pro
ceeding is an unjustidable one"


cULTus.


Fortunately. public opinion in England has had
time siace the death OF the Prince TO become
capable OF clearer judgment or Carey would
hardly have escaped death disgrace. Only two
weeks ago the Daily Neps felt called upon to pro-
test .sganst the exaggerated and false sentiment in
which the memory Of the late Prince Imperial was
being envelopcd. Ample utterance has been given
TO the grief and pain with which the news OF his
death was received in England. No
disposed then to critcise to limit the expression
of sorrow. But the feeling Is being artihcally
stimulated and protracted with an insncerity
which used to be foreign to the character of Eng
lishmen. sort Of cultus is being formed. of which
the Prince is the object. II is time therefore. to
call back the English mind to sense and modera-
ton" And. in fact. Lieutenant Carey in danger
of being sacrificed 10 this very false sentiment Of
of which the Daily Nesos complained.


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