MEN OF THE DAY. No. 127.

GENERAL SIR FREDERICK PAUL HAINES, G.C.B.

THE son of a Commissary-General, Paul Haines was devoted to the Army from his youth up. Educated in Belgium and in Germany, he became an Ensign at twenty, and soon after saw service in India, where he won wounds, medals, and the reputation of a gallant and reliable officer. He served all through the Crimea, he rose gradually in grade from one good appointment to another, and he now goes out as the new Commander-in-Chief in India.

The most amiable and sympathetic of human beings, Paul Haines has been loved by many men and women; he has never made an enemy, and he has been singularly fortunate in his profession, having always held the best appointments and filled them to everybody's satisfaction. Whether he would lead an army brilliantly in the field he has not yet been able to show; that he is a good administrator in time of peace he has proved already. He is seven-and-fifty years of age and married.