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MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY JOHN THORNTON HILDYARD, C.B.. Warren's successor in the command of the Fifth Division, which has done such splendid work under him in driving the Boers out of Natal, is in his fifty-fourth year, and, like French, tried the sea first ; for he was educated at the Royal Naval Academy at Gosport, entering' the Na\T in 1859. Eight years later, however, he joined the Army, and in 1876 he became a captain in the Highland Light Infantry. He served with distinction in the Egyptian Expedition of 1882, being present at Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir, receiving several decorations and being made a

Brevet-Lieut. -Colonel. Then he became D.A.A.G. , and A.A.G. at headquarters, A.A.G. at Aldershot, and, from 1893 to 1898, Commandant of the Staff College, a capacity in which his versatility enabled him to be no less successful than he was previously on the field of battle. In '98 he took up the command of the Third Brigade at Aldershot, going to the front last year with the Second Infantry Brigade, whose battalions were among the first troops to embark. 290 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET Juke o, 1900

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The extreme heaviness of our soldiers' boats has been In a letter to the Lady Mayoress of Manchester, the attracling- attention lately. The soles are five-eifjhths Lieutenant-Colonel of the ist East Lancashire Regi- cf an inch thick, and steel bills are fastened at the ment states that his men are " absolutely in rags, many bottom ! In his memoirs. General Marbot, a French- having no shirts to their backs, and but remnants of man, tells how his light boots once saved him from trousers left, their boots being soleless." In the good being- killed by Austrian Lancers. He led some Cuiras- old times they used to renew their clothing at the siers against a regiment of Croats, and, hurriedly re- expense of the enemy. In the Peninsular VVar, the tiring after the charge, Marbot had his horse killed. colonel of a ragged British regiment found himself Two mounted soldiers, however, gave him their hands, opposed to a newly-arrived French corps. Shouting and thus, half lifted from the ground, Marbot was "Charge, men, and we will clothe ourselves," he led carried at a great pace into safety. the attack, with so much success A fellow officer, who had the ordin- that nearly all his regiment g-ot new ary army boots on, was killed because clothes from the enemy ! could not keep pace with the he There is some mystery attached the feat. horses in attempting same to the Victoria Cross lately sold at When the late Villebois - Mareuil Sotheby's for ;/^io5. It was adver- was killed and his foreign legion tised as the honour gained by the captured, the horse of the deceased late Colonel R. H. M. Aitken in the Frenchman was secured by Trooper defence of the Residency of Luck- Henman, of the Berkshire Yeomanry, now, but his widow states that the and lie now rides it. He intends, if above Cross was never worn by the possible, to bring it homeangloboerwar.comafter the Colonel. It was lost before it could war. Old Commandant Wolmarans, be presented to him in 1857, and who was taken with Cronje, asked another, now in her possession, was " Bobs " to be allowed to keep the substituted. The V.C. first men- horse he had ridden for so tioned above was tiie many years, and the Com- property of the iate mander-in-Chief not only Major C. B. Judge, readily assented, but also in- and on behalf of his structed that the animal should widow it was sold at be kept in Cape Town at the Sotheby's as stated. expense of the Government till There are several in- tlie old man comes marching stances on record of his " '' " home again ! At trlcksas usual : B.-P." amusinga ciiiid on board the ss. Mexican soldiers havingparted (which has since gone down) in which he sailed for South Africa before the with theirV.C.'s fora Se\eral more instances have outbrealc of the war to collectors. occurred ot Boers being seen in good sum khaki. Four m<^n of Brabant's Horse were rece^ntly It is interesting to note that of the 135 field batteries wounded near Winburg by Boers thus dressed, now in existence 45 are on active service in South who had been able to get to close quarters without Africa, and that no fewer than 41 field batteries had to causing suspicion. However, a few days previously be formed to replace those at the front. At present there the enemy hurriedly evacuated Christiana owing- to a are 52 on home service, one In Egypt and 37 in India, report that the British were holding Scholman's Drift, the latter country being- two field batteries short of the and it turned out that the men in question were their regular establishment. own zarps dressed in khaki ! At the beginning of the It is very probable that Lord Roberts will fight his war some of the Australians and Canadians had narrow decisive battle with the Boers during this month of escapes, because they then wore smasher hats like the June, and it is a happy historical fact that the "month Boers, and were mistaken for such by our men. of roses" has seen some of the greatest of British The success of Lord Roberts in his greafmarch on victories — particularly against the Dutch. On the the Transvaal capital is mainly due to the rapidity of ist, 1666, Van Tromp and De Ruyter lost twenty-five his movements. He marches twenty miles a day with ships to the Duke of Albemarle ; on June 2nd, 1653, his army, constantly outflanking and pushing the dis- the British Fleet under Monk defeated the Dutch ordered Boers before him. It was by precisely similar under Van Tromp, and took or destroyed twenty of tactics that Napoleon, then only twenty-hve years old, the latter's ships ; and on the 3rd, 1655, the British made his reputation in the war against the Austrians under the Duke of York defeated the Dutcli off in Italy. He marched his soldiers thirty, milea and Harwich, taking eighteen ships, destroying fourteen, fought every day, and at the end of the campaign and blowing up the .Admiral (Opdam) and all his crew. had successively destroyed tliree arhiies and captured Altogether, as Mr. Kruger will find out, June is a very

40,oco .Austrians and 150 colours with not more than sultry month for Dutch and Boers alike ! June iSth,

30,0:0 men ! too, is Waterloo Day. ' —

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facts concerning him. ElofTs The Commandant Eloff who, just before Mafeking- 1 one or two more next was relieved, thought he had captured the phice, and clai m to fame occurred at Krugersdorp, in 1897, when, found that instead being the worse he and his eighty ? for liquor, he pub- men had been licly applied a foul " bagged," has an epithet to the interesting history. Queen. He was He is a grandson reprimanded by his Kruger, ^ grandfather and of Mr. » iw- — -- \ ^ and when the tried, but, of '-''' '^ "'^.- ' ^^;??^lBigiiMillWIB - Jameson raiders 1 :;-M course, he was let were making their off lightly. Indeed, "•! '- futile attempt, in V .•^^v just a year later, in 1896, he met them, Lfg April, 1898, he was and asked them appointed First what they were Lieutenant of one up to. For answer i?2i^ii^ of the Johannes- they arrested him, ^^ burg forts, with a *«—--. his salary of ;;^3co a and took horse .;,jSSSf^ ^^m^^^ ^R^' year allow- away ; and when end en he protested Col. *" ance of 2s. 6d. per Grey said, " You day for rations ! can protest as il Apropos of the much as you like," event, the African but Dr. Jameson View of Kroonstad Club House : President Steyn made the town the second Critic printed the capital of the Orange Free State released him. following verse : ' But that is not by any means our interesting Eloff, my Eloff, oh ! where have you been ? the Queen!' prisoner's only claim to fame ; and, inasmucli as he At Krugersdorp, Grandpa, insulting lias played a not altogether unimportant part in the Eloff, my Eloff, 'tis shocking indeed ! history of the present war, it is interesting to relate ' Excuse me, dear Grandpa, I've followed your lead!'"

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Opening ceremony at the Kroonstad Waterworks, showing the prominent citizens assembled in the Market Square. The man on the right of the hydrant is the Mayor, who surrendered the town to Lord Roberts on Saturday, May 19th June 9, igoo BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET 293

In view of the fact that several hundred thousand of soldiers will be receiving South African medals in due course, it may be recalled that, though the Peninsular War ended in 1814, it was not until 1849 that the Penin-

sular medal was issued, and then only to officers ! When medals were granted to private soldiers, it was, accord- ing to Sir Algernon West, " denounced in the House of Lords as a profanation of public honours." Things

have altered since then ! No sensible person now sneers at the volunteers, wlio are proving themselves in South Africa to be as capable as the regulars. Just recently at Kroonstad, 105 Norfolk Volunteers marched into camp after cover- ing twenty-two miles of ground in five hours' actual marching. Not a man fell out, and they swung into camp looking so fresh that Lord Roberts was much impressed. A few days later the Suffolk Regiment ar- rived after doing thirty- six miles in twenty-one hours, three men fall- ing out.

It will be remem- bered that at Grobler

Kloof, the life of Pri- How Mafeking learned that Kimberley was relieved : The gentleman in the white shirt Resident Magistrate; the gentleman vate Humphrey, of the is Mr. Bell, the in the soft felt hat, Major Gould Adams, the Administrator ; the native

2nd Lancashire Regi- in the centre of the group is Plaachi, the interpreter ; and the two ment, was saved by a remaining figures are those of the runners. (Photo by J. Ang s Hamilton, Our Special Correspondent with Majcr-General Baden- Queen's chocolate box, Powell) which stopped a bullet. The same month, Feb- N'chu. A Viljoen was killed at Elandslaagte, but ruary, Private A. Hud- another Viljoen afterwards distinguished himself at son, of the Northum- Spion Kop. berland Fusiliers, had a bullet stopped by his watch which was smashed into atoms. angloboerwar.comNow a story comes to hand of a soldier being- saved by a pack of " cards ! My heart would have been dug out," says ths trooper, ''if it hadn't been for that blooming spade."

No correspondent at the front has yet en- lightened us as to the length of time that The effect of a shell in Mafeking : Lord Roberts spends Mr. J. Angus Hamilton, Our Special Correspondent with in peaceful slumber, JIajor - General Baden - Powell, though we do know had his house struck hy a shell, that, when on the the concussion lifting him clean oft his feet some fourteen feet in march, his bedroom the air, but he happily escaped consists of a humble with only a few biTiises. '* All that remained of my kit was a transport wagon. slipper," he writes ruefully, and Generall}', however, was holding it in his hand when noted commanders are this photograph was taken. remarkable for the little sleep that they require In one month of the Peninsular campaign, a biographer of the "Iron Duke" declares that he only slept two hours a day. Like his rival. Napoleon, who was content with four hours, the Duke could fall asleep when and where he liked. He died in 1852 in his own chair as if asleep. It is surprising what a large number of Boer leaders there are with the same names.' Hutton's Mounted Infantry recently captured a Commandant Botha near Lindley, but it is evident that he is not the Botha who succeeded Joubert as general. A certain Commandant I^ate Sergt-Major Heale, who had charge of the Dutch suspects, and De Wet offered to surrender a few weeks ago, but he is all spies and prisoners in Mafeking. (Photo by J. Angus Hamilton, not the one who commanded the Boer force at Thaba Our Special Correspondent with M.njor-General B.iden-Po\vell) — —

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The views of other nations on British valour are son, the lessee of the theatre, with the following note always interesting-. Mr. Julian Ralph pays us an written on the back of the printed formula which accon> excellent tribute from the American standpoint. " If panicd the tickets : we analyse the fig-hting- qualities of the Briton and the " E Company, ist Essex Regiment, Boer," he says, "we find that the Briton is always " Bloemfontein, April 15th, iqoo. ready to rush upon death, while the Boer as religiously " De.ar Sir, —Having found the enclosed tickets in a 'ivoids riskin ^" his life more than the greatest caution newspaper addressed to the regiment, I return the san-ie leaves necessary. Grant this, ad;Tiit that many an herewith and will be glad to have a siniilar one on my Englishman now lying under the surface of Ihe veld return to England. —Yours faithfully, vv-ould havx3 ' lived to fight another day' had lie been Laxcz-Corporal F. Waterworth." less brave, vs'hat is there left to say for valour — pure, When we consider that the seats were sent on Match unreasoning, dashing valour. At Belmont and Graspan 2ist, received at Bloemfontein and returned to England the Boer was surprised and jolted out of his lairs by by May 12th, it speaks well for the expediency of the this valour, but, wiMi his accustomed fox-like .cunning, postal arrang-ements and for the means of communica- he thereafter counted upon this quality in his foes, ard tion which has teen established between Cape Town made it serve his deadly purpose by leading his vict'm; and Blre -nfcnte'p. into his pitfalls. Tlie By the receiit appoint- Lk';:-.i;.n has a reliable, ment of Colonel C. K. sla3-ing, dogged cour- Wood to be Chief En- age. The Frenchman gineer of the Natal Field has a brilliant courage Force on Sir Redvers at the call of a- leader he Buller's Staff, the unique trusts. The Turk was circumstance occurs of my ideal of a soldier up two broil ers occupying to last year, because he Jhe posts of Chief En- unites with the German g-ineer to the armies of sort of courage a belief Lord Roberts and Sir that to be killed in battle Redvers Buller, for his is to earn a Iiareni in brother. Major- General heaven and a seat in a Wood, C.B., is Engi- - first-class carriage on t! e neer -.in Chief on Lord way. But British valour Roberts's Staff. The is a different liiing. It latter was acting as oltcns secins a rushing- C.R. E. at Aldershot on into ;ind ,i defiance of the outbreak of the war, certain dealh. It recks and was selected as Chief nothing, avoids nothing, Engineer of the Expedi- considers nothing. it tion. He had previously imbues an entire regi- been C.R.E. at Malta ment, brigade, army and had served in the driving- on commander, angloboerwar.com Egvptiaii campaign of colonel, captain, cor- 1882, when he was em- poral, and private all ployed on special recon- alike. It has won all naissance up the Nile, round the globe, It was sent on special ser- succeeds very often, It vice to Suakim, and sometimes takes the served throughout the pjace of strategy, it dis- campaigns of 18S4 and counts enormous odds 1885, and was several ag:ainst itself; at times it times mentioned in dis- upsets failure at' the last patches, receiving medals moment, trans'brmir.g it with five clasps and to success. It must, made a C. B. in 1885. therefore, h^- of great His younger brother was

> valu ; L t in judging acting as C.R.E. at of that w.' mu >t take Sheerness and was or- This is the font at Mafeking Church, Eechuanaland, South Africn, where into account the cost of the children born during the siege were christened. It was made last year dered to Natal, where it—and its cost in human by Messrs. Harry Hems antl Sons, the sculptors, of E.veter he served as C.R.E. of lives is very great indeed. the Secon 1 Division "To illustrate that 1 will quote the words of a under General Sir C. Clery, and afterwards of the military attache, sent out by a nation which loves Fifth Division under General Sir Charles Warren, and England none too well. ' I always thought the Turk has since been granted the local rank of colonel on the wasthe finest Chief Engineer soldier in the world,' he'said ; 'but- staff while holding the appointment of leaving out your cavaliy, which have not done so well in Natal. He served in the Egyptian campaign of — I shall always say that there is no other arniy to 1884-85, and received two medals. compare with the British. For courage, dash, staying One of the Volunteers, Private Lionel Pcndlebury, power, discipline, and all that makes for success with forming the Bradford detachment to the 2nd West " an army, there is no other like it.' Yorkshire Regiment, mentions in a letter hon-ie that A STRANGE coincidence occurred in connection with they have a poet in the battalion. " I enclose a speci- " a lot the Grand Theatre, Fulham. On March 21st two men of his work," he says ; his comrades think admissions were sent to a bill exhibitor in the Putney about it, and read it over time after time till they can Bridge Road, the vouchers evidently (as the stamp was sing it to their own music." Besides a poet, every not cancelled) fell into the folds of a newspaper directed British regiment has a funny man, who is tacitly to Lance-Corporal Waterworth, ist Essex Regiment, encouraged by the officers and allowed considerable Bloenifontein, who, finding the vouchers and possessing licence. His pranks and jokes, crude as they n-iayseem, n vein of huniour, returned them to Mr. A. F. Hender- keep up the spirits of officers and men wonderfully. — "

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There are many kinds of Boer women. There is the For once in a lifetime this country and France have Tantc Kruger type— homely, shiny of face with soap a common topic, viz., the organisation of cavalry. In and water, and kindly. Tante, by the way, it will be England, in view of the unequal division of the various remembered, made the stipulation when old Kruj^er's kinds of regiments — Lancers, Dragoons, and Hussars statue was erected at Pretoria, that the crown of his — the difficulty is to find an e.'.icient force for foreign is hat should be scooped out to allow the birds to bathe in service ; in France the burning question the arming the rain that fell from heaven. Then there is the thin, of the cavalry with lances. In Germany they believe o^rim, " he "kind, who cusses the verdommde rooibatsjes in the lance, for their ninety-three cavalry regiments all loud and deep and threatens to blow his head off when- carry that weapon in addition to the sabre and carbine, ever he reaches Pretoria. Tiien there is the maternal while our country, which boasts of thirty-four regi- kind, who thinks it a positive dis^-race to have less than ments only (three of those now being raised), has only twentv children, and then there is the bucolic flirt, who six regiments of Lancers. In addition to these, seven is not particular whether she eventually marries her regiments of Dragoons ha\e recently been supplied half-brother, nephew or cousin. Such a one was dis- with lances, but for the front rank only, in audi- covered recentlv throut;h a bundle of letters captured on tion to the sabre and carbine. The Italian army has the field. This lady was in a loving correspondence ten Lancer regiments, but to make them more formid- with four men — three burghers and a Staats artillery- able they carry a carbine with a bayonet a foot long, man at the same time. She seems to favour her nephew besides the sabre. Their remaining cavalry regiments, — not an uncommon thing among the Boers— who, by twenty-four in number, all carry the bayonet, carbine his letter, is very lovesick and thinking more of the and sabre. The Austrians evidently do not believe iii crops than " tlie cause." He writes as follows : the lance, for their forty-two regiments carry the

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Major-General Baden-Powell and his staff watching Colonel I'lumer's attempt to relieve gallant little A'lafeking. (Dr.iwn by Hurst^ R.I., from a photograph by J. Angus Hamilton, Our Special Correspondent with Major-General Baden-Powell)

" Kroonstad, April lo, 1900. carbine and sabre only, while eleven regiments o' Uhlans that used to be armed with the lance do " Dear Auntie, and never to be forgotten one, I was — not do so nowadays. Russia arms the front rank pleased to receive vour letter on this date, and I am men of thirty-eight regiments of Cossacks with tl.e pleased to inform you that to the goodness of the Lord lance, besides giving them a pistol, a dagger, a I ain well. I heart the hope from my you say same. ir carbine, and a sabre ; while six regiments of tht In case you cannot say you are well, shall my heart Guards carry the lance in the front rank. Fifty-eight grieve greatly. Further of general news I have little to regiments of Dragoons are armed with carbine and write, but much to talk. 1 am longing greatly to see bayonet in lieu of the lance, besides carrying a you, and, although I asked permission to leave the sabre. The fifteen regiments of Caucasian Cossacks laager, I was refused. If I don't soon get it I will take carry no lance, but, of course, have a pistol and dagger, it, as heart is longing to be near you. It is dry here, my in all are and like the other cavalry regiments (119 )_ and I think it shall be very good for us it we get some armed with the carbine and sabre. The merits of the nice rains. Further, 1 am no longer on guard at the lance all depend upon circumstances. In Egypt we powder magazine. I am trying to get on as a reserve had to turn our Hussars into " Lancers," by arming driver. Shall I send you my portrait; then may I them with native spears to enable them to get at the receive yours? Then can I always look at you. Then Dervish hamstringers. At the same time a Lancer is ,is my lieart full of you. Greetings to all the family. a dangerous opponent to an Infantryman. The Lancer To them all do I send greetings. can fight on the right or the left, while a Dragoon is " From me, vour Sister's Child, &c. handicapped if attackj^d from the left by a foot soldier. 206 BLACK AND BUDGET June 9, 1900

"A Dublin— Fusilier" writes to us as follows from HIS HONOUR OPENS THE RAAD Klmberley : " In your issue of April yth, I noticed in Your Honour, from your Honour's speech Jl paragraph on page 4, that some correspondent con- I learnt much to-day have ; that it was the Dublin Fusiliers tradicted a statement My uninstructed mind you teach According who took Pieter's Hill on February 27th. That you sought peace alway. to him, the Dublin Fusiliers were the supports hanging Alack ! I never knew before back, as they always do, while the Scots Fusiliers and How deep your hatred was of war ! Irish Fusiliers stormed the hill. Perhaps it would in- terest him to know from one who actually took part I learn, what else I scarce could know,

' ') in that attack that two companies (' B 'and C of the You loathed so war's alarms ; 2nd Dublin Fusiliers rushed past the regiments forming Scarce could the haught insulting foe the firing line, and, supported by some more of their Force you to take up arms. own companies and assisted by the fire of some com- But, Paul, in grief I bow my head, panies of the other two regiments, took the hill. Of I have been dreadfully misled.

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Serving out horse soup lo natives in the Sta.idt at Mafeking. (Drawn by Ch;.rles M. Sheldon, from a photo by J. Angus Hnmi'.ton, Our Special Correspondent with .Major-C-neral Badjn- Powell)

ere the war, your speech avers course, there were some of the Scots Fusiliers and Irish Long In words the world should note, t'"usilLers in the final charge upon the liill ; but, giving To thirty thousand Outlanders honour where honour is due—the ' Dublins ' was the would have given the vote. actual regiment which had the honour of capturing You What were our correspondents at? Pieter's Hill, thus turning successfully the enemy's left I never, never heard of that. flank. There should be no distinction in regiments out here, nor especial honour claimed for any—but I learn — nor colleges nor schools when a correspondent seeks to take away irom a Could teach so much, my Paul ! regiment what is really their due — it is nigh time to As to Red Cross Convention rules, contradict what he says. The Dublin Fusiliers are 'Tvvas we who broke them all. only too glad to share their honour with the two other ! Paul ! forgive me, for it's true regiments engaged on the right attack that day, but 1 always thought that it was you. they will not be left in the cold when tiiey are not I learn, and I should doubt indeed. deserving of it. I , in enclose my name, &c. case your If truthful, Paul could trip. correspondent as I would care to question me, daresay That for our sins of fraud and greed he must have eye-witness or actually engaged been an We are in Satan's grip. in the fight when he so confidently afiirms that it was I knew not that, Paul, by the Powers, nDt the ' Dubs.' who toolv the hill." I only know you are in ours ! I\I. ^. June 9, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET 297 •

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The Comniandcr-in-Cliief of (lie Forces in Soulli Africa lias seldom been so well described as in the foUowinij pair of verses from Rudyaid " '"-- Kiplintj's Fightin' Bobs : If a limber's slipped a trace, 'Ook on Bobs ; If a marker's lost 'is place, Dress b}' Bobs. For e's eyes all up 'is coat. An' a bugle in 'is throat, An' you will not play the goat *****Under Bobs. If you stood 'im on "is 'cad. Father Bobs, You could spill a tjuart o' lead Outer Bobs. 'F's been at it thirty \ears, An' amassiii' sou\cne(Ms In the WAX o' slugs an' spe.'.rs Ain't yer, Bobs ?

Mk. a. .Skj£ne .Smith, of Newlield, Johnstone, Scotland, who is one of our readers, has written some stirring \erscs on the subject of Loid Roberts's victorious forward niarch, from which we c]uote the following sentiment :

" Freedom! Freedom! is om' aim Boer and Briton all the sair.e ; Zulus and Basutos know Who will pro\(' their fri(\id. And in face of e\ery foe. Will their rights defend.''

The following adseitisement appearc^d in the Diamond Fields— Advertiser during the siege of Kimberley : " Owners of horses and mules suit- able for slaughtering purposes are invited to bring them to the Washington Market on Tues- da) s and Fridays at 12 noon.angloboerwar.com.^ good price for fat animals. The amount agreed upon at the time of purchase will be paid out every Thursday irioining between the hours of 9.30 and 11.30 at tlie Town Hail. By order, H. V. Goorle, .M ijor, ."^rmy .Service Corps. Kimberley, Janu- ary 26th, 1900."

President Ktu-gek'.s real estate places him in (iie front rank of Transvaal capitalists. Accord- ing to a South African paper he owns 190 free- hold farms in the Transvaal, many of them on the Main Reef, which he would not allow to be worked. He is a large owner of town lands hi and around Pretoria; also Johannesburg. He is the largest landowner in Rustenburg district. l:i the Netherlands Railways, Dynamite, and Hatherley Distillery, President Kruger is thi' largest shareholder, although his name does not appear. Mr. Kruger owns a large and valuable e-tate in Cape Colony-; also one in Holland and one in Germany. He has two millions sterling invested in German Consols. He has many minor interests and stocks in the Transvaal and Free State, which before the war amounted to ip inconsiderable sui'ii. Before the war of rebel- lion broke out,' Paul Kruger's real estate was known by his own household to be worth between nineteen and twenty million sterling. These statements should, of course, be accepted cum i;ra7to; though we are all aware that Oom Paul is an immensely wealthy man. The war is a capitalists' war— so we are told every day — but Mr. Kruger is the chief capitalist who caused it, and he stands a good chance of being a very heavy sufferer. History is silent about Mr. Kruger's charity. }UNE 9, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGFJ' 299

I\len who can fight witli tlie rifle or the spade : A compaii)' of I'lumer's engineers photo- graphed when tliey were constructing the Hne to Maffefina

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Building a fort near Crocodile Pools Station, where Phimer had some stiff encounters witli the Boers

A twelve and a-half pounder at Crocodile Pools about to be fired. (Photos by RaiLsch, Buluwayo) COLONEL PLUMER's OPERATIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING FROM THE NORTH SCO BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET June 9, 1900

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Toiiini)' i.; c imp : A jolly jig at Naauwpoort with real nigger minstrels. (Drawn by J. Barna-rd Davis from a photo)

There must be an extraordinary number of ambu- A LASTING memento of the struggle for supremacy at lances in South Africa, especially on the Boer side, for the Cape will remain in the form of numerous little within the last few weeks several have fallen into graveyards. Each of the regiments at Ladysmith had British hands, necessitating their return to the enemy. one to itself; while there are many others near Colenso For instance, a Swedish ambulance was captured north and by the Modder River. Three years ago the Majuba of Bloemfontein, notwithstanding the fact that the graveyard at Mount Prospect was in a very dilapidated enemy had succeeded in taking away all tb.eir wounded. condition, but, at Mr. Chamberlain's initiative, the Several examples have been given of the Boers using Natal Government substituted iron crosses for tlie ambulances for reconnoitring purposes, and the above decayed wooden ones, renewed the lettering, and built looks like another. up the fences round the little heroic patch. June 9, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET .^Gi:

A sight that rejoices the heart of the native : A train-load of Boers on the road to Cape Town, and confinement. (Drawn by Enoch Ward, from a sketch by Captain S. E. St. Leger) angloboerwar.com

Mounted Infantry scouts watching the enemy advance on Tliaba N'chu from Ladybrand. The mighty psak on the right, half-covered with mist, is Thaba N'chu Mountain !

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" On'k. of our that it is so, considering' the climate of the place. comrades is From the health point of view, probably no place in postman for the world could be found more suitable than St. Helena Rudyard Kip- for the confinement of our prisoners of war. There is ling" at home," not in the whole island an insa- writes a cor- lubrious spot. The common Englisli respondent gorse, a good judge of climate, grows abundantly. The tempera- ture is remarkably equable, and although the island is so much nearer the equator than is the Cape, it is yet very much cooler. The winters are much warmer than those of England, but the summer lieat is rarely so great. The whole of tlie island is much above the level ofthesea, and always breezy. The water supply (from i6o wells) is excellent, and almost all kinds of European fruits and vegetables are grown. Compared with the quarters of the British prisoners in Boer liands, St. Helena must be a para- 10 pieces dise. now with the Seneral British residents have souglit refuge in Army Medical Basutoland to avoid compulsory service with the Boers. Corps in South They reported that a Boer sjambokked a Britisher in Africa. " Mr. Kipling told him to come and see him Ficksburg when he got out here. When the postman reached the Grand Hotel the porter said, ' Mr. Kipling won't street m I the sent up his name, and the pre- see any one,' but man j sence of down came Mr. Kipling, and heartily welcomed liim i to the rooms where he was stay- ing. There were generals there, in fact all the big guns of the day. In a chat with my comrade Mr. Kipling asked liow many men there were in the 20thangloboerwar.comBearer

the orde many witnesses, including a lucil iiicml,( r ol the Volksraad, who offered his whip for the purpose, and the Public Prosecutor. Several of the leading inhabi- tants have repeatedly threatened to shoot the English as they walked in the streets.

Mr. Kipling- gave him 58 oz. of tobacco." Just like the Laureate of the Forces

It is e\ident that the Boer prisoners in St. Helena are quite e n a m - oured of their quarters, and little wonder

The March Past : These photo- graphs were taken at a recent naval demonstration at Cape Town, when Jack vi'ent through a number of manoeuvres to show our Colonists some of the things he can do. (Photos by D. Barnett, Our Special Correspondent) SHOWINC; SOLTII AFRICA IIOW THE II.WUV MAN WORK.S ASHORE — —

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- In the course of a recent letter to the President of tlie The question of where Wesleyan Methodist Conference in London, the Rev. the Boers got their guns

An incident in the Field Drill

E. Nuttall, ot Cape Town, makes the following is still a subject of absorbing interest in this country.

— ' ' remarks: "You ma\' call it annexation' or incor- A member of the firm of IVIessrs. Schneider and Co., poration ' or ' inclusion,' or any such name, but there the proprietors of the famous metallurgical works at must be no remnant or semblance of independence left Creusot, says that the Republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State secured their guns and their rifles in 1895, buying their war material nearly everywhere. Thus they acquired guns from the Creusot

group, Nordenfelt, and Maxim ; but the Creusot firm supplied nearly three- quarters, especially the 75, 120, and 155 guns of the field and fortress artil- lery. Altogether, the number of modern guns in their possession must be esti-

Cutlass drill by 'V e mated at not fewer than ninety. They Mariners of England foresaw the possibility of the English fleet cutting them off from the outer to the late Republics. The sovereignty of the Queen world, so they provided themselves with a large must be indisputable. Weangloboerwar.comcannot believe that the quantity ot people of Great Britain will shirk the duty they owe to projectiles South Africa and to the other provinces of the Empire." 500 per In forwarding the above, Mr. Rudyard Kipling makes piece. The the following noteworthy comment : " I think the enclosed speaks for itself. As Mr. Nuttall says, the Baptists, Con- gregationalists, Methodists, Presby- terians, and Lutherans throughout the Colony have delivered their views as congregations in a manner which should leave no possible doubt among the home churches. If, through any intellectual lasciviousness, we in England prefer to tickle our emotion by being generous once again at other people's expense, On the March when the settlement comes, all this wear)- bloody work will have to be done anew from the beginning, five or ten years hence. I assume that you have full knowledge Creusot firm also sent out with the guns and material an of the situation in the South, but I do not think you instructor to teach manoeuvre and keep the guns in order. can realise how passionately and eagerly the loyalists This is how a clergyman explains the secret of look to England for a sign that the Mother-country "B.-P.'s" influence : "1 say, old fellow," "B.-P." would will neither desert nor betray them to the Dutch." say whenever he met a working-man; "have you a " match on you ? And the man became his friend from that 4,-t% moment.

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Club. The Mayor and Corporation provided dinner for the men, and made a lot of complimentary speeches to Captain Scott. We slept that night in a goods shed as it was too rough to get to the ship, and came on board the next morning. We stayed at Durban about four days, and then steamed for Mauritius. VVe arrived at Mauritius in five days and coaled ship. The midshipmen went ashore every day. I went to the Botanical Gardens, which are verj' beautiful, and saw all sorts of strange trees and plants. 1 also went (o a place called Carepipe, where I saw an extinct volcano. I also went to see the Bishop and his wife and had a game of tennis. They were both very nice, and 1 enjoyed myself very much. I have just been to Colombo and we are leaving to-morrow morning, and

I shall just get this letter off, so good-bye, from your loving son, Wvbrow Hallwright."

Dorothy Cl'mmin'o, a little girl at Littlehampton, will be envied by all little girls of her age—and big girls too, for the matter of that. She sent a letter to the Commander-in-Chief— at Bloemfontein, and here is Lord Roberts's reply : " Dear Dorothy Cumming, Many thanks for your nicely-written letter of March 15th. I hope it vi'ill not be long before this war is finished, when I shall look forward to return to my friends in Our Pon'oon j*Midge o\er Orange Ri\er at Korsal's PoiU. It was cor.structed by the Royal Enj^ineers in a few days, and is England, and I hope that the brave soldiers vi-ho are beUe\*ed to be the longest bridge ever made fighting with me now will accompany me. — Believe me, yours sincerely, Roberts." I\ our issue of Ma\' igtli, we published an interest- ing letter from Midshipman Wybrow Hallwright, of The belief which prevails in military quarters that H.M..S. Teniblc, giving part of his experiences with Lord Kitchener will at the conclusion of the war pro- the Naval Brigade. We have been favoured with a copy of another of his epistles, in which the interesting narra- ti\e is continued. It is dated April 13th,

1900, at seti from Mauritius to Colombo : " I will continue my i,arn where I left off in my last letter, which I sent from Mauritius," he writes. "Weangloboerwar.comleft that donga at 11.30 a.m., and recrossed the river ar,d went to a position on Monte Cristo. Here we fired two shots before dark, and then bivouacked under some trees round a big fire. Here I received Mrs. B 's present and also the Bala- clava helmets, both of which I found very useful. We were in this position during" tlie attack on Pie'.cr's Hill, and the Scots Fusiliers (with whom we messed for a long time at Frere) were just below us. We shelled the enemy's positions very heavily pretty wi^ll all day. The Scots Fusiliers iiad a \ery bad time, having se\'eral officers killed that I knew, and a good many more (including the Colonel) wounded. After Pieter's Hill, one of our guns went into I^adysmith, while the others went back to Chie\'eley. I went to Chievelev, but the day afterwards I w(>nt up to Ladysmith for one day in an ox wagon. It took me one and a-half days to get there and one day back. The people in Ladysmith looked \ery ill and feeble, and the smells in the place were frightful, but as far as I could see there was not much damage by shell fire. Of course I went by Globler's Kloof and saw the pom-pom position there, and all the Bjer shelter trenches as well. 1 returned to Chieveley the same way, passing through Colenso, which was very dilapidated. We did not do anythiiig' after getting back to Cliieveley until vise got into a train and journeying all night Th's is another view of the bridge, sliowing it just before completion. arrived at Durban at 7.30. Here the cap- When finished it was a quarter of a mile in lengih. (Photo by A. D. lain yave all the officers breakfast at the Whatman, galloper to General Clements) June 9, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET 307

Green Howards (ist Yorlcshires) shoeing their horses in ramp. This was just before the commencement of Lord Rolj. r^^'s forward movement which resulted in his entering Kroonstad unopposed

ceed to India as Commander-in-Chief has now been I The imports into Cape Colony for the first quarter o' considerably strengthened. This is due to the fact 1900 show a decrease of ;^667,988, and the exports that it is known that arrangements have practically a decrease of ;^5,878,474, compared with the returns been completed for retaining Sir Power Palmer in the for the corresponding quarter last year. The rebate position of Pro\isional Commander-in-Chief for an trade is nil, against ^£^990, 199 for the corresponding

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Certain papers amused themselves some time ago by laughing at the Duke o." CanibrUge'-. O.-, :i, saying that they were taking out a servant each and so forth, simply because they were good enough to pay their own expenses and give their pay to the widows and orphans. Here is a silent commentary on such nonsense, showing as it docs how the gallant fellows are taking their part with the l)f'st of them in camp at the front. The one on the left is Trooper Jocelvn Bra\-, the centre Trooper P. C. Barton (Colonel's orderly), and the one on the right Trooper G. J. Watson 308 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET June n, 1900

The importance of the part played by the ambulance corps in South Africa can hardly be over-estimated, though perhaps our wounded heroes are the unly ones who can properly estimate their services. Here you have some ambulance wagons entering Bethulie

The feminine influence at the War Office, whicli is earned in open fight or otherwise. The Royal Scot?, receiving so much attention, is no new thin^. When, as a quick-step march, have played " Dumbarton's in 1807, f^ood old Earl St. Vincent retired from the Drums" for more than two hundred years, while the Navy, the King sent for him and asked if the service Rifle Brigade, once the 95th Foot, march to the tune cf liad improved since he knew it. "Very much \\orse, "I'm Ninety-five." please your Majesty," replied the Earl. " so, How The war in South Africa has, in several ways, proved how so?" "Because," answered the Admiral, "the a source of surprise to our genial Continental neigh- Navy is so overrun by the younger branches of nobility ; bours. They never thought, for instance, that poor that the son of an old officer has little or no chance old England (and Scotland !) could put 200,000 men in of getting on." "I think you are quite right, Earl the field without leaving India unguarded ; but the St. Vincent," said the King after a pause. angloboerwar.commost staggering blow to them has beep the assistance The present-day soldier is nothing if not up-to-date. so readily offered by the Colonies. South Africa has It appears that at Dundee, last October, the ist Cllou- provided 20,000 men, Australia 7,000, and Canada c:'sters went into action singing " A Little Bit oli the 3,000, and it is utterly impossible to express in niero Top," while many of the other regiments go for the words the astonishment of the Russians and French a: Boers to the tune of " What Ho! She Bumps!" Most this rallying round the old flag. There is never likely of the British regiments, of course, have special tunes. to be any war with Russia now !

The mules who draw these wagons are wonderfully well trained, and can be kept quite quiet during the progress of an engagement. As many as ten are often harnessed to_ one cart, for the country they sometimes have to travel across is particularly unsuited for vehicular traffic. This photograph shows some of the wagons leaving the town of Bethulie. (Photos by D. Barnett, Our Special Correspondent.) WITH THE BRITISH RED CROSS WAGON'S IN THE FREE STATE June 9, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET 309

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The men who have helped us into the Free State : Sergeants and non-commissioned officers of the Railway Pioneer Regiment at Norval's Pont. (Photos by D. Barnett, Our Special Correspondent) ) 1

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COMMANDS IN THE ARMY — FROM BAYONET TO BATON -<«i-*-

Commissioncd Officers. above a colonel is brigadier-general. A brigadier is The Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant-Colonel supposed to command a brigade, which in turn is com- Field-Marslial Major posed of two or more battalions; the "or more" is Cjeneral Captain good, because it might be twenty battalions. Two or Lieu tenant-General Lieutenant more brigades constitute a division, and this musfbc Major-General Second-Lieutenant CDmmanded by an ofiicer of General rank. Two ormore Brigadier-General Ridinj;^ Master divisions make an army corps, and anything above one Colonel Quartermaster army corps must be commanded by a Field-Marshal. For instance, in South Africa, when one army corps was not Warrant O/ficrrs. sufficient, another was bundled out at once with Lord - ISLijor Staff or Garrison Ser- Corporal House- Roberts in supreme comm,-ind. Thus it will be seen g-eant-Major hold Cavalry that the law regulating numbers under the various Superintending- Clerk Regimental Sergt. -Major commands is a general one and capable of great Schoolmaster Bandmaster fiexibilit}', all the more so when it is remembered that Master Gunner R.A. Quartermaster-Sergeant in South Africa majors and colonels ha\'e commanded Non-Coiumissioned Office rs brigades and fl\'ing columns. For instance. Colonel Staff-Sergeant Corporal Pilcher, sometimes called Major-General Pilcher, or for of the fl)ing Company or Troop-Ser- Second Corporal R. E. General short, when in command major. geant-Major, or Colour- Bombardier R.A. column at Sunnyside was really a True he was Sergeant Lancc-Corporal a brevet-lieutenant-colonel, and as he had a large Lancc-Sergeant number of men under his direct command he was Bandsman Drummer \irtuall\' a general. Bet this leads us into the bewilder- ing maze of the various titles which will now be dis- and last, but not least, cussed in detail Full Private. With a Commander-in-Chief there can be no confusion So many questions are being asked relative to the in the public mind. The Commander-in-Chief of the grades of rank in the Army, that we make no apology entire British Army is Lord Wolseley. The Commander- for again referring to the subject. Before discussing in in-Chief in Africa is F"ield-Marshal Lord Roberts, just j detail the \arious shall first grades we deal with the 1 as General Buller was before the arrival of "Bobs." query of a correspondent, who asks how many men are With the rank of full general there can also be no con- [ under the different degrees of ofificers ? Well, the answer ! fusion, but when one not intimate with the inner work- to that is, " It all depends." Time was when the hard- ings of the army hears of brevet-general, one begins to and-fast rule of so many men to such and such a rank get mixed. For the better understanding of the whole

i was in vogue, but nowadays that is number more or i affair, let it be said that the table in another column less flexible. To begin with the lowest non-commis- gives the substantive rank of commissioned ofiicers

; sioned rank— a corporal's quad is supposed to consist of that is, there are hundreds of offshoots to the main j three men, but in certainangloboerwar.comcircumstances he may be column of degrees in rank. There is temporary rank, called on to command a regiment. A sergeant's there is field rank, and there are many different degrees party is supposed to be under twenty men, and of officers on the staff. VV'ell, then, torelurn to thebrevet. any number above that, detailed for a specific duty, An officer who has distinguished himself in the field may

such as guard, is called an oflker's duty. Roughly ! be given a brevet. For the sake of argument, say a speaking, there ought to be two lieutenants and two ' lieutenant-general has done some clever action, and he second-lieutenants (known long ago as ensigns) to is rewarded with a brevet —that is, the lieutenant- a company under a captain. A company may be from general is a senior lieutenant-general, but he has the 6o to 100 men or more, but as a matter of fact on home chance of the first vacancy to full general. He is really service a company that can muster 30 men and boast of a general, but, until the vacancy occurs, he has a lieu- two officers is said to be " strong." Of course on paper tenant-general's pay. The brevet applies all down the the company may be formidable enough, but that is rungof commissioned ranks. A second-lieutenant maybe another story. A captain then commands his company. brevet-lieutenant, a lieutenant brevet-captain, or, if his This company is divided into two half-companies, the deed was a very gallant one, he might be a brevet- senior lieutenant commanding the right half, the junior major, as was the case of Lieutenant Grant, V.C., at the left half. Each h ilf-company is again di\-ided into the defence of Manipur. He won his V.C. and jumped sections, so that the second-lieutenants would have a to a brevet majority. section each. As already indicated, a second-lieutenant, To return to full general. There are niany kinds of owing to the dearth of ofiicers, may be in charge of the generals. There are the generals in the field, there company, but he cannot punish the men until he has are adjutant-generals, there are commissary-generals, over a year's service — a very good rule indeed. there are quartermaster-generals, there are assistant-ad- To proceed, a colonel or lieutenant-colonel commands jutant-generals, and deputy-assistant-adjutant-generals, a battalion or regiment. A battalion, by the way, at assistant-quartermaster-generals and deputy-assistant- full strength numbers 1,009, all told. The battalion is quartermaster-generals, and goodness knows what. divided into half-battalions, the senior major command- The list is almost interminable. They have all very ing the right half, the junior major the left half. In responsible positions, and, put briefly, the quartermaster- case of confusion, it were better to explain that every generals look after the beef, the adjutant-generals after infantry regiment is composed of two or more batta- tlie brain ; that is, quartermaster-generals are respon- lions for in ; instance, the King's Royal Rifles has four sible lor the moving and the welfare of the army 1 battalions of regulars, the 5th and other battalions body— stores, and ever}' conc?ivable thing in that con-

being militia and volunteers. Again, the Gordon High- nection ; while adjutant-generals are more concerned landers have two battalions, the 2nd battalion being with the matter of discipline and the planning of vi'ith it is Buller, the ist battalion with Roberts ; their 3rd schemes for the betterment of commands. Again, battalion is militia (now doing active duty at home), somewhat curious that a lieutenant-general should be while the 4th and following battalions are volunteers. ot higher rank than a major-general, although a plain Still to proceed. In the field the rank (temporary) major is the superior officer of a captain. — —

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Brigadier-General is a field or local rank. For in- I majors to a very great extent depends the efficiency of stance, the g-allant Hector Macdonald is a brigadier a regiment. In the Household Cavalry the equivalent usually styled General Macdonald—but until recently in rank of a sergeant-major goes by the curious name he was really a major. His real rank now is full of corporal-major. Company sergeant-majors of the colonel, but, of course, he will emerge lieutenant- R.A. and R.E. , troop sergeant-majors of the cavalry, general, no doubt. Again, Colonel Douglas is a and colour-sergeants of the infantry are of the same local major-general, while the brave General Ian rank. They are the senior sergeants of their troops or Hamilton, who was lately gazetted local lieut. -general, companies, and are responsible for them. They keep is also a colonel. As a matter of fact, since the out- the accounts ot clothing, pay, &c. ; in short, they are break of the present war majors and colonels became in charge of the companies. The only claim colour- major-generals on the spot, major-generals lieutenant- sergeants have to "colour" nowadays is that on rare generals, and lieutenant-generals full generals. Thus occasions, such as trooping of the colour, two or three great confusion was created in the public mind by the colour-sergeants are chosen to form part of the colour same officers being referrsd to under different titles. part)'. As everybody knows, no colours are taken into the Coming down to riding-masters and quartermasters, field in modern warfare. A lance-sergeant is reallv brevet- they must perforce rise from the ranks. They are made sergeant, just as a lance-corporal is brevet or acting-

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The members of the Headquarter Staff during the occupation of Pretoria in 1S79. The names are :—Capt. M. Churchill T) \ \ G ^ ,„ " ^- ^- Lagden, Frivate Secretary; Lieut.-Col. Fred Gildea, Commanding Garrison; His Excellency Col. Sir W. ??""^"r''Linyon. Owen C.B., K.C.M.G. ; Col. W. Bellairs, C.B., Commanding District .-\. ; and Lieut, the Hon. S. Hardyn^e ADC hon. lieutenants, and, as time goes on, hon. captains corporal. An acting-sergeant is a full corporal doing a and majors. Quartermasters are responsible for the sergeant's duty; an acting-corporal is either a private clothing and feeding of their battalions or regiments. or a lance-corporal without the pay (virtually a private) They are assisted by their quartermaster-sergeants, and doing a corporal's duty. In the Guards and cavalry together they make a good ihing out of it. lance-corporals wear two stripes, the same as a full To come to the warrant-officers. The warrant rank is corporal. Stripes or chevrons for promotion are worn midway between the commissioned and non-commis- on the right arm, good-conduct badges on the left sioned ranks, and is composed, generally speaking, of arm. A sergeant-major wears a small crown only sergeant-majors. As may be seen by the table, the just above the cuff on his right sleeve ; a quarter- sergeant-majors hold rank according to the pre- master wears four stripes on his right sleeve just cedence of their corps. First come the staff or above the cuff; all other n.c.o.'s wear the stripes garrison sergeant-majors, followed by the sergeant- on the right sleeve above the elbow. Good-conduct majors and conductors of the Army Service Corps. badges are worn just above the cuff on the left sleeveJ N'ext come the regimental sergeant-majors of the Amongst the full privates are men on boys' ser\ice cavalry, royal artillery, infantry, armourers, and that is, they have reached the mature age ot i6ji and Oi-dnance Store Corps. regi On mental sergeant- ! 17, but m.ny be the size of half a house. 3H BLACK AND WHITE BUDGE 7 June 9, 19:0

Biif guns and small guns (O great guns!) are firing Roundsof such rlT^mcsaswill niaUe your heart bleed Read them, O Paul, you will find them inspiring, Piiinful emotions the longer you read. Oom, Oom, Read, and assume

Raiment of Sackcloth and Ashes and Gloom ! A. C. Maktix.

Colonel Ja.mes Burns, the Commander of the New South Wales Lancers, whose portrait we publish on this page, was born in Stirlingshire fifty years ago. He went to .Australia when theWestein Bank smashed, a crisis through which his father lost all his money. He is senior partner of Burns, Philp and Co., Limited, shipowners and merchants, of Sydney, with branches all over Queensland, and one of the best-known and highly respected firms in Australia. His house, Gowanbrae, on the Paramatta, is one of the finest in Australia. The hall is laid with white marble. The Colonel entertains largely, and is a keen ^'oluntccr. He has done much to develop the Volunteer movement in Australia, having a private shooting range at which his regiment practise on the Saturday. In his house he has a museum of curios, particularly inter- esting himself in geology. Through his telescope on the tower you can read the time on a clock on the Town Hall at Sydney, twenty-four miles off When Lord Carrington was Governor he frequently visited Colonel Burns at Paramatta.

Colonel James Burns, Commander of the pallant New South \\'p.les Lancers, who have sent a detachment to South Africa to fight the good fight for Freedom and for P^mpire OOM,angloboerwar.comOOM [llie war-pLc!s are still on the war-path, as lively as ever, and some of their effusions are calcjilated to give Uncle Paul a had quarter of an hour.] Oom, Oom, Bow to your doom.

We arc the Bards that will fill you with gloom ! Kruger, O Kruger, your doom we are writing, Kruger, the Bards have pronounced you accurst — Fierce tho' our kilties and khakis are fighting.

We are the ones that will wound you the worst ; Kruger, O Kruger, your doom it is written, Bow to the Bards or the prospect is blue-^ Dire is the wrath of the Rhymers of Britain, And to a man we are down upon you. Oom, Oom, Bow to your doom.

We are the Bards that will fill you with gloom !

Vain is \our trust in your powder and piety, Naught will your cannon and kopjes avail, Hurling invectives of every variety. the war-whoop, we dash on your trail Howling ; out slaughter, we crimson the language Breathing ; cocky, we rampage in rhyme Cockney and ; Murd'ring our own mother-tongue in our " anguage,"

O, we are having a terrible time ! Oom, Oom, Dai k is your doom. No wonder you're ill and confined to your room. What tho' our .Austin and Swinburne were rather Hoist with their own pyrotechnic petards.

Still from all corners tumultuous gather Captain the Earl of Dunraven, who is at the front with the Corps of Bards Sharpshooters named after him. (Photo by Gregory and Co.) Countless battalions of bloodthirsty ; [UNE 9, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET 31:

(Japl. H. E. Do-.vse,R.A..M.C. Lt. Rowland E. Pa5et, Rl. Lt. W. B. Evurton, Prince Sec.-Lt. McCutchnn, Wilt- Died of fe\'2r BLemfontein Su.ssex- Re^jiment. — Wounded Albert's (juards. — 'I'rcachcr- shire Regiment. — Promoted Zand ki\ei- ously wounded, Kroonstad from the ranks

Lieutenant MAricw, of the Natal Carabineers, Fifty of the Gordon Highlanders, under Captain whose portrait we publish on this page, was severely Tdwse, were surrounded ne,ar Thaba N'chu, during the wounded at the battle of Colenso, a bullet patsing- recent operations, by 250 Boers, who demanded their through his jaws just surrender. For reply, under the eyes. He was the gallant Gordons brought in under a heavy made a charge and fire by Trooper Farmer, swept the enemy away for which brave deed at the point of the bayo- the trooper was recom- net ; but, unfortunately, mended bv General Captain Towse was Buller for' the V.C. blinded in both eyes by Having made a mar- the enemy's fire. It will vellous recovery Lieuten- be recalled by history ant Mackay rejoined his readers that John, King regiment at the front, of Bohemia, who had and entered Ladysmith become blind in 1340, with Lord Dundonald. fell fighting at the Battle He is the onlvson of Mr. of Cressy on August Alex. INIackay, LL.D., 26th, 1346. editor of the Educational News, of Edinburgh. By the recent appoint- ment of Sir N. B. Cham- Quartermaster - Ser-angloboerwar.com berlain there are now GE.VNT A. Stoyle, R.A., eight British Field-Mar- whose portrait also ap- shals, and the first ever pears on this page, had promoted to that position a mar\-ellous escape from in this country was, it death at Modder Ri\er. may be noted, the Duke He wrote to Mess:-s. of Arg3-ll, in 1736. The Kendal and Dent, the French title of Marshal watchmakers of Cheap- dates from 1436, but it side, to the effect that was Napoleon, about during the battle a watch 1800, who brought it

of theirs he was wearing Lieut. -Col. Mackay, of the Nat.al Carabineers. (See paragraph on this page) into full use. Of the deflected a bullet, which twenty men who became must otherwise have penetrated his heart. He was I his greatest I\Larshals, only a couple had received a wounded twice in the same fight but happily is now fair education. Murat was a waiter to his f.ither, an b:.c': v. lo dul innl -Leeper, yet he became King of Naples !

.Sec.-Lt. 1*. E. Cummings, Sec.-Lt. N. V. Sioddart, Liver- Sergt Currie, ot the Cape (^nartorm^ster - Sergeant R.S.A. - - Died of enteric, pool Regiment. — Promoted Police, who I> stuigiii-,hed S:oyle, J\..-V. (ie2 p

Dieiiontein from Ccrpl. 2nd Camcronians himself at IVIafekwi:r L.-.^h on 1 . F.-ige)" SOLDIERS OF THE OUEEN —

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" We all feel here," writes J. H. G., one of our Inverness readers, " that Cronje deserves a less his- toric prison ground than St. Helena. Why not shunt him to Ascension ? " He then delivers the remainder

of his sentiments in the following verse : Asked the shade of Napoleon the Great, " " Who is this that would tarnish my state ? " He's a Modder-bed Boer, Sans sword or Vierkleur, Over-honoured in sharing thy Fate."

Mrs. Alicia Needham has arranged the old melody of "The Wearin' of the Green " to Miss Isabel Suli\an's poem, " By Order of the Queen." The verses have been sung three times by Mr. Iver McKay at the Albert Design for a Patriotic Flower-bed. (See paragraph) Hall, and on the first two occasions he received the AN IMPROVED STRETCHER. only encore of the evening. Mr. Charles Magrath has also sung it at the Empire Theatre, Miss Lucy Palace, Lillie So many laudatory notices of our arrang"ements in Clarke at the and Miss Williams at the St. Hall. The song is published •ihe field for collecting the wounded have appeared re- James's by Messrs. readers cently that one might be pardoned for supposing- that No\e!lo and Co. Our will doubtless remember stirring those arrangements were almost perfect. Unfor- Mr. W. M. Elkington's verses, "The British Volunteer," which appeared in our pages a few tunately the opposite is the case. We are far behind weeks are pleased to see that the}' the Boers even in methods of removing the wounded ago. We have now been set to appropriate music by Atkin Furmage, from the fire zone. The Boers use, among other things, and are published in London by Messrs. Swan and carts fitted with easy springs, while we still retain the Co. lumbering, springless cart that jolts and jars the wounded squirming in agony. This state of affairs will Many people will be having recourse to the instruc- remain so long as there are apologists of a rotten tive pages of CasselVs Pocket Ganie7ier at this time of the system. Again, our stretchers —we are not talking of year, for the handy little book is full of useful informa- the Indian doolies — are of the most antiquated kind — so tion and hints. On this page we reproduce a patriotic heavy and cumbersome that the carrying of one is a design for bedding, which can be worked out in hya- cintlis or other flowers. It is for an oblong day's work alone for two men. The weight (34 lb.) is bed, and almost doubled by the unhandy shape. represents the British Flag. It will be best carried out However, in this matter Canada has again shown the in double hyacinths, filling the portions marked i with way by adopting the "Oliver" collecting stretchers. scarlet, those marked 2 with dark blue, and Ihe remain- varieties. It This stretcher is the invention of Lieut. -Colonel VV. S. ing portions 3 with white can be easily Oliver (Hon. Deputy-Surgeon-General), Royal Army arranr^-ed, and will prove very bright and effective. Medical Corps, at present stationed at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was adopted someangloboerwar.comtime ago by the Canadian Militia, a contingent of which is now in South Africa. " The Oliver" stretcher weighs only 53 oz. , as com- pared with the 34 lb. of the cumbersome stretcher now in use, and consequently it is much more easily distributed along the firing line — that is, where only three of the heavy stretchers could be dodged up behind the line by six men, half a dozen " Olivers " could be distributed by one man. As seen in the sketch, it can be carried transversely or in the usual manner, and on this account it is specially suited to mountain warfare. Dr. Oliver has successfully designed it for the special purpose of quickly removing the wounded to a place of temporary safety or to the collecting station. The stretcher is made of strong duck, and as it embraces and steadies the patient it also acts as a splint to his body and limbs. The poles are of bamboo, 5 feet 8 inches long, projecting 4 inches at either end beyond the duck. At the sides, 20 inches apart, are four hand spaces, bv which the bearers can lift the stretcher transversely if so desired. The only precautions necessary in the use of the "Oliver" are that in wounds of the leg or foot the patient would need to be carried in a sitting position, head and back resting against the bearer's body. For all other injuries the patient would be placed recumbent and carried either transversely, the bearers being in step, or in the usual manner. Of course, it is well known that bearers carrying a patient in the ordinary manner " break the step"—that is, march out of step so as to keep the stretcher steady. The various methods of carrying are shown by the illustrations. The " Oliver," it is to be hoped, will be adopted by the R.A. M.C. If such a consummation is brought about, receive the blessings the Director-General will devout The "Oliver" patent Collecting Stretcher in the field of many a weary poultice-wallah. (Urasvn by G. D. Rowlandson) .

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' THE MISHAP TO THE TRANSPORT " VVINKFIELD about the end of August. I want to go througli the- Mr. G. G. Inkersol, a member of the Imperial campaign, of course, and I want to see some fighting. Yeomanry Field Hospital Force in South Africa, writes but I shan't be sorry to get back to dear old England. as follows from Green Point Camp, Cape Town, under No place like the old country in the whole world after date April i6th : — "Just a few lines while I have the all. I shall be glad to move up. Cape Town is rather opportunity before we go to the front. We expect and dull. I climbed Lion's Head yesterday. It is a tricky hope to go on Wednesday, but it is not certain. 1 mountain, next to Table Mountain, and one gets a suppose you have seen all about our collision in the grand view from the top. I was inoculated for typhoid papers. I sent you the Cape Times last week with an on the way out. It makes you awfully ill for three or account of the smash. Also a photograph of the bows four days, really bad, and I would not go through il of the Wi7ikfield, which I hope you will get safely. It again for jQio. Several men fainted repeatedly and was an awful experience. Just think. Half-past one were much vfc^orse than I was. I think my constitution in the morning, a dense fog and a very heavy sea is strong, and if I can only dodge the bullets I sliall b( running, and not knowing for half an hour whether we all serene. We have had men down with dysentery were going down or not. Volunteers were called for already, but nothing touches me up to the present. to man the boats so as to save the passengers and There is really no news and won't be until vi'e get with mails, and, of course, I was in that game, and had five Roberts, so you must not mind a short letter. Will or six hours of the hardest work I you send some papers and write have ever had in my life. It was me plenty of letters? It bucks a very tricky work, and the sharks fellow up considerably to hear were swarming round all the from home. I enclose a cutting time. The great feature about from the Cape Times describing the "affair was the really grand our camp, also a poem by our way in which the men behaved tame poet telling you all about when the cry went round v ' Stand the Winkfield.

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The Rev. Adrian Hofmeyer, the nephew of Mr. J. H. Hofmeyer, the founder of the Bond, who was recently released from prison in Pretoria. In spite of his relations he is a *' Progressive," and an ardent admirer of " Rhodes, as you may gather from the photo beside him. In consequence, he is " thoroughly hated by the Dutch. Besides being an eloquent speaker and an all-round athlete, he has done good pioneer work in Mashona- land and the Ngami distiict. This portrait, which is considered the best ever taken of him, shows him In his study at Prince Albert, Cape Colony. (Photo by Charles Scott, now of Bradford)

! to your boats ' The chaps simply got out of their ham- "Well, au revoir. Our camp sports are just about

mocks, collared their boots, &c. , and walked quietly to to commence, and I am in for the mile and also the their stations. There was not the slightest rush or dis- three-legged race with a mad Irishman who is ii. order, and everyone was a true man. Our Major came our tent." Truly, the breezy spirit of the buccaneers o below the next day and thanked all of us, told us we old has not died out among us yet, for it is contained ii- were real men and said he was proud of us. He went up every sentence of this letter. Indeed, it is always crop-

' the hatchway muttering Damned good sorts ' all the ping up in the epistles of the gentlemen in khaki. way. We are under canvas now, of course, and have jolly hard work and rotten grub, but somehow we don't A WEARY BROTHER BOER seem to mind. Our tent is the best in the camp. All The following letter from a Boer—shows the w^iter'^ medical students and real good chaps, we shall stick anxiety to have done with the war : " Artillery Corps together all through the campaign. We have a lot of Hoofdlaager, April 5th, 1900. — Beloved Pa, — I am sicl- Boer prisoners in this camp. They howl weird hymns, of fighting, and should like to come back to the farm, bu

have dysentery and look awful villains. The general I am held by the law. .. . Our supplies still come ii opinion here is that the war will be over in two months good quantity from Delagoa Bay, through Pretoria, from the time Roberts moves. I know that heaps of but we hear that trouble has risen with the Portuguese men are being and have been sent to Beira and Aliwal and Raad meets on May 7th to consider a seriou North, and it seems to me that Roberts is gradually matter. The Raad members in and about the laager; surrounding the Boers and will collar them as he did are to go back. We have much ammunition, but th Cronje. I think if all goes well that I shall be home English never come. The English come slowly, be- —— — —

3i; BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET June 9, 1900 cause they Iiave so many foot soldiers. Joubert and 95 per cent, are Scotsmen— all Scotlai^d being open to Cronje are gone from us. That is bad for us. Oom the regiment for recruiting. The other statement about Paul has been here. He is going round the laagers Major Campbell's promotion is also incorrect. The and has much to say when he speaks. He told us tho regiment had no officers at all killed at Omdurman. English have stated they mean to take our inde- At the Atbara, however, it had one captain and one pendence. This has made the burghers wrathful and major (Findlay and Urquhart) killed, and one major full of fight. The Vaal River will be a bloody crossing (Napier) died of wounds. Campbell was a subaltern at if they ever get up. We are to have big guns from the time. His is a brevet majority. There are also further back (Pretoria?) in place of Cronjc's buried several men in both battalions named Cameron, includ- ones. Dear Pa, they are singing a new song in laager ing four officers. I remember a photo being taken at since the President went away Malta in 1893 of twenty to thirty ' Camerons.'" " Ta-ra-ra Oom Paul het'n vark gery BOBS THE BAGMAN. Afgeval en zeerkop gekry Ta-ra-ra. A Liverpool Shipowner, writing to the Journal of Good-day, Pa. —Your beloved Son," &c. Commerce, suggests that the following advice-note

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In happier days : A souvenir of ex-President Steyn's last visit to Heilbion, whicti the Free Staters would have niadj their fourth capital had not Ian Hamilton been too quick for them. This took place only last year, when he opened the railway extension. In this photogiaph the famous sprinting President is seen standing on the front of the engine, whence he is addressing the crowd of worthy burghers who surround him

THE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS might appropriately be sent to Messrs. Kruger and The interest in the Cameron Highlanders seems quite Steyn : e.xceptional. One of our readers at Gibraltar sends us Dear Sir, —Our traveller, Mr. Roberts, is in your

the following interesting letter : immediate neighbourhood, and will have great pleasure it "The statement that the 79th 'consists largely of in waiting upon you ; if you can make convenient to Englishmen' is not correct. There are only about 200 meet him, you will doubtless get more than you want. if that now. When the regiment went to Malta at the Mr. Roberts has a large and choice selection of iron- beginning of 1892, England was opened to them for mongery with him, and a special line in bunting, recruiting for a short time, as they were considerably v.'hich has gone very well in Bloemfontein, and which under strength, and it Was at that time that the 200 to he purposes shortly to show you in Pretoria. VVe have 300 Englishmen enlisted. Since then over 90 per cent. large orders for this bunting from all parts of the dI the men who have enlisted have been Scotsmen. world, and believe it will give the same satisfaction in The 2nd Battalion (now at Gibraltar) was started in your neighbourhood that it has given to all our other ?\pril, 1897, and received its 8th company at Aldershot customers. " Yours obediently,

' " In. April last ytar. Its strength is now 835, and about Salisbury and Co." [June 9, 1900 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET .5 '9 A DIARY OF THE SIEGE OF MAFEKINQ.

Within the limits of the summary of the war which we published last week it was not possible to include anitiiin^- in the nature of a detailed account of the events of the Siej:;fe of Mafeking. Inasmuch as our readers seem anxious for a fuller diary, and the story of Baden-Powell's heroic defence is perhaps the brightest page in the history of the campaign, we take the opportunity to set on permanent record the more prominent events of the memorable Siege. It will be borne in mind that " B.-P." was completely hemmed in _on October 13th, 1899, his forces consisting of some 660 trained IMajur-Gei.era Autograph men of the Protectorate Regiment and British South Africa Police, besides Colonials. The total number of whites was approximately 1,150 men, 400 women and 300 children ; the balance of the population including some 7,'>co natives.

FROM OCTOBER 14th TO THE END OF DECEMBER, 1899 OCTOBER Tuesday, 2ist. — Boers creep nearer the town, and the Saturday, 14TH. — Patrol under Lord Charles Caven- " position grows daily more serious." Citizens dish Bentinck and an armoured train under Captain lie day and night in wet trenches, not daring to put Williams successfully engage the Boers, driving their heads above the breastworks for fear of sharp- them back. shooters. Tuesday, 17TH. — Captain FItzClarence with sixty men DECEMBER make a bayonet charge at midnight into the — nearest of the enemy's entrenchments, doing con- Sunday, 3RD. " B.-P." advises the burghers to go siderable execution. home and give up a hopeless task. Saturday, 2ist. — " B.-P." reports a four hours' bom- Monday, 4TH. — Boers send in a 5-pounder shell con- " bardment of the town, with the result — " one taining a playful message, concluding, Don't dog killed." drink all the whisky. Leave some for us when " Tuesday, 31ST. —The B..S.A. Police make a brilliant we get in." B.-P. " replies that they will never defence of Cannon Kopje under Colonel Walford. get into the town by sitting down and looking at it. NOVEMBER Tuesday, i2TH. — Lady Sarah Wilson, a prisoner, is Wednesday, ist. —After a heavy bombardment Cronje exchanged for Vlljoen, a notorious ex-convict. calls upon the town to surrender. "B.-P.," who Monday, 25TH. —The garrison consumed a ton of was sleeping when the summons arrived, replies, Christmas pudding. " I will let you know when we have had Tuesday, 26th. — Gametree Fort is unsuccessfully enough." attacked by garrison. Captains Vernon and Sand- Thursday, 2ND. — Mr. E. G. Parslow, the Daily ford and Lieutenant Porton tire killed, together Chronicle war correspondent, killed by Lieutenant with seventeen men, while three inen are, taken

Murchison. angloboerwar.comprisoners. 1 1900 — THE SAVING OF THE FLAG JANUARY Saturday, 24TH. — Boers direct protracted assault on Wednesday, 3RD. —The Boers shell the women's laager, the town, but are driven off at all points. one little girl being killed and two other children Sunday, 25TH. —Message of encouragement is received injured. from the Queen. Wednesday, ioth. — Boer fire kills a woman. Wednesday, 28th. —A big shell bursts In the editor's sides Wednesday, ijth. —Enemy pushed back on three room of the Ma/eking- Mai], but no harm is done. well out of rifle shot, and grazing is opened for cattle on the east side. A boy named Brown is MARCH killed in the women's laager. Rations reduced. Thursday, 25TH. — Boers put a 94-pounder shell through Tuesday, 6th. —The siege Is prosecuted with the the convent used as a convalescent hospital. greatest energy: Boers claim to have captured Monday, 29TH. — Enemy's camp is shelled with com- another fort close to the town. plete success, and next morning Boer laager is Monday, i2TH. — Piumer, with relief force, advances moved back two miles. within forty-eight miles of the town. The Bara- Wednesday, 31ST. — Skirmish with three of the enemy's longs In Mafeking make an Independent sortie and guns. Town is bombarded from all sides. harass the Boers. Friday, i6th. — Plumer's relief column at Lobatsl Is FEBRUARY hotly attacked. Friday, 2nd. —Telegraphic coinmunication is restored Friday, 23RD. —The enemy abandon their fortified from the north to Gaberones. Snyman "prac- positions at the brickfields, which are occupied by tically admits" that he ordered the shelling of the the British and dismantled. women's and children's laagers on January 27th. Saturday, 24TH. — Boers prepare an ambush, but So "B.-P." establishes temporary premises for the " B.-P." is not to be drawn. Boer prisoners in the laager and hospital to protect Monday, 26th. —The Boers' siege gun is silenced by those places. British fire. Monday, i2TH.— Mr. Ball, a well-known citizen, is Tuesday, 27TH. —The town very short of food, but not killed. so closely invested as before. " B.-P." replies to Saturday, 17TH. — Boers are reported to be leaving the congratulatory telegram from Ladysmlth. district to oppose Piumer near Gaberones. Saturday, 31ST. — A sortie from Mafeking and a simul- Sunday, i8th. — Garrison settles down to horsellesh taneous attack by Plumer's cavalry in the vicinity diet but is as determined as ever. of Ramathlabama is reported by the Boers to have Thursday. 22ND. — " B.-P.'s " forty-third birthday. been repulsed. Piumer retires to his base, having Diphtheria breaks out in the women's laager, into lost three officers and seven men killed, and eleven wiiich Boers fire siege guns. missing. 320 BLACK AND WHITE BUDGET June 9, 19C0 APRIL MAY Sunday, 8th. — Lieutenant Smitheman returns to Saturday, sth. — Boers report skirmishes outside Mafc- Plumer, having got through the Boer lines with king, British losing one soldier and three natives Imperial dispatches for " B.-P." killed. The enemy keep up heavy volley firing Wednesday, iith. — Enemy shell the town tor five on a funeral party. hours with eight guns and two Maxims—the Sunday, 6th. — Plumer communicates with Mafeking heaviest bombardment so far. A small attacking by carrier pigeon. force advances against Fort Abrams, but is re- Monday, 7TH.— "B.-P." reports: "All well. Fever pulsed, leaving five dead on the field. decreasing. Garrison cheerful and lood will last Friday, 13TH. — Plumer tries to get a herd of cattle to until June loth." the garrison, but fails. Alost of the forty cattle Wednesday, gTii.^— Relief column reaches Vryburg, boys are shot, the wounded being butchered by the proceeding night and da\- by forced marches. enemy. Rations are further reduced. Sunday, 13TII. —A storming party of Boers 250 strong, Saturday, 14TH. — Boers shell the town with six guns led by Eloff, rush the pickets, getting into the Slad

for an hour. and Protectorate Camp ; and are cut off, ten being Sunday, 15TII. —Thirteen native women endeavour to killed and 108 taken prisoners, including Eloff and get away at night, but are fired on by the Boers, nine officers. Our losses six killed. who kill nine. Tuesday, 15TH. — Northern column, [consisting of Thursday, iqth. —Boers withdraw their siege gun and Plumer's Colonials, and Canadian and Queensland institute a hand-to-hand cordon. Native women contingents furnished by Carrington, join hands attempting to pass through Boer lines are butchered with IVIahon's flying column from the south — in cold blood. which consists of Imperial Light Horse, Diamond Friday, 20TH. —A message is received from Lord Fields Horse, and detachments of Canadian Roberts asking the gallant little garrison to hold Artillery —at Jan-Nassibes, twenty miles west of out till May i8th. Mafeking. Monday, 23RD. — Horse sausages are issued for the Wednesday, i6tii. —Combined relieving forces attacli first time to-day. enemy, inflicting severe defeat with the slight loss Wednesday, 25TH.—Enemy make another attack on of three killed.

the soutli front, but, mistrusting silence of garrison, Thursday, 17TH. —Siege raised after 216 days ; reliev- eventually v^'ithdraw. ing columns entering the town in the early morning.

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The Home of Rest for Discharged Soldiers at Bisley, which was the gift of the Uuilding Tr.-ides C O R RE S P O N D E N C E H. D. (Woolwich). —We agree with you concerning the that the meaning of this Gaelic word is the invaluable services rendered by Colonel Gironde, 'Black Mars.' This interpretation of 'Mulbuie' R.E., in this campaign in making and repairing is, I venture to say, wrong. 'Mull' in Gaelic

' railways, &c., and trust that at some future date we means a height or headland, and buie ' stands for ' may have sufficient space at our disposal to give a yellow. The true meaning therefore of ' Mulbuie portrait of him. will be the 'yellow mount.'"

— ' ' J. M. (Greenock). —The answer to your first question J. C. (of Inverary) also writes : " Mulbuie means the is in the negative. Thanks for your suggestion yellow head, or headland, ' buie ' meaning yellow,

' ' with regard to our correspondents. and mul ' or mull ' headland—see instance in }. M'C. (Glasgow). —We are glad to seize the oppor- Mull of Kintyre, Island of Mull, a high bold tunity afforded by the receipt of your letter to point island. Black is ' Dubh ' or sometimes Anglicised out that the proportion of prisoners of war taken ' Dhu ' — see Scott's ' Lady of the Lake,' ' Roderick so far is vastly in favour of the British, and, we Dhu.'" are sure, it will continue to become more and more S. D. H. L. L. (Paisley). —The name beneath the so as we get nearer—Pretoria. photograph published in our issue of May 12th, G. B. writes as follows : "In Black and White Budget which read Private David Mills, should have read for May 19th there is a short notice of Major- Corporal David Miller. General Hector A. Macdonald. In this it is stated W. P. W. (Acton). —Thank you for your suggestion, that the name of his birthplace is ' Mulbuie,' and which will receive due consideration.

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