Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1900 — ROBERTS MADE ARMY CHIEF. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ROBERTS MADE ARMY CHIEF.

Hero of South Africa Gets a Promotion on His Birthday. Lord Roberts is now commander-in-chief of the British army. The announce* ment, long expected, was officially mads on the birthday of the hero of Kandahar, The formal announcement-is hailed by the Unionist party as a pledge that ths army reorganization will be carried out In the most effective manner. Gen. Bui* ler should succeed Ix>ril Roberts in South Africa. He will be the senior officer there when the field marshal leases and there are several others who rank before Kitchener. Lord Roberts commenced his military

services as a lieutenant of a mountain battery of native artillerymen at Peahn* war, rndia. His assignment to South Africa was a notice to the world that Britain meant once and for all to crush out the aspirations of the Dutch republics for separate and independent statehood. Lord Roberts la a remarkable personality. In the first place, he is, like the great Wellington, of Irish parentage, though born in India —the son of Gen. Sir Abraham Roberts —and never fails to awaken the enthusiasm of the ions of Erin. He never knows when he is defeated.

LORD ROBERTS.