Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1901 — Gen. Delarey, Boer Hero. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gen. Delarey, Boer Hero.

General Delarey. the Boer command-

ant who is making another De Wet of himself la the War In South Africa, is probably the most modern and up-to-date of the Afrikander fighters. He is said to be a perfect gentleman in his manners and to be somewhat in advance of bls fellow burghers in the matter of dress. He affects none of the negligence of attire so dear to the eye of the real Boers, yet at heart he is as sturdy, as stolid and as pastoral as De Wet or Cronje. Delarey is the officer who engineered the clever capture of the Scots Fusiliers. He is now the main pillar of the Boer army, and unless stopped by a bullet be will probably be the last to leave the field. For eleven years he sat in the volksraad, but he was known as the silent man. He has his own private griefs as well as public ones. His first born was killed at Modder River. The incident was Romanesque. The son, a boy of 16, was struck by a bullet while at his father’s side. “Are you hit, my boy?” asked the general. “Yes, father.” They went to the ambulance. “Does it pain, my boy?" “Yes, father." • "Are you going to die?" “Yes, father.” * Half an hour later the lad was dead. But Delarey fights on, and at bis side is another son, younger but as brave

as the first DelaL.y is of Irish origin.

GEN. DELAREY.