A SETTLER'S LIFE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 678, 1 December 1909, Page 7

A SETTLER'S LIFE

TOR OLD SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. (By Tclcsraph-Press Assoclatlon-Copyrlchtl t London, November 23. Hajor-Gencral tho Earl of Dundonald, at ono tlmo Commander of the Canadian Militia, addressing the Veterans' Corps, a body organised to ' hnd employment for e.x-soldiers and cx6ailors, suggested extension of the movement to the colonies. '

The.advantage/of fa aettier'e.'life', (raght said of. ioldiers.; aid f 6o,i|ors; wkilo rthey':; s'eryin'g iheir/cannt^;:.';^'//;'/■'');( ■:/:V(;'|v: ,?'?■;

L:[l3y;;OJder-jn-C!ounciV<in ; 1901,'-.'theiEarl- of Diindonald, was command of ,the-Canadian : "Militia,. I 'Decausa 'of. a. speech:-in which; he condemned the:interference,of-poli-™lon3 \n ; military Vaifairsi ■■: and", charged Mr; |isher, J ;;Minister 'for inter--fering, pn-.politicalgrflunds,. wilh-'the organisa- , noirrof.:a:nevr. cayaji7: : regin\ent''The following: has "been:written': jri appreciation.'of: Cord Dundonahl:—VGrilndspn of tfie fine qld'waruoi who fought:Napoleon -■ and.'tho Admiralty',' the 1 nrk--in;ihp.Aegean.; and the, Spaniard in South Amencari;.waters,■; with' equalvzest,' and was.always.in , hot water.hiraself at'home when not.'making Jrhings ■"hot '• for ' someoiio 'else' at ;6ea, i the Lord iDuhdonald .-made .jue"own,imme; in/laritl-.wn'rfare. -Everyone' re- . members-how-.; he had the honour/of'riding into;Ladysmith;' at : :tte :head,'.of' Buller's arinj. [l Y "9 •Wβ" most: historical scene in a ; career that. .nas. been eventful enougji. .b.oforb'.' that and Since. ; It /jCfls Lord Dundonald who \olunteered,to -ndo acrops the desert"to carry word pf.«ip ; .seyitire::orGakdul:-Wells/land again of .Mordons fate. AbuKlea'andColenso are both among his memories;' lie-has buen' : Colonol-m-Command'; -o^: 'the !• 2nd 'ALifep ; Guards, has peon .promoted -Major-General: for. distinguished service; ftnd. has foiind,/as comniantler of the .Canadian Mjliha,'. thats colonial -.susceptibilities nro./apt to ■bevMifficnlt/'/ "After,all this, Lord I)untlona_ld 'mav be pardpncilif he flnils tho of iLords rather.'ttme whenever he cter--•cises:*i3;Tif(his.andvdaties.:as.>,-.'Scb,ttish Repiesentatlve:peer.;; Dottglas ;; Mackiiinon Baillie Hamiltqn Cochrane .'istte. twelfth;-howe\pr, of a 'liny that; has,' nevor- , shirked 'work of the most yarid kintls;' Ho,was'"born'in 1832, and succeeded W. , father an ■1885."!' '■ z «