DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1287, 16 November 1911, Page 8

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.

« GENERAL SIR ARTHUR DORWARD.

Among tho passengers who arrived from Sydney by tho Warrimoo lost night wa» Major-General Sir Arthur 11. 1\ Dorwnrd, fK.C.Ii., D.5.0., who has had a distinguished career in tho liritish Army. Tho visitor, who was lately Major-Gen-oral on tho Staff in charge of tho Administration in South Africa, was educated in Cheltenham, England, and subsequently at Woolwich, lie entered tlia Royal Engineers in 18CS, nnd, serving in the Afghnu war ten year later, was mentioned in dispatches. He was a member of tho Burmese Expedition in ISSS-8, in which ho secured many honours. Tor his services in that campaign General Dor-ward received iho thanks of the Government of India, was mentioned twice in dispatches, received the Distinguished Service Order, and tho brevet rank of .Major.

He commanded the Royal Engineers at Jamaica in 1807-03, and in the Chinch expedition in 1900 he wa« tho BrigadierGeneral commanding tho liritish troops until tho arrival of ihc Indian ccmling. eat. Uc commanded the allied British.

American, and Russian troops at the action near Tientsin on July 9, l'.lOO, and was in charge at the rapture of that city a few days later. In August of tho same year ho commanded tho allied troops which defeated tho Boxers, nnd: was charge of the expedition to Tu Liu. For his services in this campaign he was again mentioned in dispatches, nnd was created n K.C.R. ,J'.°,, nclp(l as British Commissioner at Ww-Hai-Wei from August 10, 1899. to ■ December 10, 1901, and afterwards wis Iransicrred to the command at Shanghai, trom which city he was ordered Home. J.o was not allowed to remain long in England, for from 190.1 to 1005 ho was Ef"'; 1 i n ,,? imr K° of (I 'o troops at the btraits bettlpinents. His connection with military affairs in South Africa was after tne war. w£ 11 . -f .""""I? t0 vi6il ' Min<s of interest whilst in New Zealand.