Lord Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall in the county of Suffolk, is in truth a marvellous man. From Lord Cromer we learn that he is one of the finest administrators the British race has ever known; in fact his Lordship says that he is not certain that he has not, after all, mistaken his vocation, as lis' would have made such a splendid Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Salisbury, when offering him his congratulations, at the banquet given in his honour at the Mansion House, last week, told his audience that he (the Sirdar) had fought the campaign which he had just brought to so successful an issue for £300,000 less than he undertook to spend which, according to his belief, was unique in.the world's history. I am told—though for the truth of this I cannot vouch—that the hero of the hour trusts women so little that he will not even have a married man on his staff; also that he can cure drunkenness in one lesson. The method he adopts is as follows:—Tho culprit, dressed in heavy marching attire, is compelled to carry a bag in each hand, containing 50lbs. of shot, and, efficiently guarded, he is made to walk for six hours without stopping. The first application of this remedy is usually sufficient, it rarely needs repetition, At the same time one of the main secrets of the Sirdar's popularity among his men is the splendid organisation of the commissariat department, which he always personally superintends. During the march on Khartoum every man had a daily allowance of 1b. of meat, 141bs. of bread, coffee for dinner and tea at night, also " supply of fresh vegetables daily; if this was insufficient he had more, No wonder Tommy worked well and didn't get drunk.
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