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Field Marshall Earl Kitchener of Khartoum K.G. A Tribute to His Memory

1916

Subsequently he was promoted to the full rank of General ; was created Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum of the Vaal in the Colony of the Transvaal and of Aspall in the county of Suffolk. [...] The bone of contention was the existence of of a Military Member of the Viceroy's Council which was a survival of the days when the military admiistration of India was distributed between the three great Presidencies of Bengal Bombay and Madras. [...] When the three armies were merged into one under the authority of the Commander-in-Chief the post of Military Member was retained and it was within the power of this official to veto an order of the head of62 EARL KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM the army by moms of the final judgment of the Governor-General. [...] For although the traditional liheralty of the British Government will not permit them to be vindictive the suppression of disorder involves the diversion of energy from the work of stimulating the progress of the country and the passions unleashed by the organisation of political crime sap the founations of intellectual moral and political"INDIA AND ARMY REFORM 75 growth. [...] It was at the juncture of a declaration of war between Italy and Turkey and as Egypt was nominally under the sway of the Sultan there was a strong popular movement in favour of going to the assistance of the Moslems against their adversary especially in the direction of preventing an occupation of Tripoli.
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Pages
126
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142147
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi Nandkunverba view
Foreword
9-10 Lord Reay view
Preface
11-14 Nandkunverba view
Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
15-18 Nandkunverba view
Early Days
19-23 Nandkunverba view
Exploration in the Near East
24-27 Nandkunverba view
Egypt and the Sudan
28-33 Nandkunverba view
Freeing the Sudan
34-42 Nandkunverba view
The Fall of Omdurman
43-45 Nandkunverba view
The Gordon Memorial College
46-51 Nandkunverba view
South Africa
52-57 Nandkunverba view
The Home Coming
58-58 Nandkunverba view
India and Army Reform
59-84 Nandkunverba view
Australia and Universal Service
85-87 Nandkunverba view
Back in Egypt
88-91 Nandkunverba view
The Great War
92-98 Nandkunverba view
The Passing of Kitchener
99-102 Nandkunverba view
Kitchener the Man
103-i Nandkunverba view
The Indian Wounded at Brighton
113-117 Nandkunverba view
L'Envoi
118-119 Nandkunverba view
Backmatter
i-i Nandkunverba view

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