Kitchener Sinking Details Stir War Leadership Debate
Report of the Hampshire sinking off Orkney with Earl Kitchener aboard triggers criticism of war time ministers and calls for leadership changes. General Sir William Robertson expected to succeed as head of the war office while Lloyd-George heads munitions.
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Earl Kitchener
Lord Northcliffe
Sccwy
Ministry of Munitions
David Lloyd Corge
Sir William Robertson
Imperial Staff
Field Marshal French
France
General Robertson
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Hampshire
Atlantic
White Sea
Archangel
Far East
South China Sea
Kitchener the Steel Leader Shaped British War Effort
The article chronicles Horatio Kitchener as the pivotal organizer of Britain's war effort in 1914 15 building the volunteers into a massive army. It notes his stern disciplined leadership at the war office his demand for munitions and his role in Egypt Sudan India and South Africa. It portrays him as a hard steel figure respected for efficiency though seldom loved.
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Earl Kitchener
Great Britain
Kitchener of Khartum
Kitchener
War Office
London
England
Egypt
King George
India
Whitehall Street
France
Belgium
British Isles
Asquith
United Kingdom
Dominions
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
David Lloyd George
South Africa
County Kerry
Ireland
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Woolwich
Royal Engineers
Palestine
Holy Land
Cyprus
Khartum
Sudan
Evelyn Wood
Sir Herbert Stewart
Gordon
Red Sea
Osman Digna
Queen Victoria
Francis Grenfell
Omdurman
Nile
Baron Kitchener of
Lord Roberts
Mediterranean
Cairo
Portrait of Kitchener A stern soldier and famed leader
A haggard portrait describes Lord Kitchener with a heavy moustache and closed mouth, a laconic humor, and unyielding discipline. It notes his belief in work, lack of mercy for failures, and fame worldwide, including a 1910 U S visit. He denied being a woman hater, saying marriage conflicted with being a good soldier.
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United States
New York
Kitchener
Faith in Divining Rod Sparks Treasure Dig in Shreveport
A Shreveport contractor named Farmer, guided by a divining rod, dug all night with three helpers on a plot owned by Dr. J. M. Comegys in the city’s exclusive district. Despite four feet deep by four feet wide digging, no treasure was found as of late bulletins, though Farmer remains convinced the rod points to buried wealth and vows to continue digging.
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Fairfield Avenue
J. M. Comegys
Shreveport
The
New York Sun
Farmer
Hidden Weath
Captain Kidd
Tough Luck and Pickles in a Confederate Navy Tale
A familiar Broadway hotel figure, a Confederate, recalls a Civil War tale from 1864 about scarce rations in the Southern navy. Officers of a gunboat seized Federal stores, escaped Union troops, and talked of pickles for mess, only to find coffee and hard tack with the steward denying knowledge of pickles, jokingly mispronouncing cucumbers as circumcisions in a humorous miscommunication.
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Broadway
New York Evening Post
Unon
Culpepper
Compulsory Service Bill Not Dead, Momentum Grows
Washington june 6 with the army reorganization bill passed and the naval appropriation approved attention shifts to Senate bill 1695 the Chamberlain compulsory military training bill. Chamberlain and Baker favor its action while Wilson hints at support for training. The plan would train able bodied men 12 to 23 with exemptions for religious and moral grounds, using cadet corps for younger boys and citizen army for older youths, up to age 23. A rising anti militia lobby warns of political dangers and mobilizes opposition while Republicans and potential nominees hint at party backing if pushed.
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Washington, D. C
House
Chamberlain
Senate
Baker
Wilson
Arlington National Cemetery
America
Citizen Cadet Corps
Citizen
Army
Navy
Defense Service
Citi
Zen Army
Conegress
Congress
American Union Against
Anti-Preparedness Committee
Hay
House Military Affairs Committee
Washington
American Union
Chicago
Roosevelt
Senate Chamberlain
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Eng
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Storm Center
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