The Signal, 1902-4-17, Page 7TME BOER COMMANDERS
ARRIVE IN PRETORIA.
Schalkburger, Botha, DeWet, and
Steyn to See Kitchener.
lnrne tett Cablaet Council IIed --^ham►rrtda ?see the Kt i[ un SunJay -
tie May Urant 1.*rye Amnesty - All kinds ut Rumors but Nothing
Definite Known ---British People May Uo Farther than Loyal Colon.
tats Nish -Alleged Demands (lade by the Boers.
Ottawa, April 7.-A supplemeotu
fait u( the casualties among the 2
urautan Muuuted hitless on March
,see rtx;etteed today at Governor.
Jivuee from Cape Tows. The list is
follows:
I)ANGElttl'NI.Y WOl'ND.l).
CARRIER 61ittOT, 61:'O. MCKCGO,
Rowland, le C., in left breast.
Formerly tttrn t hmtua's Nurse. Mo-
ther, lir Jobs Moak - t, l meteor -
house, Lou tin, Ont.
J .t. V1'1LK1:.9tlA, Guelph, out., lu
taco' Lino right forearm. Mother,
tattooists Wiikinsase Clyde, out.
1TE..i4MLb TENNANT, formerly 2tt41
lrutyalou, R. C. R.. Moncton, N. B.,
.0 Loud. Father, James Teunaut,
J)rniterlotuu, N. B.
seICV Kite:1.Y N OL I Mete.
'1IOI:INUbM1T11 J. A. MINLiIIN,
uuelpb, Ont., in leg and head.
Voter, Mrs, A, Mlnohln, Clyde, Out.
LAYTON b. fJ01tt1ON, Toronto, 1,1
tireama awl hip. Father, P. H. C'or-
mnit,,C01 Carlton *treat, Toronto.
1 ILaNCIb A. SMITH, Toronto, in
sheet. Nast of kin. Mrs. Jus. eolith,
Greavdle .crest. Toronto.
.: W. MILLEt4. LoaCon, tent„ la Jaw
:esl leg. F'ath*r, Jobs Millen, Wikl-
uam Coates
A7Ll-PAM BTO LFJJ, London, Onb., In
Ikugh. Next ea kin, Janus Stokes,
:'cogs!, Oat.
1lt'. F. SMITH, Ottawa. In arm For-
merly It, C. F. A. Next of kin;
t littabeth Smith, the Goal Shep-
terd's. Quotient. t .
AL143 H I I.Y N Ot %. mete
•1 a1t111ERSEROT. N. M. DetVAit,
Kau Clailte, N-tpls,tag.
steiGT. E. A. NRO, London, Out..•
erased. Felber, James
Munro,
010
1ncw r ate incLoudon.
LtNCE-CORP, JOH:v ell.t& BOND,
Toronto, grated "'ether, J. I'.
I;ood, 28 Division •:test, Toronto.
1'TF'.. ALi4K. FEJtOLSON, Toronto..
eentliee, D. A. Ferguson, 171 Madi-
son revenue, Toronto.
PTF. HARRY E. BALLARD, format.!
. 1/ 2nd R. C. It., in shoulder. Next
atf kin, Mrs. IS J. Ballard, Clifford
Ont.
PTE. CLARENCE K. ROIIISON, Lon-
.lon, in thigh. Father, B. B. Hurl -
son, 141 Howard avenue, Windsor.
PTE. F. A. ITEF, Guelph, In thigh.
Brother, Wm. Pyke. Morley Hick
PTE. JOHN AS '1'DEN KF:fI�DF:LL,
Rendon, Ont. Father, George Ken -
eel!, Chatham, Oat.
PTE 'FRF:DERICK ('OO"Elt. Toronto,
h, thigh. Father, H. C. Cooper,
:Silt Dovercourt road, Toronto.
:TF FRF.DF.i1ICK CHARLES WILD -
31 (N, Hamilton, in nem. MTs. A. H.
W !Open, 14 Jackson street west,
Ilemiltoo his mother.
PTE. MICHAEL MURPHY, Peterlswo',
1n scalp. Next of kin, Connor Mur-
phy, 32 Lewis street, Peterboro'.
IHl:. WM. ERNIEST M"PIIERSON,
Charlottetown. Next of kin, Mary
inns McPherson, Charlottetown.
PTE. R. LLOYD, enlisted at Itovel-
aoke, B. C., In haat. Next of kin,
It. Lloyd, Leamington, England.
Iry is. On February 28th report'. of the
nit Hoer,' a'tvantce came In, and great
31 preparations were made for defence,
ut 'digging, trenching, etc. I slept a few
as
hours, but It was too exciting to
sleep much. On March 1st Lu- i Kit-
chener came over to our camp and
inspected us." `--
i iii: Woo. NI)K').
Toronto, April 8. -Clayton S. Cor-
son is 21 years old, a son of Mr. P.
Ii. Corson of P. H. Corson & Co., per-
fumer*, Adelaide street West. and a
nephew IN Dr. Mcl'hereon, of Carlton
street. Just before leaving for
South Africa he boarded at 219 Jar-
vis street.' Formerly ho was a stu-
dent at the Dufferin t'chool, utter
which he became a shipper fur Oar -
side A White, wholeetie toot and
shoe merchants. He is an ail -round
athlete, ani holds a medal for rue -
eine. its Well as a reputation for
good work as centre scrimmage is
rugby. He was also a member of
the Champion Duf feria Lacrosse Team
and was extremely popular.
Preach' A. Smith is the youngest
son of I. J. B. Smith, of the J. B.
Smith Lumber ('ompa.nv. and was a
corporal In the 0.-(1. Body Ouanis.
A circumstance that added poig-
nancy to the grief felt by the mother
was the receipt of a letter from
Frank yesterday afternoon about the
same time that the casualty list was
being published. It was elated March
1. at New -nettle, Natal, and related
that soon after the errtrnl cf the
contingent It was reviewed by Oen.
Lord Klteh••rer.
Corporal J. C Bmul Is a son of
Dr. J. I' Bond, of _6 revise u 'street,
aril has hotel dutch experrlerice In the
earnpalg i ag..lnat the Boers. He first
went to South Africa as a member
of (' Battery, second Canadian eon-
tingrnt. Afterwards he joined
.1 Howard's Stouts, and was pr.settt
with the corps at the time of the
death of that gallant. officer. For-
merly he wase a member of the ,Q.
O. ft.
Alex. Vert:wo c Is 2t years orate,
a sou of Mr. n A. Ferguson, of Medi-
ate' avenue, ae d a graduate of the
Ontario College of Pharmacy. He
was a member of C Compin.. 48th
Highlanders, and holds the Margtier-
rtte Cup for rifle ;Mooting. He went
to 8oath Africa with the first de-
tachment of the last contingent.
Frederick Cooper le a sort of Mr.
Hrnry Cooper, of the Dominion Cas-
ket Company, for which company be
worked previously to enlisting for
es -riles In South Africa. lie le 22
liars oil awl was for several years
a member of H Company, Queen's
Own Rifles. He enlisted with two
companions, Tom Walker and James.
Leiden, both of whom are still In
the campaign. Cooper has a Wen -
did physl Inc. He is rix feet two inches
In height, and weighs 175 pounds.
Claret:cr. K. Ror.eon: Windsor, was
a mrmber of B Company, first min_
tIngem, and was wounded May 1.
1900, at Houtnek, Orange River Col-
ony.
UANOt itflt M1.1 ll.l..
tprll 5, at Elandsfooteln-Private
N Robinson, Halifax. enteric fever.
F'nt •r, Thomas Robinson. U Doyle
street, Halifax.
At Pretoria- Private John Arthur
Wilson, euterle fever, London, Out.
Father, Edward Wilton, 522 Hamil-
ton road, London.
April t, at Charleston -II. It. .0
Arn,imis, Toronto, dysentery.
There are two more wounleti than
were first reported, making the total
list of easoaltles 57, made up as fol-
lows Killer(, 1I men -commissioned of-
ficers and men ; wounded, 4 officers
and 42 non-commlesloned officers' and
men. Several of the wounded were hit
twice showing that the Bemire main-
taleeel a hot fire.
3teeeet;r: Isitott LUItl► 50111' It Is.
Tile following message has been re-
7:elvod by the Governor-Oeneral from
Lord Roberts:
London, April 7. -Earl Mlntd,Oar-
srmisent Homae, Ottawa, Ottt -__!• 1
have telegraphed Kitchener hearty
('o: Rrntulntions to troops who did
err well at Klein Harts River, 31st
Mirth, but i would like to acquaint
the Nandi/in Government how much
I eppreclate splendia stand Cana-
dine M011 fl Rifles; how much I
regret henry losses. (Signed) Mol-
ente '
I (illi: 1.50(1 VOL. SVAN".
Non. F. W. Borden has sent a re-
ply to Lord Dundonald's message
of eaturdny evening: "1 hanks for
tour congratulations."
t!!! Saturday Oen. O'Grady-Hnly
I" ,ed a cablegram from Colonel
et ' •-i to this effect : "Regiment in
a' • •n end behaved very creditably.
R'•,'ret losses."
lif
Knlseley', modesty.
A story Illustrating the unassum-
ing nature of Corporal Kuleeley, of
the Canadian Dragoons, who was
killed at Harts River, was in circu-
lation at the City Hall yesterlay.
He enlisted in Toronto and was very
aril twelve here, but did not reside
In the city. When he was offered
the L5 and matchbox grantxl by
the city to- each of the Toronto men
he Inquired the terms upon which
the gift was made, and, thinking that
to -cense his home.was not here he had
no right to them, declined them.
('apt. smogs,/ a 1' I ♦hal.
The career of I'te. Milligan as a
rifle Shot was notate* to the very
moment he left Cantela. Daring the
New days the regiment waited at
Halifax he took part In a number
of toipetltions. In one he made 97
points with 8 feet of wind. and In
another Rid potato en a- still -day,
with the thermometer below zero
and tWo feet of snow on tie ground.
Hill achievements were highly praised
In letters woe en home by Lieut.
F. b'. Clarke at • time.
Private 'A mole.
Pte. Henry Roland remelt. Agee -
sir, deny -rowdy III, lead hail rather
a rough experience in serving the
Empire in Mouth Africa. ile is full
of the military seal. But thin is not
sarpri-fag, rutstrleiIjig the fighting
stock front which hr spring He i.,
2:3 years of age awl waw torn to
Halifax. Ills father was a ohuvialn
In the British army. ant hie mother,
Mrs. Agnelli.. of London. Eng., is a
daughter of the late General Gar
vault. When the Second Canadian
'ontingent Ithe Canadian Mounted
RUheal was formed, he WAR a member
of the Iturford squadron of the Sec.
esti Deegeoe., amt had- previously
been a member of A company, Dote
ferin Rifles, Brantford. Ile went to
St. Catltartne, and enlisted. On the
way oat to °ape Tows he was sus -
Struck, and shortly after lie reached
Cepa Town enteric fever dev('bped.
When he was snffictently recovered
he was invalided to England. lie
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