New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1928, Page 3

ENGLISH WARRIOR EARL HAIG DIES " AT LONDIN HOVE (Continuad trom First Page) Malg Viscouni Dawick. The new earl is 10 years old. He was born in March, 1918, while Earl Haig, with | other allied leaders, was planning deaperately to stem the final Ger- man offensive of the war. King George was his godfather. All England, and most of the Brit- _ish emipire, was thrown into mourn- ing when special editions of after- _noon papers appéared on, the street: early today announcing the field marshal's death. Earl Halg's death was entirely un- expected. Hale and hearty—Ilooking. apparently in splendid health, he swas at Richmend, in the suburbs, Saturday, to inspect the Twentieth Richmond Boy Scouts—*"Earl Haig's own."” He chatted jovially with the boys | there, and received the usugl ova- tions—for he was one of a select few aified generals whode: preatige, at the | beginvimg_of . the war, mounted ‘as the stru| continued to a vicorious | The country as a whole never lost | faith in him- during the entire war, although he had critics, who found | varjous faults with his general plan ' of strategy and his tactics, as they | did ‘with those of other .allied lond-‘\ ore. . ! ,Farl Haig—or Field Marshal 8ir | 1907 to 1909, and chief of staff in India from 1909 to 1912, Then he outbreak of the war.was general of- ficer commanding at Aldershot, the great, British army center. Commanded First Army At the outbreak of the war Gen- eral Halg went across to France in command of the first army, a signal henor in itself. Here he was under the command of Field Marshal French, with whom, as a staff of- ficer, he had served for a time in the {Boer war. In December, 1915, it | was decided things were not going as i well as they ought, and Haig suc- | ceeded French as commander-in- | chiet of the forces in France. He . had already been made a full gen- | eral. He was made a field masshal | January 1, 1917, and a Knight of the | Thistle in July—the highest order {of knighthaad nest to that of the Order of the Garter. It has only { 20 members, four of them royal | princes. This title was added to | that of others he had received— { knighthoods of the Victorian order, i the Indian Empire and of the Bath. | Made An Earl { 'In 1919, when he was elevated to | an earldom, Haig received the Order ™ came home, and from then until the | Wellington_by popylar. desires was | thrust upon his ahoulders. In 1919 he was recelved by the king on relinquishing his ‘command and re- |tiring from the army, when his | majesty raiscd him to the dignity of {an earl. He was later called before | | parliament, publicly thankea and | voted a gift of $500,000, i | A public subscription was taken jand when a fund of $1,430,000 was | Talsed, ‘the ancestral estates of Bem- | ersyde were purchased and present- |ed to him as a gift of the people. | Before retiring to his estates he re- ceived the freedom of all the large | English citics and was made Cha.- cellor of St. Andrews University. i In 1922 he accepted a director- . ship on the board of the largest whiskey combine in Scotland, vhich tat that time absorbed the distilling | interests of the Haig family. In most of his characteristies Lord Haig was typically the Sotch- | man. His manner was tipped with that which was considered more damant than the granite of Aber. deen and he possessed that primary viriue of his country, patience, Lord Haig's manner through the en- tire war is said to have never chang- cd, mever was there depression or elation shown fn his face. His reticence and natural aloft- | ness caus=d him to be accused of a frigid personality but his silence was not the result of a lack of sympathy his friends say—it was because h used words as he used men, spar- of Merit, which though it carries no title i the fourth highest order of chivalry, It is limited to 2¢ mem- bers, Earl Haig was most happily mur- ried. His wife, whom he married in | 1905, was the honorable Dorothy | ingly but always with method. Viviar, daughter of the third Lord| Lord Haig married in 1305 the Vivian, Besides their only son, Vis- i Hon. Dorothy Vivian, a daughter of | count Darwick—now the second Earl | l.ord Vivian. They had four chil- | Halg—they had two daughters, dren, By the Asaociated Prass | | T e Ancient. Family \AUTO SMASHES WINDOW, ‘The military achievements of Lord | Douglas Halg 35 he then Was—pur- | pouglas Haig consummated seven | sued his own course steadily, He | centurjes of military service by the ¥hade no protest when the command | gncient and aristocratic family of | of all allicd armies in France and | Haig ot Bemersyde, in Berwliskshire. | Relgium was turned over, in the in- | ke so many-other claims they rose | ~terest of cfficiency. and a single di- | trom the quarrels of -Bruce and | recting head, to~Warshal ‘FaFdlnand ' Bajiol and once established they * Foch of France. He cooperated | were represented whenever the his- lovally with other Iraders; and in | ory of Scotland was being made, the summer of 1918, when the com- | They reared their sons for the| bined allied and American forces | service of Bruce and his Stuart suc- | had stemmed the German thrust, he | ceapors and when their country took | sent his British army through the |on the obligations of union with| German lines in Flanders In one of | their southern neighbors, the Haigs | the greatest offensives of history. | fought under Clive, Earlborough and ! Given $500,000 | Wellington. In more peaceful times 8ir Douglas Haig became Earl | they were distillers and as such the | Haig in 1919, when he returned |family fortunc was made and in- triumphant after the war. In ad-|creased through several centuries. dition to this mark of estcem, he— | Born in 1661 i along with Admiral of the Fleet Earl ¥rom the day he was born June Beatty—was given a grant of $500,- | 19, 1§61, the third and youngest son | #00 by, pariismont; " {of John Haig, J. P., of Cameron- Big Ovation bridge, Fifeshire, a military career His popularity with the people, 88 | wag planned for Douglas Halg, His | the ‘turn into Main street. well as with the king and parlia-| ment, was shown when he returned to London in 1919 and received & tremendous ovation as he drove through the streets. { After that, "he came to signalize | the army, and to the army itself to stand for all that was best in its of- ficers. He was made head of th British Legion immediately, and re- mafned actively at its head there- after. In addition he was chair. man of the council of the united services fungd. Farl Haig ‘wpont His Whole post- war life"th, folering the interests of soldiers, ex-soldiors and Boy Scouts. His wRite-mipustache, ruddy, gentle- looking ¥ace was seen everywhere at military and semi-military affairs, He was of retiring disposition, how- | ever, and #eldom was seen at any affair that had not to do with the welfare of his men, Few people knew that he had carried on with his work for some time under a warning that he was asking too much of his strong con. stituton., In Good Health Yesterday - morning Earl Haig scemed in good health, and walked in Hyde Park with the rest of fash- | commander. Captain Haig's fortune Wentland of 40 Woodland London ‘at the famous| changed with this friendship and 2nd Soll ionable “church parade.” But it was disclosed today that he had not felt well last week, and had | the record for rapidity of promotion | riVing south consulted a doctor while he was in &Edinburgh, Scotland, Plans for his funeral had net been completed early this afternoon. But it was already certain tha the entire nation would do all it could to honor its great war hero. Former Prime Minister David 1iloyd George, head of the war cabi- net that so loyally supported Earl Haig when he led the army in the fleld, today summarized popular sentiment over his death: “He was a great soldier and o Ereat patriot. He filled a place In the life of the nation which it would be difficult for anyone else to oc- eupy.” His Earl Haig had come from a line of Scottish soldiers that extended back inte the early days of the troublous history of civilized Scot- land, Som of Justice He was the son of a country jus- tice of the peace, wealthy and of distinguished family. A younger son, Douglas Haig. as he then was, was educated at Clifton school and at Brasenose college, Oxford uni- versity, At 24 years of age he joined the erack 7th Hussars as a subaltern. Later he went through the staff col- lege. In 1898, young Douglas Haig first #aw action. It was in the Soudan. He served at the engagements of Atbara and Khartoum—the latter the trijymph that earned Earl Haig'’s. fellow war hero, Farl Kitchener, the name of “Kitchener of Khartoum." Haig, showed his merit in the Sou- dan, Mentioned in Dispatches He was mentioned in dispatches, brevetted & major, and awarded the British medal and the Khedive's medal with two clasps. Then he went on down to the Boer war, at the tip of Africa. There he was mentioned in dispatches, made an aide-de-camp to King Edward, brevetted a colonel, given the com- panionship of the Order of the Bath, and awarded the queen's medal with seven clasps and the king's medal. ‘With 17th Lancers From 1901 to 1903 Haig was lieu- tenant colonel of the 17th Lancers. subsequently he became inspector general of cavalry in India. In 1904 Halg became a major general, and in 1810 a lleutenant general. He was director of military training in 1908 and 1907; dutics at army headquarters from |land after the war the father, a member of one of the younger branches of the family, gave | his sons a thorough academic educa- | tion, a necessary part of the make- | DRIVER UNDER ARREST Operator Goes Onto Sidewalk and | Against Building At Main and Myrtic Street, A plate glass window in Henry | Morans’ store at 355 Main street was broken about 3:55 o'clock yesterday morning when an automaebile driven by Gustave Battaglia, aged 24, of 1737 West Main strect, skidded and smashed into it. Battaglia was driv- ing in an easterly direction on Mrytle street and was unable to negotiate He es- | caped injury in the shower of glass. Tn police court today, Battaglia pleaded not guilty to the charge of | reckless driving and on request of | Attorney Albert A, Greenberg, the case was continued until Thursday. Officers William : Polttis, David Doty | and John O'Kedle made the arrest. A trolley car on the North End line damaged an automobile owned | by Edward A. McCarthy of 149 Black Rock avenue about 12:30 yes- | up of Her Majesty's officers of thosé | terday afternoon, the rear truck of days. | the former having left the tracks at | Aceordingly, young Haig went 10 | (he turn from West Main street into | ;SXCIIIIVG Clifton and later read at | \ain street, in front of City hall. | rasenose college, Oxford. His work | The automobile was parked at the there falled to attain for him any ' curb and the body and fender were | distinction beyond class dramatics | gamaged. Motorman Paul Griswold | jand he left there in 1883 to enter 'was in charge of the trolley car, and ! the army staff college. Here he it {s believed the accumulation of ! threw off the family traditions to,snow on the track caused the acci- the extent of entering the cavalry in preference .to the infantry because of his fondness for riding and his | belief that | oftered greater chance for advance- ment, X Commiasioncd 1885 7th Hussars in 1885 and then set- tled down to the dull existence of an army officer awaiting war. In the ordinary course of events he had attained the rank of a captain in the 17th Lancers when he was ordered 0 the BSoudan to serve under \‘Knchener. He accompanied that | officer to Khartum, his distin- | guished service winning for him the admiration and friendship of his | from then onward his advancement | was meteoric. He is sald to have |in the cavalry, | For his ssrvice at Atbara and | Khartum he was made a brevet- major. In the next war, the Boer | war, under Ganeral 8ir John French | his successful commanding of sev- eral cavalry columns again won the praise of his commander and he was made a brevet-colonel and add- ed to his store of medals. Built Reputation, These campaigns were a basis upon which the colonel was able to build & reputation as a strategist and leader. The friendship of Kitch- | ener soon gave him the command of inspector-general of cavalry in India from 1903 to 1906 and he was gazetted as a major-general in 1904, { Just elght years after he bad been a lieutenant of cavalry. He was knighted in 1911, ‘When the war started he was di- rector of military training at the war office. He trained and sent the first contingent to France but at the urgent’ requast of Field-Marshal French, he was sent to France to command the First Army Corps. Battle of Marwe, It fell to General Haig to com- mand the English divisions at the first battle of the Marne and this he did with such skill that his work was singled out by Lord French in his report to the war office. For this service Halg was made a full general and despite the fact that theres were older and more experi- Aanced officers ‘n the field he came 10 Bé recognized as the ablest of ¢ English commanders. His knowledge of the strategic importance of the cavalry and his faith in that branch of eervice caus- ed him to use it more ' than most commanders in the great conflict were inclined to do. The retreats from Mons and Ypres covered by the cavalry have been known as the | finest examples of military ecfence produced in the war. This brought more commendation for the com- mander of the First Corps and when on December 15, 1215, French was relieved of the supreme command of the English forces and raised to peerage, the nation in one loud ac- claim welcomed the appointment of | Haig to the command of his friend. After the appointment of Foch as generalissimo, Haig’s service was so brilliant as to win him further re- nown. Homored By Emglaad. He had been appointed fleld mar- shal in 1917 for distinguished serv- 1 director of staff|ice and when he returned to Eng- mantle of | { this branch of service | He obtained a commission in the | dent, Officer A. C. Walincrus report- | ed no cause for police action. An automobile owned by Mrs, | Mary Manning of 546 West Ma | street and driven .hy Thomas . 8chenck of 44 South high strect, over- ! turned on Grand street hill Satur- | day afternoon, smashing the win- dows but causing no injury to the ! driver. Schenck told the police he | | was driving up the hill when the ! | motor became stalled and as the | | machine started backwards it left | | his control and turned over. Officer Charles McCarthy report- {ed that a slight accident occurred | +about 5 o'clock last evening at the | corner of BSmalley and Stanley | | streets between cars driven by Louts | street Dubowy of 52 Bassett | | atreet, Dubowy was driving east on { Smalley street and Wentland was | on Stanley street. ; Dubowy's car swung to the right and | | Wentland's car brushed against it | and damaged the left running board. There was no cause for police action. MINISTER TO RESIGN ‘Lm Mass, Pastor Says He Will Abide by Baptist p--mth-—ccn- | ouwred for Actions in Paris. | _Lynn. Mass, Jan. 30 (UP)—The ch\z Chester J. Underhill today de- inied reports that he would refuse to abide by the request of the Massa- | chusetts Baptist convention that he | resign from the ministry and. from ithe pastorate of the Washington | Street Baptist church. He declared he would resign as soon as his congregation, which has | stood loyally by him, could find somc- one to succeed him. Action against the pastor followed a recent European tour in which he and other church members partici- pated. Because he and a woman | parishioner remained in Paris after party had returned to the United States, he was sharply censured by {church deacons. Rev. Underhill claimed that the woman parishioner was ill and re- | iused to leave Paris despite demands lof the deacons. When he did return | he submitted his resignation, which | | his"congregation declined to accept by Fa vote of 242 to"21. - Since, the ‘resig- | nations of three of the deacons who | opposed the pastor have been ac-| cepted. Paradise Pond to Be Searched Again for Girl Northampton, Mass., Jan. 30 (UP) —Paradise Pond was to be the main | point oi search today in the investi- | gation of the disappearance of Miss | Frances St. John Smith, Smith col- | lege freshman. | Police and dctectives started the | Iseventeenth day of search for the | | missing girl, still without a tangible | clue to work upon. i Paradise Pond, on the college | campus, had been searched early in the investigation, but thick icc had prevented a thorough examination. Authorities announced they would dam the outlet of the pond in an effort to free the pond of ice. Should that method be unsuccessful, several | holes will be cut near the shore and' { powerful under-water lights used to examine the bottom of the pond. { Mrs. Underhill and the rest of the || Accredited— as leaders among leaders in the ty Furniture field of New Britain. 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