LESSON OF LUCKNOW.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 414, 25 January 1909, Page 3

LESSON OF LUCKNOW.

) /-.; ." ." . '■ . '." . .... ../.--■ ■ . ■ LORD ROBERTS MODEL AT \' / BRISTOL; 3 Earl Roberts visited Bristol on December j 5 and unveiled'a large, model of , 'the , city of fc |5, o f' -it-appeared ; during the' siege of j 1807, .wnich has been presented'to the Munij cipalArt Gallery by Mr. Heber Mardon. t ,lhere was an influential- gathering:at -the , ceremony,".which'-'members' of the local Vet-, s era'ns'. Association: :werp'. permitted 'to wit--3; ness.; .'.■.•■ '/■■;// :■/"■ --;-- : ". -■-•■;■-;■ -:;.: 3 . . Lord Roberts, wlio was cordially received', /; congratulated Bristol on havinc become the possessor, of the; model, which lie had often admired. :>. Hβ had often expressed a wish that it' could be brought; to England—he had ■ a sort of idea'that it should be sent home = by..,tb.e: State to remind:people.of what could " be done by. a : few bravo Englishmen and 1 women m a distant land. (Cheers.) LuckB now was in ruins' when he .reached it- in I 18,57, and he was filled with wonder and adi! miration at the way in-which it was deII fended by -about 3000 meii, women, and ? children: against an enemy of very many J thousands.-, (Cheers.) Ho. admired their determination and devotion ;■' despite the \" horrors of war and; sickness, there was no ■j grumbling by those- brave English men and 1 .women. (Cheers.) . . .-■/, a The Sheriff, proposing a; vote of thanks to 3 Lord .Roberts, expressed the hope that he , s would Hyo to see universal military training j in England. (Cheers.) , '' Lord Roberts, in response, said that at 6 Lucknow when besieged there were in the 0 city men ; who had never fired a shot in their °- lives, but who''would have boon very useful 6 had universal: military training been in force. Shooting was more important' now than theri, "and ho urged them .all to take the urgency of the matter to heart.;