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gained such a knowledge of warfare as enabled him to give intelligent criticism

of the military and the political policies

represented in its conduct and this criticism seldom degenerated into petty fault-finding. He subordinated himself to the cause of the paper he represented, bore his privations lightly , became a part of the contest rather than a mere onlooker, and described what he saw in vivid and truthful pictures that rarely lapsed

into mere fine writing. During the second period, the social status of the war corre spondent changed ; he was honored and recognized as a person of importance and influence. William Howard Russell was the guest of Lincoln and he was a member of the party of the Prince

and Princess of Wales on their tour in Egypt and the Near East.

words of the war correspondent, - Russell wrote to his eldest daughter that the Queen of Greece said to him, “ Sir, I know England is governed by public opinion and that the Times makes a great deal of it. You makemuch of that public opinion for the Times, and believe me I shall ever remember you if you

ever say a good word for Greece and the King." 93 The inevitable result of this changed status of the war corre spondent was that war correspondence came to be regarded as

a stepping-stone to social preferment.' Amateurs, millionaires,

and mere sight-seers masquerading as journalists, were eager to go to the front, and, during the Boer War, the complaint was

made that a multitude of correspondents was continually under

foot wherever there was a field telegraphic wire, competing with Lord Roberts to send news home, tapping his wires, and magnify ing their own importance. While there was a cable censorship at the front, there was none at home “ and Fleet Street had a

great time." 94 Troops went to war with bands playing and flags flying, — " we told the world exactly how many men and guns

went in each ship, whence they sailed and whither they were bound. ” 95 93 J. B. Atkins, The Life of Sir William Howard Russell, II, 153.

94 W. Maxwell, “ The War Correspondent in Sunshine and Eclipse," Nineteenth Century and After, March, 1913, 73: 608 -623. 95An Editor, " A Newspaper in Time of War ," Littell's Living Age, June 5, 1915, 285: 605 -611. From The Cornhill Magazine. n . d.