K. t* ii? tier':?? r ;.er.-e,? (n K'irop*-nn
warfar. prior t. t direction of tin
ct. ii w ii /?f hoi :hi-refore ;.ad b<-en
II-n.ted or-.:;, to a?v balloon flights
in Fr: t. *
It. lv < 1. w!" :? a I'.ntisii expedition
e..s sent out to h iive\ V, estern l'ab-s
1111e, Kitchener was oti' *>f the eager
; volunteers acc< pte.j ffn this service.
For months he tra- tb-d over the hills
I and ".alley* or th'? peaceable Bible land
? with his theod. lite and Fiirvejing tape.
/
ami with this HIV in the open >?*? prow
to l?e a tall, gaunt s ibaltern with a
hard face well burned. His oont ribu- i
tlon to tin- inpouraphical IsiiowIpiIbo!
of the Holy Land completed, young
Kitchener was sent to Oyprus, which j
(?rent r.ritain had just acquired. to or
uanize a system of courts, a work in
which ho displayed administrative ability.
It was while there, in that ho
took his first step on the path that
was to load him eventually to Khar-;
turn. Trouble was already brewing in;
the Sudan. Hearing that the Egyptian
army was!?< ung organized l>y Sir Evelyn Wood, young Kitchener saw his op-I
I  portunity with unerring instinct and lost no time in offering his services. 