# Lord Kitchener — Now It Can Be Told character guide

> Lord Kitchener in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kitchener

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

British Secretary of State for War.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/i)

Kitchener is mentioned as hating the press and wanting to throttle it in wartime, influencing the War Office's treatment of correspondents.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ii)

Prejudiced against war correspondents, gradually broken down by public opinion.

### [The New Army](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ii)

Called the New Army into being and oversaw its recruitment through modern advertising methods.

### [The New Army Arrives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iii)

The 'Kitchener men' are the volunteers of the New Army, named after him.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii)

Referenced as the commander of the New Army, with soldiers described as 'Kitchener's men' and 'Kitchener's crowd.'

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xvii)

Visits the convent and jokes about Baker-Carr's dugout.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned in connection with 'fug committees' at the War Office.

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