The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-19
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HE aairbreadtn '9capes by Flood
F: and 1ield-Ths Spurs ue
Wears Were Well
: Sir Garnet Wolseley, to whom has
been assigned the command
Of the British forces In
Egypt, has had brilliant and sue.
cess!ui military career. He n an
llishn,an by birth, though Of Eug-
lisn stock. He wa born In the
C..unty Of Dul.lin in 1S33, his sather
Leinx Major WOlseley Of the Twen.
ty-liith Kings Own BordererA His
family desired him to enter the mill
tary service, and his own incliua-
F: tiOrs developed in that direction. His
name was put down for . cOsnn,is-
sion when he wss only II years Of
S9o. He entered the sPr lice In 1862
~ en-ign In the Eixhtie.lh regiment,
then engaged In the Burmese war.
! rhe British torres had just met re-
, verse st tise hands 0f Nyatl0'n. TO
! retrieve this disSster, AN expedition
Was ioril,esl, which followed the Bur.
n,ese leader to where he had en-
: trepci,e(l himself in an. almost inac-
! cezsal,le snd iluprexnai,le position.
{, Ensign WOIseiey WxS one Of the two
against the encmy's works. His b.
.xr,pl'er says: Lieut. nsnt TAYLOR
, led the nsrD Of the Fifty-fint, aud,
! when Major Haldich called tor vUl-
/ untecrs Of his own regiment, WOlse-
ley Immediately responded, AID
though much sh ken by his acrislent
F, (h. had In previous attack fallen
; into y l,itfall prepared by the enemy.
he offered to lead the ytOrIni"K
! p~rtv. In . few injuries he had
4, hastily csDlIes.t.sl such his men ~
were vi h.n call. and wus ready for
y s&a1Di.d attempt. Tie two young
olsicerA, without y NH,lllent's he.ita-
tiUn, Nsa',e rush up The path lead
iuy over the Oreslxtwork. which was
.. 10 IsarrOw tlsat hat two m,eu could
.. atlvxucs. together. Alnl'st nj the
; saln. nS'nleMt the two leaders wer.
shat down. E;sa'i, w~x w,unsle1i in
ils~ II 1 thigh, W0ls~ly the ls~s sc-
verelv. He WI. 40 ls.llly hurt. how
ever, that ne Va. semt back to Eng
land. Recovering after several
mo tbs, i.e wxs lxstel for . lieuten-
.ncy, .n,l in 1874 he went into the
Criilsesm war. In operations l'ef r.
Selmssain,l. W.'!seIey was twice
wounded. but MT inc ,patitatetl. \
third and terrible wound wax rvceiv-
q! In August, 1875. WOl-eley. who
had been pronl''tet) to csptatmcv f0r
s.nni service. Was in chsrg" ofa SAP
ping larty, when y r,,und shot struck
xab;uM ti!!Gsl with stones, sriittcr-
In: it's c..,rtent~ with terrific violence.
killing and wO,n,ling many, among
thes,, Captain W"l-elcy. who rcc'iv-
esl an ugly and terrible wolud. He
WINS aided to the ductOr's hat, and the
surgeon who exam nCsl him said Of
the u: nr'y unrnnstiiOux officer: "He's
a lead 'un." This rDuscd tic wound
esl officer, who retvrtctl, am worth
u ;.sHni many dead cn yet" This
secured the attention Of tile case,
which was lad one. His head and
bosiy presented q shocking appear
ance. His features were almost In
distinguis!,ablr, while blcod flowed
from many wounds z,,i.ed by the
stones which had struck him. Sharp
fragments were iinl..!tsl al. over his
face, and his left cheek had !.e,:n cut
almost completely away. The do
tor fancied. after probing the wound,
that his jawlsome was shattered, hut
Wolseiey made him pull on. the sab
stance In his mouth. when . large
stone canic away. The surgeon then
lifted up and stitched the check.
Both Of his eyes were completely
closed, anl the injur, I" one Of them
wss 90 serious that t,:e sight has been
,,ermauently lest Not square inch
of his face but was battered aud cut, !
willie his lnly was wous:Ied all over,
lust rs II he hal t,een l,e;'reresl with
small shot. He received a:sO = So
we're wOunt: 90 the right ley. His
next xpl,e:lrarc~ in active service was
in the great Indian nl,,iiny. In 1857,
where he won new distinction. and
from which h. came home lirusen-
at colonel. lie then took part in the
operations against China, scrving"n
the statr OfSir HOtn Grant. Ia 1Ss;l
he was jis,sa:cl,ed to Canada to Or- )
xsnixe .,,isrtrr,naster's department
In view Of possible CclMj jslicaii.n~ =
with the United States. He fOun.! :
but little 1" d.. and p.>-es' '.'n-;''e ra' !.
hle time it, tive states watching the
operations Or llic Union anil C.nf"si-
crate armies. lie returned (" Eng
lan.i iu 1Si.. ami in 1855. published
his ''s34,l;i-r's Pocket Bank tor Field !
Service" - work which l. authority ]
in the British service. In 1872 he
w.,~ again cent L" Can:l''n I" SUPPRESS
.:,.. IT, ,ul,i.~ in il... Ri RIVER .Oun.
try. In 1874. ;,avin- att;,iHr-! Knight
iusni aud The. kn:.! rank .,i n,aj'r gen.
raj, l.. WITS apls'inttr: ad.n'm'stra'"r
o. '..+ Government "i the t;''I: l'n>i
AM ,.,,,,,ra, ,sl..r0i t!". ;Ort.... Hi~''l-
era,i.m~ against the ..-iI,. o. A>l'a:''''
whom, H.. ss,,,,l lA-!!S~l t"~l,e f"r i'-,tv,
have ixrm tl,r >,..'ire "f ''iE psai. II.
iii- -crvi.e> in that field wa" for hin
amt :.i command . :!'ri'.,l~ w.! '''i'r
IN r.,u u;my Iu,..e. and /" Wo:-c!cy.
ly general special order. tive :u'I
rank >: ,..,i,r general 'r ,ii-ti,,:U ID
.sl >.rvi.ws ~ the fed lie iia>
.,....r Is. cn called u,"'u in im:s'r:ant
iumctur..-. ~ in Saai an.l Cyprus.
tut l,a- directed u" ;"'aii.n> in the
i-i.,. Iii~ av;. aran.. IN Z"!u'a"a
~. ar,.r,... har,i fgh!iuS w:.- over.
l,u, Under his ,lir.,'ti'.n ti:. trs''l':c
;;rrc was ..o,,..:u.!rti. AN: y !:cEt. y
an, y.n-r:,i.v awarded him. HI,
,,u,,ni.n~ have all lw"n >'",r's-u!.
an, his = ,Is'in!n,cn' to is:c command &
in T.. yw will in>rir. confidence. in
the H.. Il ".~raiions q: the Eii;i>h.--
{?i,v NyU'a.
Save Yourself.
Th. following will give in'arn.a-
ti.E,, which. it remembered ut tAs
m:.';,,eat of peril on .sa:cr. viii ''. III
.srulnen;al in saving the lives .:
many:
The human. s.:"iy weighs u pound
in the wafer. A::I u sing cAair VIII
4 a1>,,s ~ SAriSs S..lh