New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
SIR GARNET WOLSELEY.
ARCHIBALD FORBEs's STORY OF HIS CA
REER.
rAy LIZ AND EARLY TRuNiNG-rHE CRlMEA-stR-
VICE IN INpIA-rHE AsHANTEE EXPEDIlIoN-

character discoses. His family is cadet orahcn
of the old Stafordshre WOseleys. who yet hold
their property in the Midands, and who are Anglo
Saxon The cadet branch from which he springs
has been domciled in Ireland for over q hundieu
wears: and intermarragcs with adjacent lilpclnI1n
families have brought 1t about tina, quite nan Oh to
blood IN SIR Garnets veins Is CeltiG Oioou' ilS
from it that he gets his audaey ms eia nj nj ;d
ancy his deOonnaT aplOmb, his strain OIL wei %
recklessness, his alert dexterlty, MS nt?!, liz
nmble suppleness that occaslohaIiy "s SIN SEN
friends his warmth of heart nc o tnd
faUt consistency under depressing conditions
his doggedness to hold his own against nus
tile inlrgues. his cali manlheSs' ms alhoSo "n
paraleled eauanimlty, ms co0i, slcauN i"O
against those who have done HIM despite, MS un-
faIferng fidelity III friendships Nolseiey is man
who would have risen, no matter what aNocauo1
he had chosen to pursue. He perhaps has no sPeclI
Gift for war He makes war well, simply as nc
sTonld have made good shrewd ventures II lac had
been a merchant, as he would have Oeen cDOseu
for delicate missions had he been diplomat. II ne
had been a bOotblack he would have launched q
:. Boot-polishing Company Limited, WIN hil! .t
as managihg GlTG i " ~ T Lon Professor
Holloway, and secured the testimony, not VI az
Arab shek, but OF an Emperor III favor Oh SlT en-
cacy of ms pills No adverse conditions could hY9
held Wolseley down nu native oOscurlty cOuiu
have kept him mute lnglOrOus
He Joined the SOth Regiment in 52, when as YET
lad OF nineteen. The old local connection ION, "?s
manifest III his choice of regiment Tor the sOth is
a StatlordShlre corps. He did not soldier long WIN
the StahOrdsnire Knot ON ms coat colldI put MS
first regiment came under his command Wheh nc
was sent out to ZuiuI2nd where also he found IN
der him under the goth, the regiment III which he
had won promotion and glory III the Crimea ana III
India. When he was gazetted TO the SUM IL was
on service III Burmah, where Slr john Shedpe was
Conducting what is now known the " Second
Burmese " ar" sir John operating against
certain Burmese chiettaIn. who owned the euphoh-
ious name of Myat-oon, and also the reputeuty ln,
pregnabe s,ronguod of KyOuk- Azeen situated III
the heart of dense jungle. The OutwOlkS OF IhlS
stronghold had to be taken by storm and Nolseiey
only Just joined, volunteered TO lead inc slOIIhilS
det9chment His handful of the SOth was con-
Joined III the operation with little band oil Madras
Infantry under the command OF Lieutenant lay
Tor. Taylor and NOlseley raced Tor the uOnor oI
being first inside the enemys ,woTAs NeitLnoI
won, owing TO circumstance OF Whlcn he lunTSl
had any control. BOth were stIiCl'. t
wounded ana strangely enough exactly III the same
place. A glngal ball struck MOlSeley on the leIt
thigh, tearing away mass OF muscle ana ueSn'
TAYLOR suffered similarly. but with the more Ietha
addition that his lcmOrdl artery was severed he
bled to death on the spot. Noselcy Slowly rccOVr
cred. hut he Will bear 10 Ills grave lEc 4uilo" "a
the glngal ball
When at home convalescent, lie was promoted to
n heutenancy in the GOTH then i'll the Crimea
After short spell of trench service with his regl
ment Wolseley was selected for duty as cilng Ell
gIneer of Right Attack and hlIod TINS post
through the long cruel winter. lie was @aAetted as
captain III the eud OF 1904, but the prOmOuOn was
cancelled Aud for what reason, do you thIIkf
Because of WOseleys youth! lie had not Dteu 100
young TO the promotion, but the authorities
thought "a lad of twenty -One and half TOO young
for captancy! WOl>eley, Justly lncensed, threat
ened to resign if deprived of the promotion he mad
He was thanked III dispatches Tor his services IN the
capture of the QuaIries, and took part III the INST
unsuccessful assault OF the Redal.
" hen engaged III ms engineer work III the
trenches III August, 1870, MOscley was all but
shattered by shell that killed the two sappers who
were assisting INN. Inc Smell DHlSU ia Il eduIoh
that had been packed with gravel, and the eNplo.
SOU simply " stuck Nolseley full OF stones,
Jagged bits of pebbles were embedded III nm all
over from head To foot. There Was not square
inch OF his face that had not its stone; his lett
cheek was all but torn away, his eyes were closed
lto llsI aN he Is
bone of his lett shin was carried away bodily. FOR
tnnatev he is able to keep the eye left him pretty
wide open. Tie WAS picked up for dead, but aston
ished the surgeons who were speaking OF lnn as
qul.e gone by cheerily numbiing that he was
worth "a dozen dead men yet" Ihls wound, or
rather this broadcast OF wounds, sent MN
home invaded and 80 he missed being present at
the capture of the great fortress OF the EuXlne.
lie had got mended, however, by 81 and started
with hls regiment tor service III CHINA.
TUE sEPOY MUTlNY
The Goth was one of the regiments with this des-
tination which Lord earnings swlrt steamers con-
tryed TO catch en- route and divert India TO and
in the queilne of the great mutny that had broken
out win 50 tell uneXpcc tedness. he gallant
"Perthshre Grey breekS' were included IN the col
mnn which sir Colin Campbell led rom CawnpOre
10 the second Telief OF LucknoW IRON thg
Dlkoosha SIT Colin had sent the " Black Watch
down the slope on the MartlineIe Inc V5d ana the
Sikhs had made ghasty shaInble OF the once
beautiful SecundeTabagh garden. Peers men, OF the
Shannon, were siOggng Win then SHIPS guns INTO
the massive structure of the Shah NuJeeL ptpaia-
tory carrying 1t by escaiade out OF he branches
OF that grew against the walls OF the shrine
Wols,.lrv with his two companies OF the Goth, was
sent TO the lett To carry the Mess House." The way
to its compound wall was across the ,Opeu'
Wolseley's fellows took with them couple OF light
guns so fierce the SepOy hire tndt, TO use
Nolseley's own quaint cOllOquallsn, " the bullets
dropped OH the tres of the wheels IKE peas OH Il
drum The Mess House vas carried with rush.
Beyond the Mess House lay the Notice Mahal, and
olseley thought he might well carry 1t too. lie
did 50; with ms own hand, III the midst Oh nall
storm OF bullets. pulling down the Tag of the
mutIncers from the stan On It's ROOF. OIScley ndu
been too Jealous trOp de eeie always set Sir COINS
back up and has instructions had run only TO the
effect that the Mess House should be taken. 80 III
stead of credit " Olseley earned only wlgglng
from the stern Old chief, who told him next day
that he had never felt so angry with any man III
his life" and then iOrgaye him with grOWl.
MOlseey participated IN the final CAPTURE OF Luck
now and saw the end OF the great mutlny, on the
eXtlngulshment OF which he found hlmseIi
lieutenant colonel at twenty-sx. From India he
went on 10 China aud fought III the alalr AT HlhhO
and IN the capture OF the Jaku forts lie was pres
ent at the surrender OF Pekln and among his sOuye-
Mrs which consumed III the destruction by ire
OF the London Pantcchnlcon while he was absent IN
Ashautee were some precious mementOs of the sum
mer Palace. At the close Of TINS war he was
dispatched his first non military mlsslon-an eX-
pedion 10 NankIn t. gather all available lnfOrma-
ton In regard t. the 1acpngs and condense IL INTO
a report soon after his return To England he was
sent out ON the stan 10 Canada, whence he PAID
heightened visit 10 the Confederate armies during
the great American civil war, and where he was
serving as assistant ENTHUSIASTICALLY when
there was assigned. 10 MN the COM
mand of the Red River Expedition: That
service entaied no blOOdshed, because when VOL
seeys rifles audmlltla SkIrmlShed across the Mani
tOban PLAN up to the stockdde Of Fort Garry 1t was
found that the malcOntent hali-bTced ldeI ana MS
adherenls had hed and dispersed but what 1t dld
entail II II to be success careful organ
izatiOn, steady aTduOus labor, shIewd knowledge
OF men. 1t the first " total abstinence eXpedI-
ton which British soldiers had ever undertaken
From Thunder Bay over 400 miles of boating and
portage had 20 be accomplished, and there was no
rum IN the ration. If remember nightly, not a man
was lost from start TO finish; and where before VOL
seleVs arrival in 1870 the halt-DIeeds IN their