Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-03-22
Lord wolsslsy Of Egypl

Il a seldom that, In England. q sol
-itiier reaches BY bis own skill and cour-
aRe the rank Of general and q place
among the nobility before he Is fifty
years Of age.
Tie only warriors who have thus sue
ceeded In past times were Marlborough
and Wellington; and they were both
concerned In great wars in which vast
interests were at stake. and large ar
maments were engaged. Besides, Wei
lington, at least, had the advantage Of
being the son Of an earl, and Of attain
ing military rank by purchase at 9
youthful age.
Sir Garnet Wolseley. who is only for
ty-eight years of age, has won his way
TO all but the highest military rank and
to hereditary seat among the peers Of
England.
And this has been done without any
of those social or peeuniary aids by
which, in former times men were wont
70 achieve suck distinctions. Lord
Wolseley, of Egypt, as he is now enti-
tied, has made his way from the lowest
to the highest rank solely BY his merits
and genius. An lrishman by birth, his
origin, II not actually humble. was at
least not high in social scale.
Ten years ago. the name Of Garnet
Wolseley was quite unknown beyond the
limits of the British army. To-day he
Is the most distinguished living English
warrior; and we cannot doubt that. at
his age, he may look forward to yet
greater achievements and higher honors.
II he lives, he is likely to be at least an
earl and field marshal.
Lord Wolseley mainly served as q
staff officer until he won a general COM
mand. Yet he has been more actively
engaged in warlike enterprises, and has
seen moresactive service, than any liv-
ing English soldier. At the age of forty
he found himself a major-general, this
being, in the British army, the next
grade above q colonel. He had risen
rapidly from one staff appointment to
another, from assistant engineer to ad-
jutant-general; but every promotion was
awarded rs result of his ability and
success. and not by reason of wealth or
social influence.
The world first heard of him in the
brief, brilliant campaign which he made
seven or sight years ago, in Ashantee.
There he held the chief command of the
army which so quickly and completely
defeated King Coffee and his sable
forces. Wolseley's conduct of that cam
paign was so signally able, that when
the revolt of Arab broke out in Egypt
lost summer, he was at once designated
as the man of all Others to subdue it.
The brief Egyptian war is too recent
to need any description. Suffice it to
say that Gen. Wolseley not only con-
firmed, but increased, his military
fame. His plans were comprehensive
and complete, and were carried out to
, the letter.
Leaving England late in August, he
declared that he would return and dine
at his club on the fifteenth day of Sep
tember
Curiously enough, the battle of Tel
el-Kebir. in which he utterly demolished
Arab, and ended the war, took place on
that very day; and although Wolseley
did not dine in London, he showed by
his playful boast how perfect were his
plans, and how exact were his calcula-
tions of the time it would take him to
put down the revolt.
Lord Wolseley has not only won q
general sepaulets and a baron's coro-
net, but splendid grant from Parlia-
ment of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. England deals generously with
her successful soldiers, and Lord Wolse-
ley has probably not enjoyed the last
of the rewards of his valor and cour-
age.