Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-04-11
Lord Y lssle1 of Ex,pt

II Il seldom that. in England. 4 sol.
die, reaches by his own skill and cour-
age the rank of general and q place
among the nobility before he ID fifty
yesrs Of age.
TIE only warriors who have Thus suc-
c"e,'e,l in past times were Marlborough
and wellington; and they we're both
concerned in great wars in which vast
inter, SITS weru at stake. and large ar
maments we're eaga red. Is sides, WelA
lington. at least, had the advantage of
heng the son Of an eafl. and II attain
ing military rank by purchase at .
youthful age.
Sir Garnet Wolse!ey. who is only for
t.-eight ye e,rs uf are, has won his way
to ali 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 pecuniary aids by
which. in former times men we're won't
M achieve such distinctions. Lord
WolseIcy. Of Egypt. as he Is now enti-
tied. has made his way from the lowest
10 the highest rank solely by his merits
and genius. An lrisi,man bv birth, his
origin, II not actually humble. was At
least not high in social scale.
Ten years AFRO, the Ha,nc of Garnet
Wolseley Was quito unknown beyond the
limits of the British army. To-day he
Is the most distinguished living English
warrior; and we cannot doubt that, al
his are. he may look forward to vet
greater achievements and higher honors.
II he lives, he is likely to be Mt least an
earl and ~ ii Id marshal.
Lord WOlseley mainly served "A
staff officer until he won general conf
mand. Yet he has BEEN more actively
engaged In warlikr enterprises. and has
seen more active service; than any liv-
ing English soldier. At the age oi forty
lie found himself u major-general, this
being. in the British army, the next
grade above a colonel He had risen
rapidly from one staff appointments to
another, from assistant engineer to ad-
jutant-general; but every promotion was
awarded rs n result If his ability ant
success, and not by reason of wealth OF
social Influence.
the world first heard 0f him id the
brief, brilliant campaign which he made
seven or eight years ago, in Ashantee,
There he heid the chief command Of the
army which SO quickly and completely
defeated King Coffee aud his sable
forces. Wolselcy's conduct of that cam
paign was 40 signally able. that when
the revolt of Arab broke out in Egypt
lost summer, he was nt once designated
rs the man OF all others to subdue II.
The brief Egyptian war Is too recent
to nted any description. Suffice il to
say that Gen. Wolseley not omly con-
lirmed, but increased. lis military
fame. His plans were comprehensive
and complete. and were carried out to
the letter.
Leaving England late III August, he
declared that he would return and dino
III his club GU the fifteenth day Of Sep
tember.
Curiously enough. the hattie Of Tel
el-kebir. In which he utterly demolished
Arab, and ended the war, took place on
that very day; and although WOiselcy
did not dine in London. he show,d by
his playful boast how perfect were his
plans. aud hUw exact were his calcula-
tions Of the time il would take him to
put down the revolt.
Lord Wolseley has not only won 3
generals epauiets and a baron's coro-
net, but u spl ndid grant from Parlia-
ment Of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. England deals generotsly With
her successful soldiers. and Lord Wolse.
ley has probably not enjoyed the last
of the tGwattls Of his vaior and cour.
A9S.