The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-10-11
GENERAL LORD WOLSE|:.LE:Y. |. .
He Has Been Appointed Commander Of
the British Forces in the NJ.
Emerald Isle.
AN FRESHMAN AND A LIBERAL,

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AN FRESHMAN AND A LIBERAL.
he Comes Of a Fighting Family and Takes
to the Profession Of Arms as
an inheritance.
The London correspondent Of the
Chicago Herald, under date of Septem
ber "a, gives the following sketch of
Lord Wolseley:
An Irishman to the manner born will
command the British forces in the EN-
erald Isle after the first day Of Octnber.
No military appointment made III Great
Britain within hundred years has
caused more comment and is more sig
nifcant than the transfer Of Lord
WolseleY from he position Of adjutant
general at the war office and the practi-
cal executive officer OF the English army
to the command of the troops in his
native land. There is much speculation
among all classes as to what the change
means and settled conviction that he
would not have been promoted to the
higher grade had not the British gov
ernment felt assured that the peace of
Europe for some time to come at least
was assured. For by common consent
Lord Wolseley. in case of war, would be
sent as the commander Of the forces on
the field. 1t is no disparagement 10
other officers to say this. because he has
earned the place In the white heat of
battle, ranging all the way from EGG
lands first col. fict in Burmah IN 1862 to
the war III the Soudan IN 1884. Thirty
two years of great achievements in war
have also bee.. supplemented bv some
grades of civil duty, which developed a
high degree of executive and diplomatic
ability in the Irish gentleman who has
been and Is both soldier and Diplomat.
1t is a singular, If not q natural. fact
that the twe most eminent soldiers in
the British army are bath Irishmen.
Lord Wolseley. WHO is just now filling
tne NATIONAL eye and keeping busy
the English tongue, and Sir Frederick
Roberts, who commands in India
Upon them England weuld rely for its
experience and abilityrin action in case
of a conflict at arms. Both OF them, q
think, came from what may fairly be
called the middle classes, at least Lord
Wolselev did, and he is emphatica'lv
self-made man. But he comes Of a
lighting family. for his father. grand
father, and even earlier ancestors. were
all soldiers, and he takes to the profes.
SION of arms as an inheritance. His
another, who reared him for the profes
sion while his father was in the armY,
turned his mind carefully and earnestly
in q military direction, and his tlrst
Sooks Of reading related TO war.
None Of the great generals which our
tate civil war created ever had more
somantic career in the military service
in the new world than Lord W0lseley
has had during his forty years Of army
life in the old. He has endured all the
hardships OF the field and camp In every
sort Of climate aud everY sort Of weather
under the sun in the service Of that em
Dire upon which it NAV be truly said
t.the sun never sets" He began early
TO reach. out for a high place, and his
promotion from poor ensign's place IN
1852 to the virtual control Of the army
IN 1885 was rapid and lasting. So last
ing, indeed. that just reaching sixty
years Of aga. he returns to the land he
left as poor. lad at the head OF the
favorite, command In the whole list.
It Is rare to ind embodied in one
composition the twin elements of sol
der and diplomat, and yet Lord w olse
ley is a living example Of the fact that
man may have the elements which 60
to make great commander and. at the
same time. the power to manage deli
cate job OF diplomacy. for, besides his
brilliant military services, he has
handled several Important civil commits
sions of q high character with marked
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ability. Between his army and civil
occupations he has been constantly
kept 10 the foreground OF combat with
the world ever since he was OF. ags. For
the first time ia fortv years this com com
mand In Ireland will not only give him
a rest but the pportunitY OF being Of
great use to his people while enjoying
his books and an oppor rtunity TO indulge
his literary mbitlons IN finishing is ' bis bis
life OF the great duke of Marlb CROUCH,
npon which he has been en gagged Tor. or
sBome time. wheneve hes could snatch 9
n1oment' rom the man ilnpefA q ftse DC 9
nnands upon his leisure.
Ordinarily the mere ebange of e nan DalNl
from the var 81 Ireland yyollld
i not be reears1ed ~ ssgoIthY of serIpns fs-
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