Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-05

form, have rarely ever seen. l have bee1
trying for month to liken aud compare him
with some Federal General of distinction
from our rebellion. But he is different from
any of them 1 can recall.
Besides possessing an abundance OF hrm'
ness, and good opinion of his own judg.
ment like Grant, he has plenty OF push like
Sheridan, whom he admires as much Tor his
| record as for his being an Irishman. But
there is sort of finish in his composition,
polish in his manners, mental activity of a
thoughtful kind and a subtle diplomacy
that I have never before met in an officer
who has won distinction in the pestle OF
fight. These qualities are all foreign to the
rugged soldier, such we knew In our country
during the war; These finely drawn theo-
retical minds were doubtful of their own
genius, in the crucible of plan and onset
ANOTHER SMALL FIGHTER.
1t is remarkable how many small men
have been great soldiers Napoleon was
undersize, Grant hardly up to the average,
Sheridan below it, etc. Lord Wolseley IS
in the same group. He is hardly up to the
medium, and is slim and 1.-THE Of frame
His face is rather small, but full of firm
lines that are very apparent when he closes
his thin lips under his gray mustache. His
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ner the perfection of fine breeding, as al
ways found in real Irish gentleman. His
| hair was once dark, but now almost white,
but there is freshness to his face and
| twinkle in his blue eyes that make him
look as fresh as at 40, when he must have
| been an exceedingly handsome man.
There is rarely much in the peaceful side
of strong soldiers life that is striking
enough to write about. People love to read
about heroism, adventure and the dramatic
features of military chieftain's career
not what he has done with his legs under
the desk and pen in his hand. The story
of Lord Wolseley's life is so full of the
dramatic that it intrudes itself at every
turn and sets aside all else.
VERY NEAR TO DEATH.
During England's second war with Bur-
NAH in 1862 he was only an ensign. In
leading a storming party. both he and
brother officer were shot down as they en-
tered the enemy's works. One bled TO death
in five minutes and WolseIey was only
saved almost by miracle after months OF
terrible suffering. The Crimean War in
1854 found him ready for duty, but he got
terribly knocked to pieces there. During
the seige of Sebastopol fate was strangely
against MIN. He was slightly wounded on
the 10th of April and again on the TIN of
June, but on the Both of August, while at
work in the trenches, he was knocked over
by solid shot striking near him, killing
those about him and rendering him almost
lifeless. He was picked up for dead, and
hardly recognizable from the number OF
wounds on his face. His body was as if
filed with the contents of shotgun.
The surgeons regarded him as beyond
hope, but he took different view of 1t, and
after suffering for many weeks he recovered.
For long time he lived in a dark cave,
total blindness being threatened from the
effects OF his wounds. While III this plight
and the dire calamity hanging over him,
the fall of Sebastopol was announced. In
wounds and other casualties Lord Wolseley
had any amount OF bad luck, for he hardly
ever went to war without returning with n
wound, but they gained for him the coveted
promotion for which he fought.
sKIPwREcKED NEAR SINGAPORE.
After the Crmea he was ordered to China
on a diplomatic mission, anil was ship
wrecked near Singapore. After n startling
adventure he was rescued, completed his
duty and the same year, 1857, he is found
III Iudia suppressing mutiny. This
created him a Lieutenant Colonel at single
Jump from the Captaincy that his brilliant
he was in the Chinese war, and aiterward
on a diplomatic mission to Nankin. In
1861, about the beginning f.our war, he
was hurriedly sent to Canada in connection
with the Trent affair, and became Deputy
Quartermaster General of the Dominion.
The Red river expedition in 1870 won
him knighthood. and the following year
he spent as Assistant Adjutant General in
the War Office. The Ashantee War made
him full Major General and Inspector
General of the forces. From 1876 to 1873
be was Governor of Natal first and of Cy-
press afterward. The Zulu War, in 1879,
found him Commander in Chief of the
forces and High Commissioner to South
Africa. The Egyptian campaign of 1882
raised him to a peerage, and the war in the
Soudan in 1884 carried MIN forward to be
considered the first soldier in England. On
his resurn in 1885 he was made Adjutant
General at the War Office.
THE FIGUREHEAD oHIEFTAIN.
Lord Wolseley can never be in peace the
army chieftain, because he is not of royal
blood. That place is a kind of igurehead
kept for one of the royal family, and the
Duke of Connaught, the Queens youngest
son, is being trained to fill the shoes that
will ere long, in the natural course of
events, be left vacant by the Duke of Cam
bridge. 1t may be said to this young mans
credit that he is likely to be more than a
fgurehead, for he has not only been care
fully trained, but has studied hard, and is
filled with an ambition to make himself an
efficient commander and is credited with
much military ability
Lord Wolselev believes that there will be
another war between France and Germany
which will be one of the bloodiest conflicts
that Europe has ever known. Of America
he said: SIN America you have a pure
democracy, and a pure democracy is capa-
BILE of doing much more in the direction Of
strong measures and of war, than mixed
system such as ours When democracy is
thoroughly established in England, the chief
security against war will have disappeared.
1t Is democracies that make wars, oligar-
chies that are afraid of them, especially an
oligarchy like ours which is timid and
hampered by the party system.
AMERICA ACTS AS ONE MAN.
Our system, by dividing the nation politi-
cally into two halves, each of which op-
poses on principle whatever the other pro-
poses, paralyzes our strength when Minis
ter is tempted to go to war. If our people |
were as unanimous in cases of affront as the |
United States, we should go to war many
more times than we do. In America ques- |
tions of foreign policy, involving the main
tenance of the honor of the flag or the rights |
of Americar citizens, are outside the area |
of party dispute. The whole nation acts as
one man. Hence, Russia, Germany and |
France habitually show the United States |
Difference which they never show England"
Speaking of the annexation OF Canada, |
Lord Wolseley said he did not believe that |
it would ever join the United States. He is |
a very firm believer in the permanent peace |
between this country and the United States. |
He regards it as the duty of these English