The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-02

bOulc y leu Oecp, WITH a very
| spike in the middle, and brRuIbles aud twigs
and leaves scattered over it, ii was indeed a
man trap was stunned for some time.
Wheu recovered rose and orawled out
on the enemy's side. They commenced
firing / disappeared into my hole again
waited awhile. got out OF the hole and
ran for my life, 1t was $50 yards to cur
lines, and cannot tell you the sensa-
tion OF that $50 yards run, expecting every
twenty bullet In my body. l found our
people lying down. 1t was not go easy TO
reach the eEemy as had been anticipated,
and consequently volunteers for another
storminR party were asked for. Another
man. named Taylor. led one detachment
aud led the other. | warned him of the
hole, and we went stealing along two and
two, along the narrow path right and left
OF the dangerous trap. Taylor was shot
through both legs and died by my side aft
erward. Only a few more yards and We
were victors. fell shot through the left
leg. thought was bleeding to death"
Before Sebastopol Lord Wolseley had
some wonderful escapes, and it Is not sur
prisi9g mat he sometimes got badly
wounded. He thus tells now he lost an eye
In che trenches: "a round shot fell Gmonest
US and struck the Esbion, which was filled
with stones, scattering them with terrific
force amongst us. Both the poor fellows
by my side we're killed. fell to the ground.
was hfte1 up by two men and carried into
camp. My left cheek was lying on my
jacket thought my jawbone was broken.
was hit all over the face, riddled with the
stones and Mint They got me to the doc
tors hut-through which a stream of
wounded were passing all night-aye, We
were losing battalion a day then. They
wanted TO patch me up. bat l wouldn't let
them. whispered that had something In
my cheek. They said it was my jawbone.
BUTT was not. For the very next morning
sergeant gave me, Wrapped in a news
paper. piece OF flint 81 inches long, which
they had pulled out Of my cheek with q
pair of dentists foroepsn
Great as is the store Lord Wolseley sets
upon courage, be thinks that nerve Is far
more important when a man is under fire.
II ts Indeed, the one thing needful. You
look forward" be says, "with eagerness to
see what battle is Hike. Nerve-nerve is
the great thing naeded. The wise men who
come to grief, Your soldier may have
spirit and enthusihsm, but nerve beats ev-
erythinR else. Spirit is not much use when
death Is In the air, enthusiasm Of little avail
when bullets are whistling about and try
ing 10 pick you out from amongst all the
other. Nerve, nothing but nerve tells in
the long run"
When Gordon went to the Soudan for the
last time he started In characteristic fashion,
with only the clothes he wore, and had it
not been for LORD Wolseley he would have
started without any money. Gordon left
London on Jan. 10, 1884. he started from
py house, and when he left he said: 4 pray
for three people every night OF my life, and
you ars one ofsshem.' When Gordon went
TO Khartoum he went to God. I think
Charley Gordon was one of the two great
II ..
met ADLER mep. but nope so sIRoeEe- he
was full Of oouBAge and discrimination,
honest in everything he did or ever Thoughts
OF, and totally Indifferent to wealth. His
departure for The 5oudaa took place late in
the afternoon. There he stood, in tall silk
hat and frock coat.
"1offered to send him anything he wanted.
Don't want anything be said. But you've
got no clothes 'Tu go as l am, he said =,
and be meant it, I asked bin II he had any
any cash. No. was his calm reply. when
left Brussels had to borrow 225from the
king to pay my hotel bill with 'VaSy
well, said, i will try and get you some
end meet you at the railway station with
it l went around to the various clubs and
got $500 in gold. gave the mouey to Col.
Stewart, who went with him; Gordon
wasn't to be trusted with 1t. A week or so
passed by when bad a letter fEom Stewart.
He saidsss You remember the 2309 you gave
met When we arrived at Port Said great
crowd came out TO cheer Gordon. Amongst
them was an cid sheikh to whom Gordsn
was much attached, and who had become
poor and blind. Gordon got the money and
gave the whole of it 10 him."
Ouida's military heroes always 20 into a
cavalry charge With big cigars In their
mouths. Lord Wolseley confesses that he
used to do the same: II have never smoked
since | was IN the desert in 1885. once
used to smoke in all actions, and in India
demolished some twenty cigars day. /
thought smoking injurious to the nerves,
and l wanted every lota OF nerve before
went up to take Khartoum. l remember,
too, did not smoke for a week before Telel-
Kebir was won. used to carry a case con-
tanning six regalias. After the fight was
over and had dispatched my telegram to
England. went of to find q poor aid
de camp. lit cigar. By the time found
him had smoked a couple, and finally
finished the whole half dozen, and excellent
cigars they were. too"
The best way to get on In the army is to
do your best TO get killed. That, said Lor d
Wolseley, is "the best way. There is on ly
one way for young man to get on In the
army. He must try and get killed in every
way he possibly can. He must be abso-
lutely Indifferent to life If be does not sue
coed in getting killed he is bound TO get
on-that is, always assuming he has the in
talligenoe and the instincts OF a soldier