Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-08-15
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chief of the British army, is so serious
ly i'll that he is not expected to live
For forty-five years-he entered tn,
army in 1852 when he was 10 years o
age-he has been a vivid picture in thu
eyes Of the British people, figuring sue
| cessfully before them both as soldier
and diplomat Yet, singular to relate
singular at least 10 most American:
| TO whom the name Irishman suggest:
instantly a thought of enmity TO al
that is English-this man, who stands
to-day at the head OF Queen Victoria's
military forces, is an Irishman; and
the wonder further grows, when along
side this fact is placed the other, that
the commander Of the British army in
India is also an Irishman in the per-
son OF Lord Roberts of Kandahar To-
day these men are considered through
out Europe as the leading soldiers OF
this age, and If Wolseley dies, there is
little doubt that there will be found
no one in Great Britain TO take his
place, and that his fellow-Irishman and
soldier will be summoned from India
to fill the dead mans shoes.
The story of Lord Wolseley's life is
full of the dramatic. During England's
second war with Burmah. in 1852. he
was only an ensign. In leading stor-
ming party, both he and brother Of
ficer wehe shot down as they entered
the enemy's works One bled TO death
in five minutes and Wolseley was only
saved almost by a miracle after months
OF terrible suffering. The Crimeah
war, in 1854, found him ready for
duty, but he got terribly knocked to
pieces there. During the siege OF Sc
bastopol fate was strangely against
him. He was slightly wounded on the
10th of April and on the 18th Of June;
but on the GOT hof August, while at
work in the trenches. he was knocked
over by a 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 as if filled with the contents of
a shotgun. The surgeons regarded MIN
as beyond hope, but he took different
view of it. and after suffering for many
weeks he recovered. For long time
he lived in a dark cave, total blindness
being threatened from the effects or
his wounds. While this dire calamity
was hanging over him, the fall or
was announced. In wounds
Lord Wolseley always had any amount
of bad luck, for he hardly ever went 10
war without returning a cripple, but
they gained for him the coveted pro-
motion for which he fought
When the Crimean episode was con-
cluded. he was ordered TO china IN
diplomatic mission. and was solpwreck'
ed near Singapore. After startling ao-
ventures he was rescued, completed MS
duty. and the same year, 1887, ne was
found in India aiding to suppress the
mutiny. This created him heuteh-
ant colonel at a single jump from tue
cantaincv that his brilliant service III
The Crimea brought him. In looO ne
tool, mart in the Chinese war, anu az
forwards was sent on diplomatic ms
sion IN Nankin. In 1861, about the pc
oinning of our civil war, he was hur-
T;edIv sent to Canada in connectloh
With the Trent affair, and became Dep
NV uartermaster General or the DO
minion He remained there TOT se1 - e.
; - -, laFcIIu5 OAIC--i--"iJ
North America and studying the condl-
tions Of life in the United States inc
Red river expedition in 1870 won MN
knghthood. and the following year ne
spent as Assistant Adjutant General III
the british War Office. The Ashantee
war made him full major general ana
;nsnector general Of the forces. From
1S75 10 1878 he was Governor or Natal
first and Cyprus afterwards. Inc AuIu
war in 1879, found him COMMANDMENT
chief of the British forces and High
to South Africa. Inc
campaign of 1882 raised MIN
to q neerage. and the war In the SOU
dan in 1884. caused him to be consld-
ared the first soldier in England. pn
his return, in 1885, he was made AuJu,
tant General at the War Office, ana
given full swing, so far as Parliament
yyould hermit him, in the advancement
% tho army the welfare OF which he
always had at heart. In OCTOBER, Io9V'
he was sent to his native Isle IN COM
mand of the British forces in ireland,
an anpointment which received general
annrobation. About one year ago ne
Vas recalled to England and made
commander-in-chief Of the British
forces thus rounding out most re-
markable and honorable career, our
ing which he has never known deieat
in war and never advocated a policy IN
neace that was not generally recognlz-
ed as wise and appropriate. When ne
was made commander-in-chief that po-
sition was occupied, but not filled by
the aged Duke OF Cambridge, the
Queens cousin. He was commander
onlv in name. and no one dreamed that
he would be an available leader In the
eventof war. He was kept there, how
ever. with the expectationof finally
placing in the position the DUKE OF
Connaught. the Queens third son, but
nublic sentiment proved too strong, and
Wolseley was summoned 10 the place
to which he rightly belonged, and thus
for the first time in a very long PERIOD,
a man who had sprung from the middle
classes was placed in a position gener-
ally reserved for one Of royal blood.
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Lord Wolseley has pronounced and
interesting views about these United
States. He privately gave voice to
them. at the time Of his appointment
to command in Ireland, in conversation
with the late Col. Frank A. Burr, the
well known newspaper correspondent.
who was then in England, and who re-
peated them 10 the narrator. Said
Lord Wolseley upon that occasion: In
America you have a pure democracy;
and A pure democracy Is capable OF
doing much more In the direction OF
strong measures and or war than
-.i-nd rr-rfnrn ef1ch az nurs When de-