Year: 1873

Sir Garnet Wolseley.


HIS GUESTS.


At luxurously spread table on either hand OF
the General l found Captain Fremantle OF Her
Majesty's ship Baracohta with his left arm in a
sling from wound received at the mouth OF the
Pran; Major Baker. OF the Eighteenth Royal Irish,
chief OF stan; Captain Brackenbury, the military
correspondent OF the London Times and military
secretary OF Sir Garnet, who is reputed to be u
very able officer; Captain Charteris aide-de-camp;
Captain Morris. author OF the "Wellington Prize
Essay" who received the prize even above Sir
Garnet himself, who was considered fourth best
Captain Butler, author of the 'Great Lone Land"
who is about to be sent on special mission to the
tribes of AKIN, and three other officers whose
names forget.


"REMINISCENCES OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA.


Sir Garnet found to have extensively travelled
through the United states. He told an amusing
tale, which am sure II related will not be con-
sidered as violation OF confidence, OF how he
and a friend OF his found themselves at the Bre-
WORT House, In New York, at the early part OF the
war. They were both too young to care much
which side they should take; neither OF them had
any special sympathies with the South more than
with the North. But they were determined TO
take opposite sides during the war and to meet
at the Brevoort House at future time to compare





sides with the North. Sir Garnet went with the
South, when Lee's gallantry and Stonewall Jack
sons ability made great impression on him.


Sir Garnet Wolseley Is said TO be the youngest
general in Her Majesty's service. He is not 40
years old yet and as he has not risen to his
present rank through interest it may be assumed
that he has shown himself capable ana energetic
officer to have attained to his present position.
glance at his 'Soldier's Pocket Book" Will show the
qualities OF which he Is possessed. Every line in 1t
Is written like a soldier and from soldiers stand
point. There is no nonsense about him. The great
aim he has in view seems to be to instruct young
officers in their duties and TO inculcate the idea
that everything should be sacrificed to success
He teaches them the art OF diplomacy in their deal
ings with ignorant savages, as well as with Euro
pean armies. He tells them how to avoid being
interviewed by their messmates or press people,
and how to govern their features when submitted
to too close questioning. 1t Is evident that II
Sir Garnet WOlseey entertains the idea that
II the press Is obnoxious to generan-chief; that
II in his opinion a general could fight very much
better without being hampered by the "lazy
drones'' which the newspapers send out to report;
tina: il he goes out OF his strict duty as military
author to teach officers how not to be interviewed
by any gentleman OF the press, that ne is not o
general to be sought after by the press. This is
true. If Sir Garnet Wolselcy had command OF
division in great war ne would be the last gen.
era should advise special to go to to get inior-
nation FROM This dislike to press people does not
arise from any black humor any bilious acridity In
him, for he is most urbane gentleman; but it
arises from some eXaggcrative conception he has
formed OF special correspondent.


can imagine meeting between this proud and
naughty solder and wild, unbaptzed special
from the Chicago press, who has neither tear Of
danger nor reverence r good in him. / see the
soldier struggling to be polite and calm and be for
bearig with the devilish, sneerng and 1eering PEN
rotter from the West, who Is perpetually troubling
the gentleman with impertinent and irrelevant
questions about his age the soundness OF his
teeth the good character OF his ancestry until the
cnoer OF the soldier is klndled to white heat, and
the impudent pen-trotter Is seen tanning the wind
with his arms fifty feet In mid-air. 1t must have
been some sinister figure OF this kind that Sir Gar
net had encountered or imaged to himself as a
gentleman OF the press" until he had conceived
a morbid dislike of the whole tribe. and never
omitted an opportunity 10 inyeigh in unmeasured
terms against them as "curse to modern
armies.u IL is only tie delicately sensitive
soul OF an English gentleman that could have
found iauls with newspaper reporter The soul
OF the American gentleman has long ago become
doughty pachydermatous, and the presence OF a
reporter would no more trouble his equarimity
than musquito would an elephant. Fortunately,
however the representatives OF the great London
and New York dai!ies are Of widely different ma
terlal from the irresponsible pen-trotters of the
Chicago Times and such scandal-loving papers, and
Russian, P.ussian, French and English generals
have found them not hindrance but valuable
aid in their campaigns.


WHY IT IS so.


gentleman on Sir Garnet's stan. during an ar
gument with me relating to this very subject and
who thoroughly shares Sir Garnet's hatred Of
newspaper men, when 1t was suggested to him by
me that II Sir Garnet in European war merely
trusted in reporters honor not to mention any
thing that would furnish information TO the enemy
no gentleman OF the press would disappoint him.
biurted out


Trust In his honorl BY heavens, would trust
to nothing less than his back. on the first publi-
cation OF anything that Thought not proper l
would to- him to the triangle, and trust to so
lashes well laid on his bare back not to do the ike
again."


Whence you may infer that Sir Garnet is not sim
gular In hls hatred OF the press. and that 1t IS
rather queer position you have sent me to fill
with this British expedition 10 Ashantee. This
dislike has taken form IN other ways than mere
expression through "a Soldiers Pocket Boosu
- the tcubH cApcuibiuH nave iOiON yet III
is the first to which would apply the vulgar term
"stingyn


CAMP PENALTIES on THE PRESS MEN.


Every ycorrespondent-and there are half dozen
specials here already-will be obliged to content
himself with one black servant, who, perhaps. may
be able to carry GO pounds on his back, which
must embrace cooking utensils, tent, blankets,
clothing and timed meat. Every correspondent
will therefore have TO loot it to Coomassle and back,
and fare on the rudest. The General kindly says
that we may be allowed to draw ratlons for our
selves and one servant only, scarcity OF means of
transport being the reason why more cannot be
permitted. But it must be understood, OF course,
that all officers viii be treated with the same
severity, so that the unfortunate press commits
sioners may not complain of any partiality.


LOCAL IMPRESSIONS


have been about Cape Coast Castle for some
days now and am able to write intelllgently con-