Grant and Wolseley.

Thames Star, Volume XVI, Issue 5099, 21 May 1885, Page 2

Grant and Wolseley.

We extract the following comments on the above Generals from a Saa Francisco paper:—" General Wolseley does not regard General Grant as being a great military man. He is entitled to his opinion. He says that he has studied Grant's military operations. Previous to this declaration, we feared, from General Wolseley's own style of operations, that he had never given to General Grant's campaigns that attention and study which his leisure had permitted, Now we are merely satisfied that Generel Wolseley has failed to profit by his studies. Of course, a cat may look at a king, and a cadet like Wolseley may criticise a warrior like Grant*, but it somehow seems preposterous that this man, who has spent his time in fighting half -clad natives whose arms were spears and sticks, should be unusually and unnecessarily discourteous in speaking of a warrior who certainly had the merit of having great generals and brave soldiers to oppose him. The South was no mean enemy to beat; and we fear that if General Wolseley should ever meet a foe half so skilful as the Confederate army, or half so ably corns manded, he may wish that he had Grant's head on his shoulders.. Grant was never so mean as to discharge a man whom he personally did not like, or to whom he was opposed in arms. He thought; that General Joe Johnston was a great general, and when he selected Sheridan to command his cavalry he had reasons for personally opposing him, for the enthu* siastic young horseman had on one occasion beeu brusque to him. General WoUeley demeans himself when he speaks of Lee, and others as ' Generals,' and only of 1 Mr' Grant. He is much like a Cockney who wrote ' Aaron go Brag.'"