Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1903 — Rapid Promotion. [ARTICLE]

Rapid Promotion.

No other living British soldier has gained promotion more rapidly than Lord Wolseley. The following ate hit various steps, with dates: Ensign, 1852; captain, 1855; major, 1858; lieutenant colonel, 1856; colonel, 1865; deputy quartermaster general, 1867; assistant adjutant general, 1871; major general, §878; quartermaster general, 1885; adjutant general 1882; general 1883. He received 425,000 for hia servloos In Ashanti and £20,000 for his eonwas .the youngest tn the army, having reached that rank after only