Ka kammala wannan magana: Da farko Wolseley ya yi tunanin yin aiki a coci, amma saboda yanayin kuɗi da yake ciki, zai bukaci wani mai arziki ya tallafa masa. Maimakon haka ya nemi kwamiti a cikin Sojoji. Ba zai iya biyan Sandhurst ko sayen kwamiti ba, Wolseley ya rubuta wa Duke na Wellington don taimako. Wellington, sa'an nan kuma Kwamandan Kwamandan Sojoji, ya yi alkawarin taimaka masa lokacin da ya cika shekaru 16. Duk da haka, mai yiwuwa Wellington ya manta da shi kuma bai amsa wata wasiƙa da aka aika masa ba sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 17. Wolseley ya yi kira ga sakatarensa, Lord Fitzroy Somerset ba tare da nasara ba. Sojojin Birtaniya sun dawo da su daga mummunan rauni a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan.
yaki a Afirka ta Kudu, da kuma Wolseley ya rubuta wa Somerset, "Zan shirya don fara a cikin mafi kankanin sanarwa, ya kamata Ubangijinka zai yi farin ciki don nada ni zuwa wani dakarun yanzu a wurin zama na yaki. " Mahaifiyarsa ta rubuta wa Duke don yin kira a kan shari'arsa, kuma a ranar 12 ga Maris, 1852, Wolseley mai shekaru 18 da haihuwa ya zama mai daraja a cikin 12th Foot, don girmama aikin mahaifinsa.