Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wolseley da farko ya yi la'akari da aiki a coci, amma yanayin kudi ya nuna cewa zai bukaci mai arziki don tallafawa irin wannan kokarin. 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. A lokacin ne sojojin Birtaniya ke farfadowa daga asarar rayuka masu yawa a yakin da aka yi a Afirka ta Kudu.
, kuma Wolseley ya rubuta wa Somerset, "Zan kasance a shirye in fara a cikin gajeren sanarwa, ya kamata Ubangijinka ya yi farin ciki ya sanya ni zuwa ga wani regiment 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.