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The death Sf Baron Henri omini, She q
the greatest military writer's of the age. j,
announced. Baron Jpmini lived at Brussel.
during the last few yeays, gbpt' died at Passy
at the age OF ninety -one8 Everybody remem
bers that during the ,%ilate 1pnpleasaptnes
the publication in this country OF, his .sArt Of
War inspired almost as much interest, and
received nearly as much attention as one ol
the retrograae :so-sments cor changes oil
base Of the Y oung Napoleon; and yet JON.
ini, the veteran soldier, who still felt the
military ardor Of his youth, glow in his
bosom, had served sixty years before with
the great Napoleon himself He was born
at Payerne, in the Canton de Wand, Swift
zerland, March s, 1779, 30, that he was older
and outlved the veteran citizen of the world.
Lord Brougham, and almost reached the
measure OF the days of the laughing and
sneering philosopher. NJ. yiennet, who died
last year, at the age of ninety-two. He was
soldier before the French revolution, and
continued to be soldier in the last Eu-
ropean struggle, the Crimenn war. Pre-
vious to 1892, he had served in Swiss reg
iment ia the French pay, but in that year all
the foreign troops were disbanded. 1t was
in that year the French took to fighting
themselves, and while Jominis engaged in
commercial pursuits in his native country,
and acted ns a lieutenant Colonel in the
military forces Of Switzerland, he aAs no
disinterested observer of that wonderful
struggle which elevated the young Corsican
from obscurity to the first .consulship. In
1908, he returned to France, and upon the
recommendation .of Marshal Ney, secured
the opportunity to pursue his commercial
avocations in Paris, but in 1904, he entered
the French army. obtaining the grade of
Chef de Bataillon, and he was made colonel
in 1906. ..e
Before this Jominihad been laborious
student'of the Art of War;" and in 1873
had produced lis Tiaae des Grandes Opera
tions Militdire. He published his Memories
sur les Probabilities de la Guerre de Prusse
in 1906 While serving on the staff of Mar
shall Ney, in the campaign of 1906 and 1907,
he attracted the attention of Napoleon, who
bestowed upon him the title of Baron. In
1908, he accompanied Ney into Spain, but
in consequence of a misunderstanding with
his superior, he remained inactive for two
years. About this time, he was solicited to
enter the service of Russia, and was offered
the rank of Major General, but he refused,
and was again restored to favor. and made a
general Of brigade in 1911. He was at the
same time made historiographer of France,
that Office. which had been unoccupied
since the time of Marmontel, being revived
for his acceptance. In 1872. he was made
Governor of Wilma and Smolensk, aud dis
tinguished himself in the well-contested
struggle Mt Bantzen, May 20, 1913, where
the 5allies were worsted, and the French
General, Duroc. was killed. SO completely
WAS JOmini restored to the favor Of Ney that
that gallant Marshal rcoommended that he
should be made General of division, but
Napoleon refused in his imperious way, and
ordered the soldier OF fortune back to France,
upon acharge OF neglect of duty. Jomini,
chafed under this indignity, and taking
advantage of an armistice after the battle
of PlaeswitH, left the French service and
entered that of Russia, becoming an aid to
the Emperor Alexander For this desertion,
sentence OF death was passed upon him by
French Council OF War, but then the for
tunes OF the Emperor were on the wane
and Jounini was secure i'll the camps of the
soon to be victorious enemies of France.
He could not be persuaded to accept q
command in the Russian service, and,
though attached to the person of the Car,
with the rank of Lietenant- General, he
never revealed to the allies the plans of
Napoleon, notwithstanding he was tho
roughly familiar with the military secrets of
that great soldier. In 1916, he accompanied