Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-13
OBITUARY.
SIR EDWARD CUNARD.

SIR EDWARD CINARD.
Sir Edward Cuuard, one of the owners
Of the Cunard liRe Of steamers, it is an
nounced. died suddenly CT heart disease
in New York on the evening of April
9TH. He was the son Of Sir Samuel Gu
nard, who was in 1859 created s baronet
OF the United Kingdom, for his services
in establishing the traus-Atlsntic steam
ship line. Sir Edward Cunsrd wss born
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1915, and
married in l649 the daughter Of Bache
McEyers, q merchant Of New York.
His residence was on Staten Island, n.
Y. Lady Cungrd died in 1866.
BARON HENRY JOAINI.
Baron Henry Jominf, the celebrated
French General, and military writer,
whose death, st the age OF 81, st Passy, a
village Eear Paris, has been snnCunced,
was born on March s b, 1779, st Payerne,
Canton Vaud, Swi,Rcland. At very
early age he entered one of the Swiss
regiments, ia the pay Of France, and
served until 1892, when all the foreign
regiments were disbsnded. He then
commenced a comDlateisl career, but in
a few years returned to Switzerland, and
in spite OF his youth becams ieutensnt-
colonel Of militis and general secretary
for military affairs. He next returned to
France, and, on the recon- mendatiOn OF
Ney, entered into q business firn1. All
this time he had been pursuing his
studies on military tactics, and in 1903
Published his treatise on grand military
operations, containing q critical and
comparative account Of the camp ligns OF
Frederick II and General Blsaparte.
He then entered into the Ffecch army,
with the rank Of Colonel, snd Wss Chief
- Ckaf 1hoa r.
accompanied into Spain. JoKini was
next appointed histOriOgrspdero OF France,
with the duty assigned to him Of dss-
c~ib.ng the exploits OF the army. In
1872, he vas called into active service
sgaiu on Ney's staff, and was Governor
in turn OF Wilma sni SnOleBsk, places
soon after evacuated by the Ereuch trOOIs
d satisfied at not receiving tae promo
lion of general Of division, JONI nj de-
serted to the Alliss, and was appointed
aid TO the Z npeE0F Alexander I In
1915, he returned to P1ris with the Allies
and received froua Louis XVIII the cross
Of st. Louis. He remained seven years
in Paris, engaged Ia rewriting, extend
ing and publishing els History of the
Wars OF the French Revolution, in Is
octave vOlum %, with four folio maps
In 1922, he returned to Russia, to super.
intend the military education OF the
Grand Duke NlchOiss, who, on ascend.
ing the throne, in 1925, made him one Of
bis aids, He also served in the war OF
1925, between Russia and Turkey, and
established the Russian Grand Military
Academy at st. Petersburg. He next
removed to Brussels, from which city be
returned to st. Petersburg on the break
ing out Of the Ccimean war, thus sxhiO-
ting his nationality as Russian citizen.
In 1855. the Emperor Alexander II
granted J)mini the permission to reside
abroad; the latter portion Of his life bss
been spent in the n1ilder climates of
Brussels and Paris. Jonini's works on
the science OF war are very numerous as
well as vOiuminOus, and though he nev-
er achieved any considerable success in
the field, he was perfect master OF the
theory Of war as waged in the early part
OF this century.