The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-20
GEN. BOULANGER.

For the alleged reason that he has visited
Paris in Disguise, Gen. Boulanger, in COM
mand of the Thirteenth Army Corps, with
Headquarters at -Ferrand, has
been relieved of his duties, putting him out
of active service by withdrawing him from
his command, which carries with it the loss
of one-half his pay and the whole of his al
lowances
With the news of the disgrace inflicted
upon him by the administration, come &C
counts of BoulangerS great popularity in
Paris, and in the intention of his friends to
elect him member of the Chamber OF Dep
,ties. As a soldier he is not eligible for
Parliamentary service, but it is open to
him to resign his commission, and assume
the role of statesman Tor that of military
leader. Viewing the relations of the Min
istry with Boulanger, the most popular
man in the French army, it appears from
this standpoint that his enemies, in spite of
themselves, are doing their best to advance
him in the favor of the French people.
The son OF notary of the town of Rennes
France, it is not the accident of birth that
has advanced Gen. Boulanger to eminence
He has but to thank his Breton perseve-
rance, his indomitable strength of will, his
extraordinary audacity, in word his own
power and ability to recognize, seize, and
make the most of the various opportunities
that have come in his way. Though by
birth a Frenchman, and the son of a
Frenchman, he has kinship with England
his mother being an Euglishwoman, of
whose comely features her son is
J Things did not prosper with the
Rennes lawyer, and shortly after the
birth of his son, which took place on April
~, 1887, he sold his practice and removed
TO Nantes, where he obtained employment
as Inspector of the insurance company La
Bretagne." The early school days of the
young BOulanger were passed OH British
soil, at Brighton, where he was placed I'M
der the care of his maternal unclcs. The
young Frenchman was treated in no tender
manner by his British schoolfelows, TO
whom his nationality appeared to offer
every excuse for various descriptions of
bullying. 1t was a hard lesson for the
young French boy, in foreign land, away
from parents and home, but it was one
which has borce good fruit in his after life
On Jan. ID, 1888, in his 18th year, Georges
Ernest ean-Marie-Bo ulanger was entered
at the famous military college at st. Cyr.
He made his military debut III the Italian
campaign of 1859, and was both wounded
and decorated. So severely was he wound
ed, in fact, that he was made professor at
st. Cyr, and though severe as a master, the
Sunday evening receptions he and his wife
gave at their little house near the rail
way station are still pleasantly remem-
bered by many of the cadets of those days
His young wife, who had, of course,
gained her knowledge from his English
mother, was quite an adept in brewing
tea and ''grOgs" PAuglaise, while her two
little daughters, Yvonne and Mimi, were
favorites among the guests. In 1870 Gen.
Boulanger, who bad rejoined the active
army, was in garrison at Nantes but was
fortunate enough to reach Paris with his
regiment just before its gates were finally
closed. After the war he went to Tunis
His lncumbency of the Ministry of War, in
two administrations, was a stimulus to the
military spirit of his country felt through
out the world.