Evening journal., 1891-10-01

throuBh MS pleasant receptions in which
he was aided by his wife, who was his
cousin by his fathers side and whom he
married in 1863. At the outbreak Of the
Franco-German war he was appointed
major. His was one Of the last regiments
to enter Paris before IL was surrounded BY
the German armies During the siege he
received the thanks OF General Trochu for
distinguished bravery, was promoted In
the Legion OF Honor ar,d made a colonel.
In the fighting with the Commune Col
onel Boulanger was again wounded, this
time in the wrist. He headed a party Of
troops, which attempted TO capture some
Communards ia courtyard. Boulanger
put his arm over the gate in order to uu-
latch il and in this way presented a mark
for the enemy.
His visit 60 America.
In 1881 he was appointed chief OF the
French military mission at the Yorktown
centennial 10 the United States In his
report Of this mission the Marquis dc
Rochambeau said General Boulanger iu
the United States personided the army in
the most felicitous manner Certainly
France could not have had more amiablo
representative on the other side OF the
ocean" Thus covered with popularity
and wounds the brave general was well
lifted TO receive his next great rise in life.
His Reforma in the Army
In 1882 General Billott. then minister of
war, gave General Boulanger the post OF
director OF infantry. The general soon be-
gan TO show his zeal for the reform of the
French army.
On Jan. z, 1885, NJ. de Freyclnet, then
prime minister, appointed Boulanger min
lister Of war Boulanger soon instituted
such radical reforms In the army and was
so imperious in his method OF doing 50
that the radicals became alarmed lest the
army should become the dictator OF
France.
But she generals popularity grew by
leaps and bounds until, at the inaugura
tion Of the Cerele Miltaire, Boulanger, on
his since celebrated black charger, tool
the hearts Of the fiokle Parisians by storm
/ In July, 1895, biography OF Boulangei
WAS published, Of which l25,0OO copie
we're sold during the first month. Thei
| NJ Dsroulede and the Patriots league pu
forward Boulanger as General Revanche
| lie was TO be the ayenger Of PROSTATE,
France Of 1870
Dismissed the Service.
The reforms which General Boulange
as minister Of war introduced into th
| French army were OF character to ia
crease his personal popularity. In 1887 th
| Goblet ministry was thrown out and NJ
rirard undertook 20 form new cabine
Without General Boulanger. For som
days Europe was in suspense, but the pul
licasion of The names Of the new ministr
with that OF General Ferron as minister
war, showed that NJ Grevy was unaltcr
bic in his determination TO do withoI
| General Boulanger's assistance. The fal
on minister was ct once appointed TO Il
command Of the Thirteenth Army corr
! at Clsrmopt Fgrand, Whls there be b
gan a series OF intrigies which 16fe Il
tended to raise him to the position Of mi
itary dictator Of France, much in the san
fashion as Napoleon Ill had done in 1851
One OF Boulanger's first mistakes was
speak dsrespsctfully Of General Ferrol
his military supefiur. For this he was COZ
fined to the barracks FOR a month The
he paid three visits to Paris Ia dlsgnis
For the last OF these escapades he was trie
by court martial and dismissed the servi,
for naturalization
Boulangsr In the chamber.
BY this time NJ FloQuet had succeede
NJ Tirard as French prime minister
General Boulanger began TO appeal to th
electors for support against the ministry
and soon became candidate as deputy /
the two departments of D0rdOgne an
Nord. The former elected him BY ma
iority Of nearly 10000 and the latter by
majority Of 96,00O His nominees wer
also triumphantfy elected
Boulanger's first action On entering tn
chamber as n deputy was 20 propose a
unrestricted revision OF the constitution
and the dissolution Of the national legis
lature. This proposition was beaten b
two TO one in the chamber, and for a tim
il was thought that the end Of Boulangisr
had come. A duel with NJ. Floquet, Ia
prime minister, followed, in which tn
civilian wounded the soldier ia the neck
The ridicule which this result Of the due
excited still further tended to cOmplet
the temporary downfall Of Boulanger. Al
Opportunist candidate was elected in Char
ente aud the general himself was defeate,
in Ardeche
But on Aug. 10, 1883, the reaction came
General Boulauger secured enormous ma
jorities in the Somme, the Nord and In th
Charente lnferieure. This almost brough
about a crisis ia which Boulanger wa
likely to be supreme but by proposing
electoral reform on his own account, NJ
Floquet STAYED oil the evil day long enougl
to give NJ. Constans, the autocratic minis
ter of the interior, time to act.
Stamping Out BoulaDgism.
NJ Constans discovered, or professed I,
discover, a powerful conspiracy agains
the republic Of which Boulanger and tn
Orleanist faction were the lead and front
LaVara1 ~
were suddenly arrested. The brave gen
eral himself was only saved from arres
by an ignominous flight out of TIE country
For some months afterwaFd an occasiofi
al "Vive BousinRerl" was heard, but thes
grew fewer and fewer as the ignoble life o
the once popular hero was gradually anC
skilifully revealed by the police, and un
Willingly shown by the cries Of his victim.
| for the money which they had given C
him. The Duchess di Uzes was said &
have contributed al least ], 900 900 francs tC
the Boulangist cause, much Of which was
/ spent by the charlatan on fine raiment, on
/ high living and In his amours
/ For some months Boulanger lived in
| London. From London be went to Jer.
sey, where be remained eight months His
last residence was Belgium. Nine. Bonne
main was a distinguished looking woman,
who accompanied the general when he
went to Jersey. She belonged to a good
family and was rich. He was said to have
obtained 81, SOC, 900 from her for the further
ance Of his ambitious schemes. When h,
fed France she still clung to him in hil
adversity She died at Brussels, July 10
1891
Dr. Mary Walker Held.
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