The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-01
BOULAEGER'S CAREER.
Romantic Story of the Life of II Rcrnarlia


Romantic Story Of the Life of Il RcTaarla-
bic 0Inn.
Georges -Erncst-Jean Marie Doulangcr
was born at Renncs in Brittany on
April %, 1887. His futher wGs native OF
Rcnncs and his mother was Miss Grill
fifth, native OF Wales, whose family
had settled at Ronnes after the peace Of
1915.
N. Boulanger was nervous man and
very reserved in his manner. lie al
ways wore mustache and goatce, which
gave him military air. In politics he
was an ardent Donapartist, and this is
one OF the reasons why his son las been
so often charged with being in the pay
OF the Bonapartists and with trying to
play the role OF Napolcan Caesar.
NJ. Boulangcr LETT three children,
son named Ernest, Georges, the gencr-
al, and daughter, who married II. lie
Prcdour, Naval Commissary at Loricnt,
and nephew OF Admiral Lc Predour,
Nine. lie Predour, by the way, quar-
relied with the general several Years
ago and has never since been on good
terms with him.
The future general was educated at
the College OF Nantes, and on January
10, 1865, before he was eighteen, he en-
tered Saiut-Cyr, the French West Point.
There he studied hard and in due time
joined the Algerian tirailleurs, whence
he was transferred to the army in Italy,
ono result being that he was severely
wounded at the battle Of Turbgo.
He was in command OF platoon OF
Turcos, or native AIgcrians, and was
fighting hand to hand with the Austri-
ans. Suddenly ball from aTvrolcse
muskct struck him and he iell and lay
all day bleeding in i ditch, his only
consolation being that the Tyrolese
who had wounded him had been
promptly dispatched by Turco.
IL CHINA.
He next saw service in Cochin,
China, where he was wounded in the
arm by an Annamite lance. Returning
home he was attached to tho Saint Cvr
corps OF instructors from 1857 to 1870
and became very popular at the famous
academy. In 1870 he lett Saint-Cyr, and
in the war OF that year was wounded in
the shoulder at the hand OF lis rcgi-
ment and subsequently received Il
severe wound during the suppression
OF the Commune
Five years previously, in 1865, Bou-
langer had married, at the Church OF the
Holy Trinity in Paris, daughter OF NJ.
Rcnouard, who owned large printing
establishment in the Rue Garancicrc,
near Saint-Sulpice. His friends thought
shat from worldly point OF view, he
had made m exceptionally good match,
but they were soon deceived.
So the pleasant days passed until the
war OF 1870 broke out. The General
and his iamily-he had two daughters
by this time-rcturncd to Paris. and
within 4 short timo the happy family
ties were severed, never to DO reunited.
The rupture came gradually but in
cvltably. Military affairs occupied the
Generals entire attention, and hc
spent little time at home. Chickering's
were the result, and to outward appear
ance husband and wife were still united,
intimate friends knew that the contrary
was the case. As the years advanced
NV uAuSi'Sio iSuilitu INC lTutn alu
chung moro closely to their mother.
At this time the General was un-
doubtedly the most popular man in
France. To the discontented oi all
classcs he was q national hero; 10 dis
grunt!od politicians OF all ways OF
thinking he was the Moses who was to
lead them into the promised land OF
| liberty. equality, fraternity and all
Httainable earthly blessings. His por-
traits were sold by the thousand; his
lightest u;terancrs were quotcd in the
cafes and on the boulevards; his style
OF dress was copied by ambitious young
officers; his iavors were sought by high
and low; his ante.room was thronged
by ysuitors for his favor. As the savior
OF France, rs the pupil OF the great
Napoleon, he was honorcd and ap-
plauded to the echo. 4 march com
posed in his honor soon became popu-
lar in every country in wl,ick pianos