St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-28
FRANCES LAST MARSHAL.
CanrCbert Is Reported in Mori-
bunG Condition.

CanrL bert Is Reported in a MorI-
bund Condition.
PARIS. Jan. 27-Field Marshal Can
robert, who is suffering with phlebitis,
is moribund. FSancolS Certain Canro-
bert, marshal of France and senator,
was born June z, 1909, of good family.
not in Brittany, as has been frequently
stated, but at st. Cyr, in the depart
ment of the Lot. He entered the mill
tary school at ST. Cyr i'll 1926 and, haV-
ing distingui shed himself there, joined
the army as private soldier. lie saw
much service in Africa. Louis Napo-
leon, when president, appointed Ganr0-
bert one of his aldeS-de camp, and,
shortly after the wholesale proscrlp-
lions and imprisonments which fol-
lowed the coup d etat of Dec. 2, 1901.
give him commission and very eXten-
sive orders to visit prisons and select
objects of his elemency. Upon the for
nation of the army OF the East in 1854
he was appointed to the command OF
the first division in the Crimea. his
troops took part in the battle or
the Alma, and he was himself
wounded by a shell, which struck him
on the breast. Marshal st. Aruaud re-
signed six days after the first battle IN
the Crimea, and the command of the
army of the East was transferred to
Gen. CanFobert. Although commander
ll-ehief. Gen. CaHroOerJ was again IN
the thckest of the fight at lnkermann
(Nov. 81. and, whilst heading the impet-
uous charge of the ZouayeS. was slightly
wounded and had a horse killed under
him. In May, 1895, finding that I'M
paired health no longer permitted MIN
to hold the chief command IN the
Crimea. he resigned it to Gen iPelissier.
and soon after returned to France. lie
was treated with great distinction by
Emperor Napoleon. and was sent on
mission to the courts of Denmark and
Sweden. At the beginning Of the Italian
war in 1859. Gen. CanrUbert received
the command of the Third corps of the
army of the Alps. He exposed himself
to great dangers at Magenta, and at
SolterinO had to effect movement
which brought valuable assistance TO
Gen. Mel. Gen. CanrObert was after
wards made a marshal of France. grand
member OF the Legion OF Honor and an
honorary Knight of the Bath. In June,
1862. he commanded at the camp or
ChalouS, and succeeded the MarSilal de
Castelaue in command of the Fourth
corps d'armee at Lyons Oct. ii. SUISSE
qutntly he was appointed commander
in-chief of the army of Paris. At the
time of the declaration Of war by
France against Prussia III 1870 lie had
the command of an army corps. Mar
shal CanrODert WAS shut up IN Metz
with Marshal BaZaine, and Oh the cap
itulatiOn of that fortress he was sent q
prisoner into Germany After the pre-
Iiminaries of peace had been signed
he returned to France. where he met
with favorable reception from
Nj. Thiers, who did not, however, ap-
point him to any command. Alter nav
lug declined the offer OF candIdature
for the national assembly In 1874 in the
GirOnde. aud in 1873 in the Lot. Mar
shall Canrobert, after some hesitation,
allowed his name tn be proposed to tile
department of Lot at the senatorial
elections OF Jan. 80. 1876, by the party
of the appeal TO the people, and on the
second scrutiny he was elected by 2l2
votes out of 3S5 electors. His term OF
office expired in January, 1879, when he
again became Il candidate for the de-
partment of Lot, but was defeated.
Later IN the same year. however, he
was elected senator for Charente, Ill the
room OF the IaGe NJ. HenneSsy. the dis
tiller. He accepted this unsolicited
election as ''homage paid to the army IN
the person of the doyen OF Its chiefs.
LIN 1860 Marshal Canrobert married Miss
Macdonald. Scotch lady. He is the
last marshal of France.