The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07

Oh fOr trade. Dut nc inu scarcely rclclcu
his soventecnth year when no enlisted US n
private In tue regiment o; A1cdoc infantry. then
In garrison Mt Pcrpign,n IN. Three years !stc:,
however. In Difference TO lis mothers ~soliclta.
tlons. no went to Nancy TO vo into trade. but on
tho outbreak OF tho Revolution no accepted the
post OF Captain of n company OF soldiers raised
In Barbecue In 1899. Some months later,
though scarcely 20 years old. and far
from rich. he married Mile. Charlotte berlin.
who also was possessed OF no fortune. Sho
became tho mother OF many children, and died
after twenty years of married life. Here we may
mention TINT Oudino,, in January, 1912. was mar
ried for tho second time to Mile. DE Coucy. who
long survived him. without attempting to fol-
low all the incidents OF Oudinot' s military career.
wo should observe that, beginning as a private
In 1854. he WAS a Lieutcnant-Co Colonel In 1901, h
Brigadicr.G onoral in 1904, a General OF Divis-
ION In 1900, the COMMANDMENT Chief OF tho
Grenadiors In 1905, u Corps Commander In 1909.
a Marshal OF the Empire in the sams year, n
Marshal OF Franco under Louis XVIII. in 1914,
and. under Louis Philippe. Grand Chancellor Of
the Legion OF Honor. and Governor Of the Hotel
dos lnvalidcs. He died In Paris Sept IS, lSi7.
No soldier in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic
era could boast OF having been wounded more
times than had Oudinot. In 179i he received a
shot in tho head, and later in the same year had
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sabre strokes in anight attack; tho next year no
was wounded by n ball In the side and received
three sabre strokes on tho arms and ono on the
neck. He received q ball in the breast in 1879.
and later in the same year a ball in the shoulder
blade. In 1905 no was wounded by a ball In the
side, in 1909 by n ball In the left arm. and
later in the same year,. at wagram, he
was wounded in the head. Io was hit
by grapcshot during the fight at Po-
lotsk in August, 1912. and by a ball in the side
at the Bcrcsina In November OF the same year.
Finally he was wounded by u ball in the breast
at the combat OF Arcis-sur-Aubc In March. 1914.
We have mentioned his military titles. As re-
CARDS civil disnitics. he was n member OF the
Corps Lcgislatif in 1904. Burgess OF Neuchatel
in 1906, Count OF the Empire in 1903, Due de
Reggio in 1909, and. lastly. Minister Of State
and Peer OF France in May, 1914. On cere-
monial occasions his breast was literally
covered with French and foreign docora-
tons. For instance, he was a knight Grand
Cross OF the Legion OF Honor. and n Grand
Cross of st. Louis; he was q Knight OF
tho Order of the Holy Ghost, n Knight
OF the Italian Order OF tho Iron Crown, "a Com.
manderof the Saxon military Order OF st. Henry.
n Grand Cross OF the Bavarian military Order OF
Max Joseph, n Grand Cross of the Dutch milf
tary Order of William. n Grand Cross OF the
Prussian orders OF the Red Eagle and the Black
Eagle, a Enightofthc First Glass and Grand Cross
OF the Russian Order OF ST. Vladimir. and finally
Grand Gordon OF tho Spanish Order OF Charles
Ill. When he died, letters OF coincidence were
received not only from n. Guiznt, then Presi-
dent OF the Council OF Ministers. but also from
tho King OF Sardinia, the King OF the Nethor-
lands, the King OF Bavaria, the King OF
Prussia, and tho Car of Russia. We
add that tho military tradition inaugu-
-at-l ~ Al - T. L.
family. Tho eldest son, Victor Oudinot, took
part in the campaigns Of Wagram. Spain, Portu-
gal, Russia. Leipzig, Franco. and Algeria, where
he obtained the rank OF Lieutonant-G General.
and finally, IN i, -, OF Italy. where he COM
manded in chief. lie made a very energetic pro-
test against the eoup d'etat Of the I'd OF Decem-
Der, 1881. Gen. Henri Oudinot, a son OF the
Marshai's second marriage. with Mile. De Coucy,
died in 1891, after taking a brilliant part In the
principal campaigns OF our time. or Marshal
Oudinot's grandsons, two became Generals OF
Division, one q General OF Brigade. and the
fourth. q, Lieutenant, was killed at the battle of
Gravelottc, in august. 1870.
The first OF tho incidents connected with Ma
poleon which is Of any interest occurred at
Erfurt. It was recounted to tho Duchcsse de
Reggie by her husband, who had been appointed
Governor OF the town during the meeting OF the
sovereigns and princes convoked there by the
French Emperor. 1t appears that. although the
specific purpose of the meeting was TO please
tbe invited soyercians. Napoleon had occasional
moments OF forcetfulness which prevented him
from displs wing I'm his relations all tn, fore.
Thought expected In a host. One day." re.
lated Oudlnot, I've were riding into the
country. tho two Emperors moving aide Inv
aide. At n given moment our Emperor.
carried away by his tbouRhts. took the leod'
wbistlinp. and seeming to forget about tbose he
vvas leaving behind. I shall always rcmcmbcr
Alexander turning sti01y toward his neiubbor
and asking: Arc wa TO follow .Ye.. sire. 7
retoined NAPOLEON and told him Of thi, uttI.
sceno. He fell back. offered AN exclamation and
that was the end of H." Was IL really. asks tho
Duchesse, tho end OF itt Who knows, Auto
crats have sinRularly sensitive minds. For that
matter, tho friendship OF the two Emperors was
by no means as firm as they would then have
the world believe, and Alexander retained tho
insinctiyo distrust natural 10 n man who had
been forced TO witness the csta.trophes NJ
his country. An instance OF this dis.