Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-05-14
THE HEART OF A SOLDIER.
Solemn Ceremonies in Paris-Roll Call a
Hundred Years Old.

hundred years Via.
The recent ceremonies at Paris attend
ing the donation to the state of the urn
containing the heart of La Tour d'Au-
vergne were impressive and dramatic.
As the name of the hero is not generally
known i'll the United States, brief
sketch of his career may be in order
before attempting to report the proceed
ings lie was born in Finisterre in 1143,
of an Legitimate branch of the family
of the Dukes of Bouillon. a family 10
which Marshal Tureune belonged. He
enlisted rs a musketeer IN 1867; he was
distinguished for bravery on several oc-
casi0nS. and when he rose TO the rank
of captain he refused all further adj
vancement. Finally Napoleon dubbed
him First Grenadicr of France" He
was Killed ut the battle of Obcrhausen.
in Bavaria, on June -. 1900. The whole
French army went in mourning for him
for three days and decree was issued
ordering his name to be called at every
muster roll Of his regiment, the Forty
sixth of the line. The order was strictly
0heyed till the close of the empire
When the name was called a corporal
advanced, saluted and answered in a loud
voice: Dead on the field of houor."
And now. after 100 years that name
is still called. Col. du pontavice de
Heussey of the Second regiment of ar
tillery at Grenoble, the last descendant
Of the First Grenadier.' was the pos
SCISSOR of the urn containing the heart of
la Tour d Auyerguc. The colonel turned
it over to the state and President Louhet
had the honor of receiving it from his
hands. 1t was brought the other day
from Grenoble to Paris, where one of the
waiting rooms of the Lyon terminus was
decorated for its reception.
A little after 8 o'clock in the morning a
battery of artillery, squadron of the Re
publican guards and the old regiment of
La Tour d'Auvergne, the Forty-sixth of
the line, all under the command of Gen.
Iestapis, halted i'll front of the railroad
terminus. A few officers and sub-officers
entered the waiting room where the urn
rested upon n pedestal draped in the ma
tOnal colors and a fac simle of the old
standard of the Forty-siXth. Close to
that standard WAS placed the sword of
the great grenadier. 1t belongs to the
Carnavalet museum. but was loaned to
the military authorities for the occasion.
Col. du pontavice de Heussey handed the
urn TO two sub-otiicers, and. when they
appeared with the relic ut the threshold
of the waiting room, the order rang out,
"Au drapcau" Arms were presented
and Il captain of the Forty sixth, in ac-
cordance with the old tradition, called ont
the name, la Tour d Auvergne." After
second or two of silence, the answer
came back in clear and ringing tones,
Dead on the field of honOr!'
Then the procession began to move the
band playing a funeral march, while an
immense crowd 0f spectators remained ST
lent and uncovered. A soon ms the pro-
ceSsion reached the lnvalideS the artillery
| and cavalry were maSSed in front of the
railing, while the Forty-sixth passed
through the gates and marched toward
the chapel between two lines of troops
composed of dctachments of infantry of
the line colonial infantry, Republican
| guards aud cuirassicrS. The Forty-siXth
in the court of honor. surrounded the flag
and the urn. Again the name La Tour
dAuvergne" was called, and the answer
! came back, Dead on the field OF honorr'
| standing ut the threshold of the chapel
was NJ. Loubet, President of the French
republic accompanied by many officers,
military and civil. The galleries were
| TILED with invited guests. Col. du ponta-
vice de tleuSSey took his position by the
side of the flag. All heads were uncov-
| cred. Addressing the chief ma gistrate.
the colonel said,
MIR. President, have the diStin-
guiNhed honor, in the name of my family,
10 put into your hands the heart of my
grandunclc. La Tour d'AuvcrSuc, as n
Gift tn the nation
The President replied: Il thank YOU
colonel The heart of La Tour II Au-
vergne could not rest in better place
than this, under the dome of the In
lvalidcS."
The urn was placed for Il few moments
on the marble Slab over the tomb Of
Tnrennc. after Which it was finally car
ricd Ia vault
La Toar dAuvergue in addition to be-
inS a hard fighter. was hard student.
especially of phllology, lie was what
they call celtomane. and. like RuIlet
! Pel!outier Nallauccy and others. he had
la hobby for digging down into the
depths of ages to find the primitive lam
Sua2e. He didn't find it. hut his Re
chcrcheS sur la I.anzur. rOrigine. ct les
Antiquities dies Rrctou>' must be claSSed
am"nS the works which are hound to in
tercSt philo'ogiSt>