The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-12-01
GENERAL LEON JASTREMSkI.

i1SNlldDlc WAS Ittblitu DIT HIS liolli1 III
Baton Rouge Friday morning at :o5
o'clock. He had lapsed into uncon
seriousness the day preceding his disso-
luton. He passed away gently, as one
in pleasant dreams. At his side was
his wife and his sons and other relatives
and friends.
While anticipated the demise of Gen
cral Jastremski was received with un-
feigned regret by all classes of the peo-
pie throughout the State. His death re
suited from apoplexy and paralysis.
He was aged o. years. He was born
in France, but came to Louisiana when
a babe with his parents His father
physician, native of Poland, who had
been active in revolutionary move
ment for the liberation Of his country,
fed to America to escape persecution:
From childhood to manhood and to
the very day Of his death, General Jas
tremski was enthusiastically Louis
ianan
In his youth, four years of his life
were consecrated to the South. AS prl-
vate, he gradually advanced in rank un-
til he became the captain of his COM
pahy.
The title of General which he bore
was acquired by him when he was the
head of the Louisiana Division of the
United Confederate Veterans.
As soldier, in the active field and as
the Captain of his company, he was al
ways i'll the thickcst of the fray and in
spired others to deeds of valor and hero
ism. He participated with his COM
mand in the campaign of the Peninsula
in Virginia, during which General John
Bankhead Magruder, with an army Of
about 1900 men, held at bay for three
weeks General Mcclellan with an army
of more than hundred thousand men,
until relieved by General Joseph L.
Johnston, who was then in command OF
the Confederate forces in Virginia.
more heroic than this defense of Rich
mond by General Magruder on the line
extending from Yorktown to the James
From the Peninsula, Jastremski, then
regimental sergeant major of the Tenth
Louisiana Volunteers, retreated to
Richmond with his command. He was
captured at Malvern Hill and shortly
afterwards exchanged. He participated
in the arduous campaign through Vir-
GINA, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
1t was in 1862 that he was elected
lieutenant of his company and was adj
vanced to captain.
1t was at Charlottesville that he was
shot in the throat, wound which inn
paired the tone of his voice to the end
of his life.
He was at Gettysburg.
At Spottsylvania he was captured, but
later escaped with several comrades, and
finally reached General Taylors ftad-
quarters and reported for duty. Ihis
was about the cpd of the historic sttug-
gle.
AS he was a good soldier, so was he
good citizen. 1t may be SAID that
with rare exceptions that man who
has been good soldier is always a good
citizen; one who is active in tl'e dis
charge of his civic duties and does not
| finch in assuming the responsibilities
of life.
As others he returned home penni-
| less, with all their possessions gone and
with only an abiding faith in God, and
with the most unflinching determination
to wiring success from ruin, Captain
Jastremski assumed the obligations OF
the citizen in the struggle for his bread.
AS he was i'll war, so was he i'll peace,
active in the functions which were des-
tined to relieve his State from the
clutches of the political vampires. In
| the contest for the emancipation OF
! Louisiana from Africanization and IN
the maintenance of the rule of white
supremacy, he was one of the foremost
leaders.
AS the head of the fire department,
as mayor of Baton Rouge, as a director
| of the Howard Association, as a dele
gate to the Constitutional Convention
of 1879, as the head of the executive
committee of his party, as United States
Consul to Callao, Peru, under Presl-
dent Cleveland; as the commander OF
the Louisiana Division of the United
Confederate Veterans, he discharged all
his duties faithfully and creditably.
As a candidate for Governor in Ioo3-l
he conducted a campaign which SUR
lprised his opponents and commanded the
admiration of the people and won foi
him a name which shall ever be among
the brightest in the history of the State
1t is true he failed in securing The
nomination for Governor but it has beer
some satisfaction for him to have liTeC
to witness that nearly every measure CT