The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

Of which he was Governor for three
years. Then he became commander OF
the Second Army Corps. with headquar-
ters at Amiens. and just before his
appointment as Gencralissimo OF the
army was Director General of Mill
tary Education. a post for which he was
particularly well qualified as one of
the best mathematicians Of the army.
No French commander stands higher tn
the estimation OF the War Department
at Berlin and St Petersburg.
Gen. Joffre's principal lieutenant.
chief deputy and alter ego s General
the Marquis de Castelnau. son OF the
General of the same name who was
Napoleon's Ills principal aide de camp
, AZ the battle of Sedan, in 1870, an officer
80 brilliant and so clever that Gen.
Joffre and the other members of the
Conseil SUPERIOR de Guerre have in
sisted upon his being retained In Office
in spite of the repeated charges mad,
by dismissed officers and by Radical
politicians that he was honeycombing
the entire War Department and the
higher ranks OF the army with Jesuit
ism and monarchiCal intrigues.
Among the other Generals who have
already received commands at the
front at the hands OF Gen. Joffre Is
| old Gen. Pau. one OF the heroes Of tn,
battle OF Froeschviller. where az the
age Of 22 and as young Lieu
tenant he los; his right arm. So
| great was the gallantry which he dis
! played on that occasion and so excellen.
was the use which he learned to make
of his left arm and hand that he was
allowed to remain in the service ami
rose In course of time To the very head
Of his profession. ! have already re-
lated the patriotic fashion in which no
/ stood aside three years ago to make
way for the appointment Of his friend
| and comrade Joffre as Generalissimo.
| He was retired on the score of age last
year. but has now been recalled into
active service.
| Then there is Gen. Hubert Lyautev
! hitherto comma raler in chief in Mo-
! rocco. for the conquest Of which France
! is indebted 10 him. He is man of OK
cellcnt birth, is as member of the
I Academy one of tne Forty Immortals
/ of France. belongs 20 the two most OK
elusive clubs in Paris. the Union and
! the Agricole. and contributed in no
small degree to bringing the rich ISL
/ and of Madagascar under French rule
He. 700. IL n veteran of the war of 1870
although he was only a boy of II al
the time
AS for the French navy. Il is under
the supreme command of Admiral de la
| Peyrere, who may he remembered as
/ having visited the United States som,
years ago with a cruiser squadron on
the occasion. If my memory serves me.
| Of The jamestown celebration Acknowl-
edged both a: home and abroad as the
most distinguished officer OF the French
navy. he has both in his capacity as
, chief of the Admiralty staff and as
Minister of Marine completely rcorgan-
lied that service. eliminating the dead
wood, abolishng hundreds of almost in
I credible abuses. ConsiEning to he scrap
/ heap baitlcships and cruisers that were
out Of date and paying particular at
tention 10 the development of sub
marine navigation.
His popularity among all grades Of
/ the service is very great, and when Min
lister of Marine he still further enhanced
it on one occasion by an exhibition
Of personal pluck thoroughly in keep