The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-22

a river with a small escort lem; from
the divisions II Aus.rsu and AaSS-Ua !
An Austrian corps WAS fastening up
the banks Of the same stream 20 1oin
heaaileu- After General B~onapa-f~
Rad ridden some distance III .mnans
Hith Auserau. ne then returned tn
Z where he stopped He had
been suffering from headache. and
believed that A footbath would ea~c,
i cure.
Origin Of the Imperial Guards.
80 during his stop he pulled off hiS
boots and sought To hattie his Zee,
At a house In the village. While ne
was thus engaged the AuStr.anS ap-
Iteared- They came So rapidly tina
there was scarcely time tn sound an
alarm However. the alarm was
sounded. the gates of the carriage
way closed and the post began To
make Il defense.
Pulling one boot on one leg and
fearing to spend the time to boot the
other. Bonaparte rushed out through
q back way and thus made his escape
on ms horse He rushed as hard As
his horse would carry him 10 Messina.
and. although his troops were at
mess. they were quickly gathered and
started off after the Austrians. who.
when they were met. were forced to
flee.
out II fAfNIlelCt Taught Napoleon
a lesson II found that it was per-
fectly possible for a commanding Off
Ger to be taken prisoner with compar-
atiVe ease. and ne soon found a way
To MAKE this more difficult.
He organized a command. at first
called guides. whose principal duty
was to protect the commanding Off
Ger. BY degrees this body was in
creased, ard under the Consulate il
was known as the Garde Consulaire
receiving that title in 1879. AT thai
time IT consisted OF 9T75 men and
was a mere body Of household troops
although. naturally. with a man like
Napoleon, II was i combatant force
ana not for ornamental purposes.
Die But Never Surrender"
In 1904, with the |creation of tht
Empire. this body became the I'm
periat Guard. 1t grew in size anc
Importance and in 1902 it was di
Eided into the Nielle Garde and tn
.ieUne Garde. 1t was a place of honor
: TO be admitted the soldier must hav'
! served in three campaigns. Conse
, quently it was known as the elite O
the Imperial troops. Every man wa
-. a veterans. 1t could he depended
upon to do its utmost. In 1914 whe1
Napoleon abdicated for the first time
h Imperial Guard hal been increa :
ed to 112.fS2 men of all branches O
service.
d 1t was owing to the fact that TIL
army. called the Imperial Guard, wa
composed OF veterans, men who ha
seen service and were old campaign
ers, that Napoleon believed them I
q be uncOnquerable. The brunt of ba'
Is tie always had to be borne by the In
perial Guard. They consequently wel
i always fearfully cut up Only a rem
n nant of the guard returned fro
n--- - 49,
e were cut down until few of the o
guards remained. 1t was their mot
that the old guard never surrender
and those who were able to wa
al away from the battlefield at the TO
d of Mont ST. Jean fought their way {
Or their retreat and non surrendered
II Napoleon's Farewell to Guards.
al One of the most affecting ever
a. connected with the history of Napo
a cons Old Guard was his pathet
r. farewell to them, when he was qui
ne ting FOntainbleau to go into Virtu
Mt exile on the Isle of Elba. in Apr
a 1914. The time for him to lea
d. France had arrived, and at his reque
ly as many of his guard as could be a
ii commodated in front of the pala
"a, were drawn up for review.
a AS he passed along the front of t
he line. tears filled his eyes and even
guard wept. He spoke to them as
he passed, and after the review he a
lis dressed the Guard.
"All Europe has armed against m
or he said bitterly. France herself h
n Frederick the Greats nvincibaeS.
at Frederick the Great soon had
body guard that was popularity /
lieved to be invincible. 1t is "a IL
in dition that at the battle Of Zornde
dy in 1853, where Frederick was Wi
OF his famous regiment, he feared t
Russians were getting the best Of t
n fighting, and. turning to the col
ps. mander Of the guards, Colonel V
&C Wacknitz. asked a~nxiouSly:
"What do you think of it? Ny id
It'll is that we shall get the worst Of t
action"
St Won Wacknitz's pride was touchs
ur Lowering his sword by way of salu
IRIS he answered:
OF Your Majesty. no battle is lost
my opinion where the Gardes-d
tg- Corps have not charged"
i1o L>rod0r;oI fn0L him of h;v VIC,