The Washington herald., 1914-06-07

must have q bee in your bonnet" gren-
adler yelled on one occasion, ito lead US
| over such roads without bread to eat
| At last he turned savagely upon the
GROWERS in his guard and told them: Il
| shall keep you under arms until you are
| eighty Not a few soldiers, in their de-
spair, resurted to suicide. The victorious
| troops of Austerlitz. instead Of being led
their well-won glory by their firesldes.
found themselves after q year marching
| farther and farther from home into the
depths OF bleak desolation. where they
plowed mud by day and were assailed
by wintry blasts at night
His majesty marches them every day.
which reduces every one to despair and
brings the general misery TO climax '
wrote Baron Percy, the surgeon. But
| the Emperor has purposes beyond our
ken - never was the French army 30
unhappy. The soldier. marching always,
bivouac cking every night, wading up to
not an ounce of bread or q drop of
brandy, not even time to dry his clothes.
and he fell and died from exhaustion.
Many were found in the bitches where
they gasped out their lives. The Emper-
or's heart must have been rent by these
sights; but he marches steadfastly upon
his goal. to fulfill the great destiny that
he prepares for Europe"
said, as he goaded his army on, II alone
know what ! have to do" Marshal
I.annes, the blunt Gascon. blurted out to
his masters face, The blood of one
Frenchman is worth more than all Po-
land" ST.
well" the Emperor replied, IF you
are not satisfied, you can go away.
NO" the candid but faithful follower
said. "You need me here"
While no commander ever excelled Ma
poleon in his attention to the needs OF
his troops or equaled him in his ability to
provide for them, it was. however, his
now ma he W wa. ina in q country % pp Which could not not
support 1t. He drained its resources to
the last drop and even employed 5000
captured tents to make shirts for the
sick. He cared nothing for tents In them
selves, holding that they were unhealth-
full and that II was much better for the
soldier to bivouac in the open air, for
there he can build fire and sleep with
warm feet"
Napoleon in. Carrots.
He had small sympathy with fault
finding soldiers in that terrible winter
campaign of 1867 because he shared
their hardships and was thriving on
camp than in the most luxurious palace.
Writing to Fouche in Paris, he said. Let
the rumor spread that 1t will not be long
before the Emperor arrives in Paris. Ny
headquarters here is a wretched garret"
While living on princely fare at War
saw, he suffered from violent convulsions
in the stomach which he feared were the
symptoms Of cancer the disease that
caused his fathers death. But In the
midst Of rigorous campaigning. he wrote
to Josephine: "I have never been so
well. You win find me much fatter." Yet
he was eating soldiers rations and sleep
ing In foul novels, where he dared not
undress. Through one period Of fourteen
days in that campaign he did not take
of his boots. Marshals of France were
glad enough some nights TO lie on, q
manure pile and enjoy its warmth.
After month Of much marching and
some fighting Napoleon relented and put
his dispirited army in winter quarters II
East Prussia. where the soldiers stripped
the country of buildings and trees to
make huts for. their own shelter. The
Russians. too. amer steadily falling back.
seemed to Be esttling down to close
season on hghting.
The rreneh had labored up out Of
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