The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-09

/ 70 Whom ne came caught up the CITY
and the deep voices sent 1t rolling
down the empty streets. Louis Bona
parte standing erect. motlonless. i'm
passive as always. wondered II pulse
might beat harder than his and moi
break. He held up his hand. and rap
idly. yet with lingering shouts OF en-
thusiasm, the tumult quieted.
Soldiers" he said, Il have come tc
you first because between you and
me there are great memories. With
you the Emperor. my uncle, served a
captain; with you he won glory at the
siege Of Toulon; you opened the gates
Of Grenoble to him when he came
back from Elba. Soldiers, the honol
Of beginning a new empire shall be
yours; yours shall be the honor Of sa
luting first the eagle Of Austerlitz and
Wagram." He caught the standard
from an officer and held it high. "II
Is the sign OF French, glory; 1t has
shone over every battlefield; It has
passed through every capitol Of Eur
ope Soldiers. rally to the eagle!
trust 1t to you've will march today
against the oppressors. crying Long
live France" 81
One who has not heard a regiment
gone mad can not know how 1t was
With deafening clatter and roar every
sword was drawn and the shakos few
aloft and again and again and again
the mems deep voices sent up in bro
ken magnificent chorus the great his.
toric cry to which armies had gone
into battle.
"Vive TEmpereur! Vive Napoleon!"
The souls of thousand men were
on fire with memories and traditions,
with a passion of conservation to a
cause, and as x the spell of the name
grew stronger with its repetition they
shouted over and over, In tremendous
unison. over and over and over.
"vive Napoleon! Vive rEmpereUr!"
1t was necessary at last for the
quiet slender young man who was the
storm-center to raise his hand again,
anu Win q NOluJ Will Vi
a smile to speak his gratitude-to stop
the storm. There was much to be
done. The fourth artillery was but
one Of several regiments to be gained
II the victory were to be complete.
Colonel Lombard was disps tched to a
printing office with proclamations to
be struck of; Lieutenant Laity hur-
ried away to his battalion; a detach-
ment was sent to hold the telegraph
office; the tumult once quieted, tho
yard was a scene of efficient business,
for all this had been planned and each
officer knew his work. In a very few
moments the officers Of the third ar
tillery who were with the Prince had
fastened to their quarters, another had
been sent to arouse the forty-sixth of
the line, at the Place d. Alton bar
racks, and shortly Prince Louis him
self was on his way to the same place.
Through the streets of the city, no
longer empty, he passed with his Off
GERS, and the people poured from their
houses, and Joined and answered the
shouts Of the soldiers.
"Vive PEmpereur!" the soldiers
cried "It Is the nephew of Napoleon"
and the citizens threw back, "Vive
lEmpereur! 1t is the son of the hon.
est king of Holland! 1t is the grand
son of Josephine!"
They pressed so close about the
small figure in its Swiss uniform of
colonel that for a moment he was sep
arated from his officers, and Colonel
Vaudrey, smiling for all his military
discipline, was forced to order his
mounted artillerymen to clear the
road. Every moment an old soldier
broke out of the mass and embraced
the eagle which Lieutenant de Quer-
eIles carried proudly high above all
this emotion; the soldiers eyes fash
ed with success; the Princes heart
beat high for Joy to know that he had
not misread the heart Of army or peo-
pie. When the column passed the gen.
darmerie the guard turned out and
presented arms, shouting, Long live
the Emperor" So he went through
the streets of Boulogne, Louis Napo-
leon Bonaparte, eight long years be-
fore he came to his own, and march
ed in triumph and acclamation to a
failure.
And close by his side, his look as
radiant as the Princes look was con-
tanned and impassive, marched always
Francois Beaupre. The hard-earned
military knowledge, the patient toll
of preparation had come into play,
and in hundred ways the man had
been useful With no exact rank as
yet, but ready at any moment, eager
for the hardest task, never asking for
rest, quick-witted, resourceful, officers
as we'll as Prince had developed
habit Of turning to Beaupre for serv-
ice after service. And always they
were met with glad consent which
encouraged them to ask more until
the Prince said:
1t is the case of the willing horse;
I will not permit that my right-hand
man be worked to death-it must
stop"
Today, however, Francois had a
definite duty of responsibility. While
the Prince marched, gathering
strength at every yard, through the
town toward the Place d. Alton at its
farther side, Colonel Couard of the
third artillery had gone to proclaim
the great news to his regiment and to
hold them ready. In case of success
at the Place & Alton, Beaupre was to
go back Snd bring them to join the
Prince. In case Of failure they were
to oe his reserve. The Place d Alton