Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-12-04

people IN tnem, TlcH ne" oP"'N
ment houses on wide parade ground
old bronze cannon before the palace
of the Soldiers Home. One sees rev
old soldiers. Well dressed, dignihed'
they pass like shadows.
Enter a monumental iron gate. Pass
armed sentries, pass a green lawn
Mount wide steps and stand in vast
interior beneath a noble dome. Man
sard built it-part of the Old veterans
church. Heroic frescoes above, carved
stone all around.
In the center of the floor huge cir
cular hole, protected by a stone baius'
trade. Look down. Giant angels OF
victory down there stand against the
pillars that sustain the floor. Between
/ them panoplies of molding banners
The victories watch great sarcopha
gus of Finland granite, gift OF Czai
Nicholas, writes Sterling Heilig In
the Washington Star.
Once / was near an aged veteran
who showed young soldier around
Napoleon is entombed really In the
historical Old Soldiers Home o.
alides"-invalid. But the
system has changed; no new ones en-
ter and the old have almost died of
This one dated from the Crimea; hi
. father had fought at Waterloo, ant
he imagined himself and few otheI
glorious old relics in some particular
way to guard the emperor.
Many Flags and Banners.
They stood by the circling balus
trade and looked into the yawninl
space Of circling Victories and sar
:. cophagus. Alternating with the angel
) are those stands Of moldering flag
and banners-fags and banners an,
more flags and banners-taken In bat
tie from all the armies and countrie
Of Europe in Napoleon's grand can
, paigns.
j Descending the steps behind tn
baldachin you pass the black marbl
tombs OF Marshals Duroc and Bert
rand, which guard the approach I
Napoleon. The door to the circlin
crypt is massive bronze. II wa
opened for Roosevelt on his famou
visit. Over the door. In letters 9
gold, are the words taken from hi
will:
II wish that my ashes shall repos
on the banks Of the Seine, among III
French people. whom I so loved"
He died at St. Helena In 1921. II
was not brought back to France unit
| 1S41, and the generous and grandlos
| act was done, to the detriment Of tn
| Orleans dynasty, by the gallant youn
| Prince de Joinevllle. younger SO
| OF the then reigning King Loui
| Philippe Jolneville.
| Thus Napoleon's true funeral toe
| place 20 years after his death.
i was the most grandiose parade
i Paris OF the nineteenth century.
Il found myself with the vetera
. again, before the relies.
"Is Il true that they belong /
law to Empress Eugenie?" asked u
" young soldier.
O. The old fellow was troubled. Va
,r eran Of the Crimea, with all his pri,
q loyal to the Bonapartes. he did m
II know how to answer.
In truth. most OF the sacred O
@, jects had been inherited by NapoIe,
IL III from members Of his family.
bought with his own money while q,
peror, or presented to him personal
by third parties.
90 It Is also true that they we
ID awarded by the highest French cour
,g 10 Eugenie as Napoleon Ills wide
AT and under his will. after 30 years
n. litigation. Probably she never CO
ID templated taking the more illustrio
Ia pieces; probably her object was
merely keep the Bonapartist famI
claim alive.
nv Relies Belong to France.
h. Certainly she might have taken 4
IN bench Of 81. Helena among 90 q
iects that bore the ticket "Belongi