The Ketchikan miner., 1915-07-23
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 Even at Waterloo the Survivors Old Guard Fought Their Way o. Their Retreat and, None Surrendered. Their Shameful and Pathetic End Probably no Household troops or
 bodyguards in the world ever achieved
 the reputation of Napofeon's fmberial guard, and they had their origiIi'fn e
 manner tliat shows that oin1perial guards, Ike inventions, generally are
 often m1othered by, necessity. !
 It was during his Milan campaign,
 in the days of the republic, while Ma
 poleon was stfll Generats Bonatarte, that the Austridns nearly capttired the Little Corporal. If they had succeeded
 probably the whole history of Europe would; have been different and Water
 loo would be still waiting for a reputa-
 ton. -s.-r
 He was passing along the bank of a
 river with n small escort lent from the
 divisions of Ahgdereafu ' and Massena. Ah Austrian corps Was mastering Up the
 banks of the same stream toe join Beau lieu. After General fBonaparte had rid
 len some distance in company with Au
 guereau he then returned to Valeggio.
 where he stopped. He, lR,d been suffer
 ing from headacAe and believed that a
 foot bath would effect cure. ,4''=
 So duriIfg 'hfsl stop he pulled off his
 boots and sought fto battle his feet at
 I,, 4.
 thus engaged the Austrians appeared
 They came so rapidly thfyr there WIS
 scarcely time to sound an alarm. How
 Ever, the alarm was sounded, the gates
 of the carriageway closed aud the post began to make adefense,
 Pulling olie boot on one leg and fear Ting to spend the time ft6 boot the otli. CT Bonaparte rushed out through a
 back way and thus made his escape on
 his horse. g. He r,lshessas hartis;ts his horse would carry him to Messina
 and. tWthouglI- his troops Were at nIeSs theyNwefe qhitklt gathered and start ed off after the Austrnns. who, when theEJwere- met, were forced to flee*
 tBut the exheriente' taught Napoleon
 a lesson. He found that 1t was perfect l, possible for a. commanding officer to he taken prisoner with comparative ease, and he soon found i way to make
 this mere difficult, ---
 He organized command, at first called, sntdess whose prtnchal duty was to protect the commanding officer. s.By degrees this body was increased. and under the consulate 1t Was..k known as thc Garde Consulaire. receivinc hat satre III tiysrs "A th;ft tiiiietsn cpnsisted
 Of 0115 men and was a mere body ot hcrsehold troops. although naturally
 with a man like Napoleon 1t was a
 cembatant force, and not for ornamen- tai purposes.
 In 1904, with the creation of the em- | tpire. this body became the~Imperial guard. It grew in size and importance and In 1909 it was divided into the Niele garde and the Jeune garde, It nas a place of honor. To be admitted lie soldier must have served In three Esaf,paigns, Consequeftly twas known
 as.tlie elite of the imperial troops. Ev-
 cry Hhan was veteran. It could be depended upon to do its utmost In Ets14.. when Napoleon abdicated for the first time. the Imperial guard had Been increased to 112.4S2 men of all branahes
 of .service.s
 It+was owing to the fact tlliit fhis |, army, called the impegal gu;tga was ftoInposed of veterans, men who had
 seen service and were old eampaigners, |t1at Napoleon believed them to De un. Iconquerable The brunt of battle all ways had to be borne by the imperial guard. They consequently were all
 ways fearfully cut up. Only q rem nanEof the guard returned froms Rus
 sin. hnd at Waterloo their ranks were,
 remained. It was their motto, that the old guard never surrenders,. and those who were able to walk away from the | battlefield at the foot of Mont St. Jean fought their way on their retreat, and
 none surrendered.
 After Waterloo the old guard was treated shamefully. As many as could l be caught were court martialed, and the remainder were regarded as so many banditti. General LalICmand brought POO of them to America and with them founded a colony in Texas, linen mot United States territorS-s This | settlement, which was unsuccessful. was named Champ d'Asile, or Field 1 Refuge. The Mexican government 1 compelled them to leave, and they iicxt sought .refugei at Galvestnn; but naain were made to move eti, and finally, laftcr Il few months, the,IE qf the 2oo I that survived arrived in New Orleans. ePhey came, here in ISIS, and it was-Iiot dntti 1S:,f. when thele were oply q few tsuryirnrs. that sum of S0.000 francs gpached the exites.-E chahge.