Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-22

1o cohorts. each cohort counting grand officers. 20 comm1ndants. SO life by the grand council The grand council and the cohorts were suppress- ed by: a law reorganizing the order In 1S16. and the dispositions of that law Were mostly incorporated into the dates from March l6, 1852. The pres- ldent of the republic Is the Grand Master of the Legion of Honor. whose affairs are now administered by al Grand Chancellor named by the chief executive of the republic. and a coun- ell of the order comprising General Secretary. Vice President and ten members. The corps of lssicnarfes Is composed of chevaliers, oficsrs. Com- Crosses. The membership Is limited to 20 Grand Crosses, 50 Grand Ofiicers, 2.o0o Officers and 12.000 Chevaliers or Knights. Foreigners on whom the decoration Is conferred do not figure. in this limited membership. accord ing to the rules.
 Tn time of peace, to be admitted to the Legion of Honor one must have exercised civilian or military functions during 20 years with honor and dis tinction- To be promoted to any rank superior to that of Knight dt is indfs- pensable to have passed through the grade immediately inferior. The pe- riod of four years as Knight. two ' Oa4 1c all 1-4ALSIs lnI8S YEATS as k Commander. five years as e Grand Df- fcer. For exceptional cases of salian- try or extraordinary services Tn time of war or peace thAse periods may be reduced. but in no case may Knight be advanced to the grade of comman- to the rank of Ohcer.
 The decoration of the Legion of Honor is a five double pointed star. with medallion in the center with the words. French Republic, 1870" In a circular border. On the other side I the medallion bears two tricolor flags with the device. "Honneur ct Patrie.' The star which is enameiled in white ! is of silver for the Knights, and gold for the Officers, The only distinction made in the form of the decoration itself for the different ranks is that es size, being 1 1-2 inches in diameter for the Knights and Officers, and 1-2 ders- The Knights wear the decora- l ton on the left side of the chest, at- I tached to a red moire ribbon, the Ofi- cers wear it the same place and with | the same ribbon, but with red TO- sette attached Commanders wear the decoration around their neck, attached to a red moire ribon wider than that of Officers and Knights. Crank Om- cers in addition to the cross wear on the left side of the breast a five dou- ble pointed silver star set with dia- I monds. The Grand Crosses wear the passing over the right shoulder and | also on the left side of the chest an ] other double pointed star similar to l that of the Grand Officers.
 It is not generally known that mem bership in the Legion of Honor car ries with it a pension to soldiers or l officers who have lost a member ol have lost the use of a member as the result of wounds received in battle Knights receive 25O francs year francs, Grand Officers 1000 francs and | Grand Crosses 5000 francs.
 Membership in the Legion of Honor 1 is lost for the same causes that a mar is liable to lose his civic rights, thai is to say, in cases of conviction fol | ruptcy.
 The palace of the Legion of Honor called generally -the Chancellerie'' is
 a beautiful building on the left bani of the Seine, facing the Tuileries Gar dens- The original structure wal erected between 17S2 and 1T8s bJ
 Rousseau for the Prince Frederic oi
 m-Kyrbourg. It was inhabited by
 Madame de Stael for a time and wal bought by the Legion of Honor in 1So4
 to be used as headquarters of the or 1 der and as the residence of the Chan l eellor. Burned during the Communs in 1871, it was rebuilt on the origina plans by voluntary subscriptions O. members of the order. In the Salons of the palace are gathered grea
 many interesting works of art; among
 them a splendid fun life portrait of tn
 First ConsuI by Yvon, an apotheo sis of Napoleon, by MaiIlot, and {
 ceiling by J. P Laurens representini
 the creation Of the Legion of Honor.
 Besides pensions to crippled mem
 bers, the Legion of Honor educates tn
 daughters of it's legionaries in thre
 different institutions, the original O
 which was established at Ecoun il
 1895. The second was organized il
 the ancient obbey at Saint Denisi il
 1909 and became the principal institu
 ton. Others were founded in lSl0. bu
 three only survived, Saint Denis
 Ecoun and des Loges. Each insfitu
 ton has accommodations for 400 ire
 places for daughters of members witt
 the rank of Captain or equivalent
 without fortunes. Daughters, grand
 daughters, sisters and nieces of mem bers are admitted to 75 places in eacl
 institution at the expense of the fam , fly. The date of admission is from to 12 years of age and the girls grad uate in seven years.
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