Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-06-27

served his country IN three different capacitIeH
is married man. the father OF twins and one
other child. Is mnjor general in the American
army and is not yet twenty years old"
lafayette soon had an opportunity to show his
meftIe The English general. Lord Howe. was
approaching Philadelphia with superior force
washington marched out to meet him, and In
the skirmsh at Brandywinc Lafayette was
wounded while urging his men TO stand arm.
Lafayette wrote to his wife: BE entirely free
from anxiety az to my wound. for all the doctors
In America are aroused in my behalf. have
friend who has spoken for me in way to insure
my being well taken care Of. and that II General
Washington. That estimable man. whom ven
ernie the more now that learn to know him,
has BECOME my intimate friend. His tender In
tef'est In my welfare quickly won my heart. When
he sent his surgeon In chief to me he told him IN
care for me a. II were his son. because he loved
me 20 much; and, having learned that wanted
to Join the army too soon again. he wrote me
letter full Of tenderness. in which he adm6nished
me to wait until should be entirely well"
Westinghouse exact words in writing to the
surgeon were: Take cnre of him as II be were
my con. for I love him the same"
On November %. It'll. Lafayette was sent
with General Greene to test the strength of-the
British tdvance on Philadelphia Having disp
closed their position near Gloucester. he attacked
the Hessians with such fury that the latter were
rounded by the. entire American army. retreated
with his 5000 men in hot haste. ri
This pleased Washington 90 much that he
wrote 10 congress asking for a regular command
for Lafayette. A few days later Lafayette. to his
great delight. was assigned to the command Of
the Virginia division Of the army.
As time went on relations between Washington
and Lafayette became steadily closer. the latter
sometimes referring to himself In their CORE
intimacy between the two men was like that OF
father and son. the iFrenchn,an being twenty-five
years younger than the general he 70 greatly
Having made voyage to Frnnce on furiough
he returned in May. 1880 joining Washington NJ
the army headquarters in MOrristown and telling
him what nobody on this side Of the Atlantic
yet knew. Of the coming Of the military and naval
expedition sent by the king Of France to help the
Americana. II was Lafayette himself who had
been largely Instrumental In persuading the king
to send the fleet. together with 5000 picked nght.
ing men under Rochambeau and the young mar.
quis was dispatched In advance to cnrry the GOOD
news
In due time R0chambeau arrived with the army
Of 60O men and Admiral de Graxse with q neet
manned BY 1000 sailors and marines.
Lafayette was put in command Of 1000 men
and directed to march to Virginia and meet
COrn"aihs. the bHush commander. The tr0Ops
were 20 destitute that something had to be done
Lafayette after expanding his own available cnsh
borrowed on his personal account $4,000 from
he merchants Of Baltimore.
De Cruises feet headed for Yorktown. and
Washington. with Rochambeau. started to unite
vith Lafayette In the struggle with CornwalIis.
low Washington made forced marches to the
South In order the more completely to hem In
ord CORVALLIS; how the Count de Grssse viii,
"a 0oot fvo6 M Yop
trivial Of General Washington. and how sA-
ayette persuaded the French admiral to delay 4,
he attack until Washington could take command
% that BY winning that fight Washington could
verthrOw the enemies in congress that were try
ne to have some one else made commander In