Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02
Enbarkment Acts of Lafayette Re-Discovered

personal following OF Lafayette); Francois
Aman Rogc Of Nantes. aged twenty years, me-
dium height, fair hair. Of the suite Of Mr.. the
Baron de Came, and Antoine Redon of saciat.
aged twenty-five years, medium height, chest.
nut hair. are old Catholics. the which desire
to embark on the victoire, Capt. Leboursier,
to 20 to the Cape tvague consecrated phrase.
not to say America, where they 60 for At.
fairs (business).
(Signed) GILBERT DU MORTIER.
Us. CAMUs.
Bordeaux, 2cd March, TIT.
Camus il spelled "Camu" in the
body Of the act. Moreau (Moteau)
does not sign. Neither do Aman-Roge.
nor Aedon. And, take good notice.
the Baron de Came. who does not
sign, appears nowhere as a passenger
except by the slip of mention in
connection with one of his followers.
The Ave present-day Louis-Levis-
Observation-Disclosures families in Amer
lean cities claiming from old Dave
were extremely happy to tree their
ancestor as a documentary companion
Of Lafayette.
And the entire discovery was Of
public interest.
Now this public interest becomes
stronger. since so many of the boys
have been to France and have their
names exact upon the roster of the
American expeditionary force and all
kinds of volunteer works before
America entered the war.
Here are ten or eleven new names
to add to the consecrated Lafayette
and his eleven companions, among
whom was the Baron de Kalb." How
many American families may not
have a Lafayette tradition which will
attach to one of these new names?
They are: BarberieuX Barber or
Barberry). la Colombo, Candon, Price,
Lesserre (Lesser or Lessey or Deles-
ser), Camus (Camy, Camu) Moreau
(Morey). Aman-Roge (Roger). Baron
de Came (Dekin- Dakin), Rodon,
Levas.
Twenty-Five companions of Lafay-
ette-now.
Were there only twenty-five COM
panions Of Lafayette?
When presented the photographs
to the manuscripts department of the
Library Of Congress-. just before the
war, I quoted them a few suggestions
from the supersleuth. Rene Borden.
The victoire, Capt. Leboursier, was
a ship belonging to Lafayette. for
which he paid $4,000 francs; and he
would scarcely buy ship for an ex-
petition of only twenty-five persons.
The crew. with the captain at it's
head, came to him with the pur-
chased vessel, so that the captain.
completely devoted to his noble owner.
Lafayette, permitted himself many
Irregularities. 1t is not possible to
believe that the victoire quilted
Pauillac Cor, let US say. the coasts OF
Europe) with only the passengers
mentioned in this official register of
the French admiralty The completely
Of Capt. Leboursier doubtless permit
ted a number Of Lafayette's compan-
ions to embark. in spite Of the laws
and regulations, without giving their
names to the authorities.
For instance, there are those fifty
young officers who were ordered
back" from San Sebastian. The war
interrupted our searches at Pasajes
and San Sebastien (where the dump Is
ten times as inextricable as at Bor-
deaux). Something may yet be found
in those two Spanish ports.
Nothing more is to be hoped for
from Bordeaux. We have now the
bound passenger register of the port
for two months previous to and
year after the five entries Of the Vic
toire. After the cleanup Prof. Bru-
tails, archivist of the Gironde, wrote
me an official letter certifying FUR
Their searches useless"
But there are the archives Of Con-
gress at Washington.
If the dump" there IL in anything
like the usual state Of old state pa
pers, insuficiently and incorrectly
classified in negligent old days. tho
camoufiage. though =, unintentional.
misleads the seeker. and 30 IL worse
than no classification at all.
Letters are particularly hopeful
ground.
Meanwhile. another precious piece"