(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec. 18.—General Maistre,
:X who commanded the French army that
conquered the last remaining positions
•;i; of the famous Chemin des Dames and
thus earned promotion to the rank
of Grand Officer in ^he Order of the
:X i Legion of Honor, began to serve his
! country when he was twelve years old
hy purloining powder from the Prus
X: sian soldiers who were quartered in
; the house of his parents in the
X: j Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The
:X boy who was afterward to lead the
:X French army in one of the hardest
:X fought battles of the great war, laid
:X away the stole powder for gunning
expeditions in the forests near his
home. There was some of this bur
;5: rowed ammunition left when the j
X: present war began.
X: Sixth of his class on entering the 1
X: military school at Saint Cyr, Maistre
X: was first when the class graduated.
He was third in his class at the war
school.
X Lieutenant Malstre's career began
X i ,
X with a mission to Gratz, Austria,!
where be became initiated into the
X practices of the Kriegspiel which he
helped introduce at home. Captain
X in 1887 and major in 1898, he wfas
x named professor of general tactics ■
x at the war school. ,
x As Lieutenant Colonel, Maistre com
x mended the 79th infantry, one of the
x celebrated regiments of Nancy, and I
X as colonel was ftransferred to th.>
j 106th Infantry, called the "regiment
Sj of steel," forming part of the "iron
;.v
division” that has distinguished itself
on nearly all the most familiar battle
fields of the war.
Brigadier general in 1912, Maistre
was appointed a member of the "com
<■: mitteft of the general sttaff’’ and at
x": the - if jfrux1’"1' 191*. was
' chiw of staff to Generil Bangle do
Cary who commanded the Fifth
French army in the Battle of the
Frontires, the Battle of the Marne'
jj and at the beginning of the Battle of!
I Verdun.
j Maistre became a general of divis
ion just before the Battle of the I
Marne and was placed in command
of the 21st Corps. He won the crav
ate of commander of' the legion of
honor in that battle at the head of I
the 21st corps, afterward leading it;
in the Battle of Notre Dame de Bor-1
rettc. after which he relieved the 20th
corps at Verdun.
In the changes of command conse
quent upon the reorganization of the
general staff after the partial offen
sive on the Chemin des Dames in
April. 1917, Maistre was placed in
command of an army. To him is due
a large part of the credit for forcing
the Germans to abandon the formid
able positions they had organized on
that ridge which commanded the re
gion of the Aisne between Soissons
and Craonne.
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(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, Dec. 17.—The grand
jjf jury will investigate the Garportet
» will of Queen Lilioukalani. Sam
"I Kamakaia admits that he was not
present when the will was drawn and
signed it later. Attorneys represent-1
ing John Colburn will withdraw the \
probate application. They believe that j
a conspiracy is afoot to invalidadte!
the document and will aid in the'
prosecution of persons found connect- j
ed with the plot.
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Pine pastry with fresh whipping
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The Ketchikan Miner recently pub
lished a story alleged to have been
given out by some of the passengers
that the officers and crew of the Mari
posa were drunk when the vessel
struck the reef in Sumner strait. In
vestigation and the testimony of re
liable eye witnesses has disclosed the
fact that the officers and the crew
were attending to their duties as us
ual and that all that could possibly
be done for the comfort of the pas
sengers was done.
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