Boulangeris o2 years of age. His^career has tieen a remarkable one, al-^most MlM ic in its brilliancy. It was^in Iss; tnus graphically summarized by^the Itrill Miermaiiyj Nation:
Milcareer baa hern a rapid and fortu^^nate otic. Muring the war in Italy he In^lilt by a ball in the etMVt and b it lor riead^mi the te hi be MflotffBj however, and as^^ liliplc Herotid lo uti liallt NBSlV a the erona^of Qm l.t gion of Honor In I 1 no.''hliia,^whit tier in- in Kent at ail iwj niquSSi, he is^pierced hy a lance, and beeoim ^ a captain^at the age o| Zh. Klgfit j ^ m- later, In the^Franco T'ruaHiari war, he la chief ot a hat^talion, and at the end ot the campaign,^colonel. Iu I vo ht* in brigadier general,
and at toich j- the deputation aent
-hi-'--ttie ocean to take part in the A men^can celebration |^f the surrender of Corn^^a tins at Vorktown ) In IHH4 he hecuinei^general of division, ami command! the^arnj ^^'. DMftpsjlAssi tTiirtrfhital ttrTinlaVw
Thecommand last men Honed was^given him upon hi* retirement from the^ministry of war, a post which he again^tilled in Ihh^^. But be was indiscreet iu^his utterances, advocating preparation^for a war of revenge upon Germany, and^his removal from both the war office and^from his rank in the army was thought^necessary. But he was not dismayed,^and lias persisted in standing for elec^^tion on several occasion-*, always, when^victorious, being denied admission to^the assembly, until now he Is returned^by so o\erwhelrning a vote that It will^be a difficult thing for the government^to deny him the seat to which he is^elected.
