Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-05-04 | Page 25 | French Officer, 80, Enlisted as Private

fRENCH OFFICER 80 ENLISTED AS PRIVATE nV BY Universal Service Ser Staff Starr Correspondent Paris May Ia- Ia C. C Premier I.-Premier Premier Clemenceau is not the only French octogenarian who gets s-ets his name In the papers S for tor vigor The rio oldest of oC France who Isnow Isnow is isnow now SO 80 years cars of oC age has Just been do- do mobilized ed That's right light SO years years- cars twice and O-and 40 and yet et he has served four our years ears ns UJ a a. volunteer er been n in tho the front lines and has won his cOI on the tho field 06 oli battle When hen he he was war 76 6 How II is that for tor pep pcp pep Ills His name Is Charles Chlrles Sur J ue and hi his address is Auxerre of or which town he ho once was mayor Even en now he ho is a general conseiller-general which to member of or the legislature for tor the department of at Yonne Vonne Isis His pro profession Is that of e surveyor or but before the war started he had retired Being Reins in perfect perfect per per- teet health ing ha time to spare ho he unlisted enlisted 11 lJ lie started ay as a buck l private tC which in Franco Prance is II known n as soldier of the second class clasH or from the fact that the tho rookies used to wear blue pants when el c everybody bo olse else wore red At tho the front he ho R won on on his stripes stripeR as n a corporal sergeant and then thou as first U lieutenant A As decorations ho has the war cross crOte with one star and two palms which means he ha has been cited cHell tree throe times for bravery When hen ho returned home homo to Auxerre which is a pleasant old town lown In which Julius Ceasar once camped he was given given h.- h. en u n great Ireat reception b by his fellow townsmen and recently he was given gl givena glena a party rt In Paris h by Paris residents from tho the Yonn hats That's where the old like King ICing George Goone really broke training It was some part party Among mon those who camo came to shake shako hands with Lieutenant aged aed SO 80 81 wa was the father Cather of General Pruneau who at 46 16 Is the youngest OUn Mt general in the French arm army In tho the English firm army are arc generals gen sell generals 26 6 years old There was great tHI talk t about the tho battles of or Verdun and und th the Somme where was wai in the I thick of at It