Show YOUNGEST SOLDIER French Boy of Ten and How He Got Into the Army The youngest soldier In France and p irobnbly In any other country is n lad tell years old named Pierre Lavell Ills I mother Is n poor widow living In ono of tho garrison towns on tho IMilno Pierre was n favorite with tho I soIdlo8 and was allowud to run about the barracks and tho fort A soldier who had boon punished made up his mind to blow up tho magazine In revenge re-venge U contained 30 tons of powder nnrd an explosion would have been followed by great loss of life and destruction de-struction Llttlo IIcrro discovered the soldier making his preparations and ran to I Inform on him Ho was arrested not I a moment too soon nnd after being i tried was sentenced to be shot Tho i lad was enlisted as a grenadier and will probably be a soldier alt tho rest of his life Ills pay Is sufficient to make his mother vory comfortable |