the youngest son
THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, A. FRIDAY, , NOVEMBER | 12, 1937
CHEVALIER DE LA LUZERNE WAS
FREN NCH MIMISTER TO AMERICA
Was Named Friend Of
Washington
WAS MAN OF HONOR
“The Assembly of Pennsylvania,
Monseigneur, wishing to hand dewn to
Posterity a testimonial of its grati-
ude for the services which Monsieur
le Chevalier de la Luzerne rendered
to the Union, has just given his name
to a new county.” ;
This message was sent in 1786 to
the Court of France to announce that
Pennsylvania, had come forward to
honor a son of the ¥Ermpire.
The story of the Chevalier de la
Luzerne does not read like the usual
story of the youngest son of a noble-
man. These forgotten men among the
aristocracies of many nations are sel-
dom outstanding; usually they are
shunted off to the colonies or to the
ministry or priesthood, and little at-
tention paid them thereafter. But An-
‘ne Cesar overcame the handicap of
having two important hrothers, and
moved steadily forward in the affairs
of the world until now he is far bet-
ter known than they.
The Chevalier de la Luzerne was
of the Count de
Benzeville, and was born July 15, 1741,
His oldest brother inherited the title
of the father, and most of the lands;
in time he became a general and Min-
ister of the Marine. The second broth-
er became a Cardinal.
Mixed War And Politics
Anne Cesar was educated in the
' Military School of the Light Horse.
Following this he served in the Seven
Years War. Thereafter he went to
Paris and continued his education as
a gentleman, studying politics, di-
plomacy, life and ladies.
In 1776 he was appointed Envoy Ex-
traordinary to the Court of the Elector
of Bavaria. He served in this capac-
ity for two years, and was most suc-
cessful. But this was merely a little
special training for the important posts
that were to come later.
Recalled from Bavaria, Luzerne was
Sintekiuni For Whom County | to represent the King of France
in America. Here was a delicate mis-
sion that would require all the di-
plomacy of which any man was cap-
able The Colonies were struggling to
gain that independence that they had
so bravely claimed, and the French
were helping them not only to defend
their principles but to defeat the
British. :
During the years 1779 to 1784 Lu-
zerne lived in Philadelphia and con-
ducted himself and his affairs with
great circumspection and tact. He
became the friend of Washington and
of many other notable Arnericans: he
reviewed the troops; and he entered
into the social life of the then capitol
of the Colonies,
Everyo who kmew the Chevalier
de la Luzerne in those days agreed
that his manners were impeccable, his
speech suave, and his actions in the
highest manner diplomatic. Such ur-
banity as a gentleman of France must
have had in that period would have
been particularly pleasing to the Col-
onists who knew so much about hard -
ship and oppression.
Was Loyal Manarchist
On May 13, 1782, the Chevalier ap-
peared before Congress and read an
important and unique message. This
nouncing the birth of the little prince,
the ill-fated Dauphin of France, who
became he victim of Revolution in-
stead of King Louis XVII.
In July of the same year Luzerne
gave a large fete to celebrate the birth
of the heir. Several hundred people
were invited to the “birthday party,”
and 'many others stood outside to
watch the festivities. Everyone seemed
to join heartily in the spirit of the
evening, for this event was very close
to the heart of Luzerne. But what a
parody it must have been for the
Americans present that night to cele-
'brate the birth of his royal boy, when
{they themselves had just gained in-
dependence from despotism, and were
striving to build a nation out of chaos
and a group of philosephical principles
called the Rights of Man!
In 1781 Harvard University gave the
Chevalier the degree of LIL. D. The
following year he received the same
honor from Dartmouth College. About
message was a letter from France an- |
FALLEN LEAVES FLOAT AWAY
JUVENILE GRID TEAMS BATTLE;
MOORE’S TEAM TAKES TWO WINS
Dallas Borough's two-tearm juvenile | Moore, proprietor of the Dallas Mirror.
football league is proceeding nicely, | The second team is a collection of
thank you, even though it does get|youngsters whese team was built orig-
tiresome playing the same team all|inally around a few helmets and foot-
the time. : balls the boys won selling subserip-
is captained by Bob [tions to The Post.
Moore’s team is enjoying a safe lead
in the league now by right of three
that the Chevalier could not long sur- |Somewhat decisive victories.
vive. At any rate he had the satis-| Moore's team is coached by Lewis
faction of knowing he had worked well | Reese. Scott Roberts of The Pest has
for his counry. taken over the other team. Incident-
Unfortunately our information of the {ally, Mr. Roberts has been seo impress-
Chevalier and his private life is scant. [ed by the fine spirit displayed by the
In thoge days people were not so in- [boys of both teams that he is comsid-
terested in the personal activities of {ering the idea of keeping them to-
a public character; they cared more |gether after the season as a Boy's
for a man’s henor and for his ability |Club. They would need somewhere to
in his chosen field than for his marital | meet and a little support from some
land domestic ability in hig chosen field |of the civie-minded citizens of the
than for his marital and domestic ac- {town. There's a chance there for some-
tivities. Suffice it to say, then, that |one to do a real bit of serviee.
the Chevalier de la Luzerne was a| The members of Bob Meore’s team
man of high ideals, a mam of honor |are: William Price, FB., Tom Reese,
and discernment, and one who lived { HB. Harold Brobst, HB., Bob Moore.
and worked carefully in a dangerous |KB., Joe Urban, LE. Jerry Trudgeon,
period in history. LG., Alvin Shaver, LT., Edward Tong i
Luzerne County, third largest in|C. Paul Klug, RT., Ernest Wood RG.,
Pennsylvania, ‘may feel that its name, {Kenneth Trudgeon, RE, Junior Probst
One team
Moore, likable young son of Robert
Fallen leaves floating silently downstream make vivid patches
of color on the dark water of Indian Ladder Falls, Pike county,
in this late autumn scene.
like so many of itg historic traditions,
carries an honorable significance of
which its people may well be proud.
For, to Monsieur le Chevalier de la
Luzerne, as it did to those English-
men, Wilkes and Barre, this section
has given concrete evidence of its
gratitude to men who were staunch
Scott Van Horn, substitutes. -
The Post’s squad has as eribers
Bruce Atkinson, Edward Cundiff, Hen-
ry Lee, Bob McCarthy, David Galey,
Pat Spurgeon, John Hauck, Bud Nel-
son, Jack Nelson, Henry Urban, By-
ron Atkinson, Tom Carkhuff, Mae
McCarty, Harold Bogart and Dick
Phillips.
friends when friends were needed.
em s—— pp
this time he was elected to the So-
ciety of the Cincinnati.
Served In England
The Chevalier de la Luzerne served
in the United States from 1776 until
1784 when he was recalled at his own
request. He returned to France pre-
sumably to retire from active diplo-
matic work although he was at that
time only forty-three years old. His
work, however, had been so well done
that he was called upon again, and
this time represented his country at]
the Court of St. James, then, as now,
an important post. He served there
until he died in 1791.
Luzerne had represented the Empire
of France all his life, and when the
Revolution changed all that it seemed
a
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