Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — MADE A NAME IN WARFARE [ARTICLE]

MADE A NAME IN WARFARE

Regiments of Zouaves Known as Fierce Fighters Under Any Flag They Served. One of the most interesting class of soldiers of modern times has been the French corps called the Zouaves. Thiß body of daring and picturesquely attired fighters reached the heights of its repuation during the Crimean war. The Zouave corps atr that time was supposed to consist of Frenchmen. It was, however, quite international, since many daring young foreigners had joined it, and it was known to include in its ranks men from Oxford, Gottingen, and other universities. It is probable that a majority of its members were in it more for love of fighting than for any love of country. It Is not strange, therefore, that its fame as a fighting body should have spread throughout the world. When our Civil war broke out several corps of Zouaves, wearing the glittering oriental uniforms of the French corps or a modification of them, were formed on both sides. On the Union side the best known was that corps commanded by Elmer Ellsworth, a young officer from New York and the first killed on ,the Union Bide. In the Confederacy the most famous corps of Zouaves was called the “Louisiana Tigers.” While in American military life the Zouave uniform has practically disappeared, in France the Zouave name and uniform still survive.—Harper’s Weekly.