Chapter 2—Captain Servadac and His Orderly At the time of which I write, there might be seen in the registers of the Minister of War the following entry: Servadac (Hector), born at St. Trelody in the district of Lesparre, department of the Gironde, July 19th, 18 —. Property: 1200 francs in rentes. Length of service: Fourteen years, three months, and five days. Service: Two years at school at St. Cyr; two years at L’Ecole d’Application; two years in the 8th Regiment of the Line; two years in the 3rd Light Cavalry; seven years in Algeria. Campaigns: Soudan and Japan. Rank: Captain on the staff at Mostaganem. Decorations: Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, March 13th, 18 —. Hector Servadac was thirty years of age, an orphan without lineage and almost without means. Thirsting for glory rather……
Chapter 2—Captain Servadac and His Orderly At the time of which I write, there might be seen in the registers of the Minister of War the following entry: Servadac (Hector), born at St. Trelody in the district of Lesparre, department of the Gironde, July 19th, 18 —. Property: 1200 francs in rentes. Length of service: Fourteen years, three months, and five days. Service: Two years at school at St. Cyr; two years at L’Ecole d’Application; two years in the 8th Regiment of the Line; two years in the 3rd Light Cavalry; seven years in Algeria. Campaigns: Soudan and Japan. Rank: Captain on the staff at Mostaganem. Decorations: Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, March 13th, 18 —. Hector Servadac was thirty years of age, an orphan without lineage and almost without means. Thirsting for glory rather……
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