Boulanger
GEORGES ERNEST JEAN MARIE (bö-län-zhā'), a French soldier, born in Rennes, April 29, 1837.
After a successful career in Algeria and in the East he became Minister of War in 1886. He introduced many needful reforms, insisted on the adoption of a repeating rifle and caused important experiments to be made with high explosives. In the ministerial crisis of 1887 he lost his portfolio, and was appointed to the command of the 13th Army Corps, but was retired March 28, 1888. In January, 1889, he was elected Deputy to the National Assembly by 81,- 000 majority, in consequence of which the Floquet ministry resigned. In August, 1889, he was charged with embezzlement, treason and conspiracy, and found guilty by the Senate. He killed himself in Brussels, Sept. 30, 1891.