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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