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
