Escaping it on the battlefields of Europe, Asia and Africa, General Charles Marie Emmanuel Mangin, 58, met Death in Paris. He died from appendicitis. Mme. Mangin and eight children survive him.
His funeral was one of great simplicity. His coffin was laid on a gun carriage, covered with the Tricolor and drawn first to the Chapelle des Invalides, then to the Cemetery of Montparnasse.
Ex-Premier Georges Clemenceau telegraphed Mme. Mangin: "He was a great soldier." Major General Robert Lee Bullard, onetime (Oct. 11, 1918-Apr. 15, 1919) Commander of the U. S. , Second Corps...
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