a nation's need and a world's peril, Louisiana has poured forth her riches in wealth and her treasure in manhood without reserve. At every call of the national government Louisiana has done her full share. No state has done proportionately more to meet every national exigency. Thus to be a citizen, by birth or by adoption, of Louisiana is an honor admitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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