Cord Byrd: “I believe it was on March 21 that I spoke on this floor in reference to Senator Sam Nunn and the late Senator Richard B.…”

“I believe it was on March 21 that I spoke on this floor in reference to Senator Sam Nunn and the late Senator Richard B. Russell and their fine work on the Armed Services Committee of the Senate. I made a comparison in the course of those remarks of Mr. Nunn to Marshal Michael Ney, who was one of the top officers in Napoleon's army. I referred to Marshal Ney's having been separated from the army of Napoleon, but having fought his way back to join the army. He fought through thousands of cossacks and had come to the river Dnieper, D-n-i-e-p-e-r. He had lost all of his guns, but he crossed the river and rejoined the main forces of Napoleon's army. I stated that Napoleon was overjoyed when he heard that Marshal Ney had escaped and rejoined the army. And he made the comment to other officers at that point--he said, ``I have more than 400 million francs in the cellars,'' c-e-l-l-a-r-s, ``of the Tuileries,'' T-u-i-l-e-r-i-e-s. ``I would gladly have given them all for the ransom of my old companion in arms.''”