Education
Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
military officer Minister of War
Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
As Henri Brisson"s third Minister of War in 1898, Chanoine, like his predecessors, Generals Cavaignac and Zurlinden, attempted to prevent a review of the Dreyfus case, against the wishes of the cabinet, which had already decided to support review. The indecision within the government caused by Chanoine"s actions, as well as the chaos on the streets caused by the anti-Dreyfusards, led to the fall of the government. Chanoine had a son, Lieutenant
Julien Chanoine, who played a role in the French conquest of Chad, in the Voulet-Chanoine Mission.