NICOLAE IORGA AND THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 9TH HUNTERS REGIMENT DURING THE WAR FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF THE ROMANIAN NATION

The special relationship between the great historian and patriot Nicolae Iorga and the 9th Hunters Regiment was founded on two elements, both of a subjective nature; 1. the high regard in which the historian duly held officer Gheorghe Rasoviceanu, battalion commander and subsequently commander of the 9th Hunters Regiment for five years, from October, 7th 1916 to October 7th 1921; 2. the presence of his son, Petre Iorga, and his sonin-law, officer Dimitrie Chirescu, future general (married to Florica Iorga) in the 9th Hunters Regiment. We find Second Lieutenant Petre N. Iorga in the Regiment, as Head of the Intelligence Office from June 16th 1917, taking part in the great battle of Mărășești, Muncelu and Poienile Popii (July-August 1917) and captain Dimitrie Chirescu from August 15th 1916 and the autumn of 1919. It was only natural then for the great historian to take such an interest in the Regiment and to nervously and eagerly follow its development throughout this period.