After retiring from active service he was appointed to a lowly administrative post which he held at the time that his son Siméon-Denis was born.
Pagkatapos umaalis mula sa mga aktibong serbisyo siya ay hihirangin upang angkinin ang isang mababang-loob administrative post na kung saan siya ay gaganapin sa oras na ang kanyang anak na lalaki Siméon-Denis ay ipinanganak.