On 16 August 1830, soon after Louis-Philippe assumed the throne, the royal police force of Paris, the "gendarmerie royale", was abolished and replaced by the "garde municipale de Paris", a force of 1,510 men originally composed of two battalions of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry. They were responsible for suppressing the numerous uprisings and riots between 1831 and 1848. Their numbers were doubled during that time, but their harsh tactics earned them the hatred of the insurgent Parisians; a substantial number of police were massacred by the crowds during the Revolution of 1848. The "garde municipale" was abolished in 1848 and replaced by the "Garde Republicaine".