The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-20 00:00:00

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Mweseeldear ..sted •
adopted. But ift.onatglegoWigety,
modes for recilliting,.ol4l#l6lrgi,.
cUlated to renew arse forms and abuses of the Cop.
scsiption, abolished' by the Chatter; if, wishing te•
create an Army of Referee, It -render' that firth*
melees and.dangeroes.; if it destroy' the ROyiliFtes
rogative„ which could not create thetsarety stliblent
a law, *batmen dangers might menace the cooed/yr
we must then, not discard the law, but discard its;
.eices, and rectify eacb of its, enactments, so that it
may becomi what France *requires, a Motiarchitid
.and Coastigationet-Law.
If our regiments and our legions aveliflArrecralla
ed, is time of peace, only by volentaryiwrolmenfib
they will soon fall into decay. Our legions which
-hove been thus recruited for two years and a ha;
end which, notnishsteeding, bias not attninet It
,third of the number fixed by the King's Orden:
.waitce, perceive that this eyelets creates a 4iii+
rnuratienoptit from which may arise -a relaxation 4
discipline. . .
Two modes present themselves—voluntary service,
•and.compelsory. The Woe Minister and the Coln.
slim.* assure you, that the first hes been tried with.
oat success for three years. We may conclude,
therefore, Clot it is ineffectual. In fact, can we sop.
I pose that a yoang man of eighteen will offer himself
to serve lii the Royal 'Gard; in the cavelry, thewr..
4111ery, the engineers (corps for which this mode of
recvnitiog-is employed), foe the r'vke of ilindtr ad-
vantages; It is not thus that the Royal Guard ought
•to be recruited. It should consist of the elite of the
1 army ; oo,one should be eligible to serve in it, with.
out having given proofs of tried, courage and steady
assiduity. The Royal Guard would then become a
Puree always equal, and alloy; the settle.. •
We must, thellebres balllkleame, "fg ailliPl 11°4?
ic terve. Foreign Princes have adopted it in times of
danger; they do not wish to abandon it. However
painful this mode may be to his Majesty's heart, it:
la a thing of absolute necessity. The militia., which
has no abuses hut in its privileges, was always a
compels..ry service. At the same tithe, let us 'not
re-establish the monstrous Code of the Conscription,
those Councils of Revision, those Elate-Mtijors,
of Officers of Health. Let the young men be ex. ,
grained before, and not after being drawn, that the
release of those who shall not be immediately filed
upon maybe certain and irrevocable.
M. Jose-Bowel* then entered into some de.
tails upon the several provisions of the Law. He
objected to the enrolment of married men, as calmr.
toted to make their wives and families a burden upon
the country. He celled upon the Chambers to reject
the unconstitutional mode proposed, and concluded
by moving several Amendments, which, if not adopt-
ed, he should vote against the Law. Two of these
Amendments were, that the Royal Guard should be
recruited from the regular army, choosing such men
,as bad given proofs of their bravery, &c. • and that
the &nation of service should be. limited to eight
Pyears in all cases.
M. as BONDI demanded that the vote for the army
should be annual ; conceding at the same time to the
King, the power of making an estraordinary levy it"
case of an imminent war. He suggested alto some
Amendments, and said' he shield' support the law
with those Amendments.
M. VC CAI/MOOT &Sid, it. appeared from the Re:
port of the Committee, that an experience of tiro'
years had proved that the system of voluntary re.
cruiting was inadequate; but was such an experience
very conclusive He condemned the modE of diStrie
!lotion recommended in the atb Article. He thought
it might prove highly inconvenient, to assemble un-
der the 'one colours, men from the same depart.
ments, imhoed with the same political principles.—
Their onion in the same corps might be favourable to
insubordination, and render desertions more fre-
quent. Ile accordingly proposed to stetter the re-
cruits from each department-in different corps.
Pie Baron ng Balcorte supported the: Anima.
Miliel, for voting, the army annually. That wits,
, . even under the system of Conscription. They,
Wit sennetlineg told' they shoal not be more
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al than Hip English"; but Oighttbry to be'
leiscoestitational this Bonaparte? •
M, 01-.Ceuerrouoet, void spied the Law, from
a conviction that it-woe cumin! to the Royal Prem.*
Ohl; and the interes-of stilts Monarchy. Allad.l
ins. to the 24tb Arkicle;'*llith enacts thet. the Veteran
Legioarshall mot be, regelred ti'marcliout of their'
deportment" in time.of peace,. wet net of their miff.
taro &Asia-fain tiniwof we,, herby virtete of 'a ape.
cis% law-to that effect, he said, " you will find it a
;real'inconvenience, ,that theroehoold COW in: France
atarelitiffiree not at' ilie'diiposel'or the King, and,
lifilecawnsitehlooly'h# order' of the' law. thosh„
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