The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-04-13 00:00:00

PRENGII PAPERS:

PARIS, APRIL s.—The following is the Raped of
Count Defermont to the 'mate, on the plan for call-
t: ont an additional force, in consequence of the war
with Prussia
" Mir Loan ANin qnIAToRN—Yon have just
'beard the commulliC/Ition Which his Majesty has or-
dered to be made to you : existing circumstances_ren-
der an neementatioll of our military force indispensi-
ble ; it is the object of the Senates Consultum which •
we are charged to present to you.
" If %I e must regr..t the defection of an Ally, it
is better to s•l-him openly in the enemy's ranks,than
be expesed to his daily treacheries. The disposable
force of Praia is not such, but that the Empire
mn, make her I,pent having re--ntered into a con-
test nit!) her ; hut you know, Gentlemen, that if we
wish for it must be obtained by successes that'
u• 01 vaiantei, its durability; and to obtain that ob-
it i. m ;Abetter immediately to employ great
means, than gradually exhaust ourselves in feeble
elfrrt.

T:le Ist title of the projet puts Iflo,ooo men at
the &vocal of the liiiiiiter at War, to be added to
the aciiio armies. Nkety thousand men, taken of
0:7 conscription of 1814, whose levy has been an-
thlri,e,l, will only find a change in theirdestination.
Ni.oty thousand men are to be levied agreeably to
the di-positiniss of Titles It. and 111. .of the projet.
—lle defection of Prussia may augment the forces
of our enemies with about SO or 100,000 men, and
it is therefore both right and advisable to increase
the army of the empire in the same proportion.
" Tit!e creates foot regiments of Horse
Au.r& of Honour, :1 'the whole to complete 10,000
rem—The departments have demanded the forma-
tion of companies of doily Guards.. This insti-
tutin necessary to the Cirone, can only be pro.
g-eq,ireli realised.
‘. Th- officers can only be taken from the first
ranks in the army, and their presence with the corps
tbry command is now necessary. If they were
taken from less elevated ranks, they would fail of
the Wended end, and be contrary to the nature of
the' institution, because there would not he placed at
their head those who are to be especially responsible
for the safety of the Emperor and his Family, men
who are clothed with the first dignities in the Army
and in the state.

" The Body Guard is otherwise not needful for
the present moment ; the Bens-d'armerie, the troops
cf the garrisons, and 5 or 6000 men of the Imperial
Guar], both of horse and foot, which are now at
l'nris. attd which are composed of old soldiers, not
so ii Lie to go to war, and young people, commanded
by officers d'elite, guarantee the maintenance of good
crier in the capital.

" It is nevertheless useful to proceed to the forms- I
lion of these companies of Body Guards, and to
strengthen the army with men still in the dower of
their ate, whose profession is arms, and who ace
hniqniqhlng out of employment. •
It i, even necessary to open a career for young
per;lle, who are fitted for it by the education they
J arc received, to bocoine soldiers ; but who, having
attained their twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth yearsi.
consider themselves as being theft ton old to run the
el;1;:;r, of a stow promotion in the military career.
" It is with this view that we have conceived the
di,Tnsitions of Title 11. The men called to composd
foul regiments, shall clothe, equip, and mount ;
themselves at their own expenee; but 'they have the!
certainty of obtaining the brevet of Officers, after a
campaign of 12 months. awl they shall be capable ,
of ad:As:inn into the formation of the four companies I.
of Body Guards, 'if they shall be promoted thereto,
when the campaign is tiiiislie4; they may even be
employed in detachments of three or four hundred
men, to assist in the service of the Empress, or that
of the King of !tome. These regiments shill! receive .
the pay of Horse Chlssettrs in the Imperial Guard.
In fine, the Members of the Legion of Honour, or
their sons, if they have not a sufficient fortune to do
it themselves, mny be equipped and mounted at the
charge of the Legion.
" These united advantages will no doubt lea& the
children or the Members of the Electoral Colleges,
of the D,partments and Circles; of the Municipal
Councils; the sons of the most r-spectnble people in
the Departments and Communes; and in short of all ;
those who are Depositories of the Public Authority,
In inscribe theniselves in these regiments : and there
Mill be no excuse left for those idle young peopiel
'shin complain of haring no emplOyment open for
them, and who too often give cause for reprimanding
their excesses.

" Title 111. makes a new tell for FlO,OOO men of
the first Ran, as well for recruiting the army, as, for
ftwining an Army of Reser►e; but from which are
eseeptiql, such men as were married before the pub-
ikation of the Senates cons.eltow.. Tbis call will