The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-22


T.tr Taking oftbe Oath, g TIE Coronation.
ART: l. The taking ofthe Oath and the COro-
nation of the Emperor ihall take place on the
18th Brumaire next, Nov. 81.
.. "A proclamation ihall announce this folem-
nifty to the whole Empire, and ihall flmmon
thofe who are TO aiift at it, fpecfied in the Sena-
tus Confultum the 2sth oflat Floreal, to APP
pear at Paris before the 10th Brumaire.
9. Particular letters fllall alto be addrelled to
them on the part of his Maeny.
4. The Public Fun6tionaries who are fun
moned, fhall make known their arrival to the
principal Matter of the Ceremonies, who will in
dictate the place appointed for them at the cere-
mony.
5. The folemnity of taking the Oath, and the
Coronation, will take place in preience OF the
Empress, the Princes, Princefies, High Dgnta-
ries, and al the Public Funetionaries, deicribed
by the Senatus Confultum of the 2sth Floreal,
in the Chapel of the Invalids.
SECOND SECTION.
Of the Ceremony qvbicb qyiN take place in the
Champ de Mars.
6. After the foemnty of the taking the Oath
and the Coronation, his Majeity the Emperor,
will proceed to the Champ de Mars.
7. The national guards Of every department
of the Empire will fend to Paris detachment of
men, with colours for each detachment, one
half of which fllall be fufileers or grenadiers,
one fourth officers, and one-fourth non-com.
mif1ioned officers.
g. Maratime departments, fquadrons, fotl-
las, and armed vefels of the Empire, fhal iend
so detachments of 10 men, with flag to each
detachment.
o. Every corps of horfe, of all the different
descriptions throughout the army, ihall fend
deputation of l6 men, the half of which fhal
be srenadiers, fuGeers, folders, dragons, light
horfc, one-fourth officers, and one-fourth nom
commiilioned officers, with the colours, ftand-
ard, or guidon.
10. The preceding article is applicable to the
regiment of marine artillery.
IL. The engineers fhall fend three deputati-
ons of 6 men each.
10. The &c legions of the gen-d' arms fhall
each ferd deputation of men and guidon.
Is. The inval,ds of the hotel at Paris, and
thofe of Louvain and Avignon, fhall fend three
Populations, whole competition fhali be regula-
ted according to the inftruGtion of the war Mi
niter.
II. All thefe depntatiops fhall fuccefiively
take the oath of fidelity and obedience to his
Maiefty the Emperor.
Is. The Populations of the national guards,
thofe OF the maratine circles, and fuch of the
CORPS who have colours, gudons, or ftandards,
fhall afterwards receive from his Maiefy, for
their departments or regiments, par OF colours
for each department, flag for each detachment
of marine, and gudon or itandard for each bat
talon or fquadron.
10. The colours of the departments fhal re-
main in the mott confpicious place OF the Hotel
of the Prefe6tory, under the guard already fet-
tied for the Protects. They fhalI never be taken
from thence but by an officer named by the
Emperor; and fhall be unfurIed and fhewn to
the people on all folemn occafions.
II. The flags fhal he diftributed among the
maratime circles, and depohted at the Murine
hotel, under guard of honour, in the principal
place of the Seven Circles in which Antwerp is
comprifed, in order to be given to the fquadrons,
naval armies, hotillas, or other ornaments and
expeditions, according to the orders of the En-
peror.
On their return, thefe flags fhall be carried to
the marine hotel, where they will be kept in the
Council Chamber, for fome fucceeding expedite
ON.
Is. The colours, fandards, and guidons of
the corps, fhall be returned TO each battalion or
fquadron. Thoie who, by the events of war,
fidll lofe them, ihall not receive others of the
fame kind, but by direct order from his Ma
jety, after it has been proved that they were not
loft by any fault of the regiment. Thofe who
fhall lofe them from their fault, fhall not re-
ceive any others from the Emperor.
(Signed) NAPOLEON.