Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1813-06-05

. number of 1O, 900 men.
The departments have requested the
! formation Of companies of body guards.
: Ihs institution, so necessary to the
support of the throne. can only be re-
allied progressively.
!. The officers can be taken only in the
first grades OF the army. and their pre-
senec near the corps which they COM
maad As at this time necessary. If they
were taken from inferior grades, the
object OF the Institution would fail and
be perverted, because we conid not
wish to place, at the head Of those wku
VIII he specislly responsible for the
Emperor and his family, any others
than men clothed with the first diyni-
ties of the army and uf the state.
Body guards, moreover. are NOT for
the urgency ofthe moa mt only :the
lSendarmerie, the troops of the garrison,
and the live or six thousand men Of the
Imperial Guards, as we'll horse as foot.
which exist at Paris, and who are
Ieomposed of old soldiers, less in situ-
ation TO make war. and of youns men.
fall c'fn manded by picked officers, guar
antee the maintenance of good order in
the capital. Nevertheless, il is useful
10 progress in the formation of thuse
companies of body guards, and TO rally
IA the army men sill in the flower of
their age, whose trade is arms. and
who languish and pine without employ
mcnt.
FINALLY we must open the career to
young men who have been prevented
ny the education they have received
from going into the ranks as soldiers.
and who, having attained their eth or
25tl, year, look upon themselves as too
aged TO run the chance Of "a slow ad-
vancement in the military career.
1t is In conformity to these views that
the provisions of the end section are
conceived. The men called to COM
pose the four regiments must ciothe
equip and mount themselves at their
own expence but they have the assnr-
ance OF obtaining the hrevet of all OFF,
Ger after ? months of active service
and they shall be admissible in the for
nation Of the fonr companies of body
guards, when after the campaign they
Eaall be formed in the mean time there
may be employed d detachment of 800 to
! tio ,r,s-,s- o.ssst IN tie secxiee as he
Empress and che KiHg-ef Kane,
! These regiments shall receive the
Pay Of horsemen Of .hc Imperial
Guards.
Finally. the members of the Legion
- Honor or their sons may. ie !ley
have not fortune enough be eGnipocd
land mounted at the expence of ,ha
Legion.
! These united advantages will, with
lont DOUBT, carry the childreu Of the
Ieieetora! colleges of the departments
Sid ACCOMPLISHMENTS, of the municipal
IcouEciis, the sons of the most we:.aty
men III the departments md ccnmnnes
OF all those in line who ere depositaries
Iof the pcblic authority, 10 cause their
tiaInes to BE Inscribed in he regiments:
and there will no longer remain any
lexe"se to those idle youEs nen who
complain of having no caree r scned TO
hem and where dissipated habits
might thereby be corrected.
The third section makes new cell
: ion the 5000 of the first band. as we'll
} Tor recruiting the army as For the for
nation OF an army Of reserve men
named before the publishing Of the
slSeGatus eonsulium are excepted
. This call Will give soldiers of the
age 81 TO 96 years. and consequently
men in the yiSor Of age. capable OF en-
! terins In The eadras or skeletons Of old
The moment they have receiv-
a ed their first rudimenfs.
The cohorts formed nv the FIRST cali
5 on this band, have already given q
o pledge of what may be expected of
them IN the appeal now offered.
i We do not attempt to Disguise how
+ painful this call on the back classes
c must be but where is the frenchioan
efwho does not feel hat it is preferable
ito make al EFFORT 10 day in order ,n a.
rIvoid greater hereafter, and ey, n from,
. which We could not expect the ga ne re-
,lsult ?
:, Moreover The call aud their ecnehs
+ must be determined by ths dacres, Of
|, the council, and these executive ma
;, sures shall not 81 taken but In /. mode
: TO prevent any Injustice epi all diiii-
Guilty. You know, geuiI,mcn. h" spir-
$ 1t OF foresight wbich always strides III.
r majesty in his projects ;ia, t. r.c-
IS went all kind of danger aud even sr
he has thought proper 10 CIR
II Saaize en- army Of Preserve which, en-.
J. lcamped on our frontiers. should watch
q lat the same time their speuritv aud q