Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-05-27

the officers shall be that of their real grade It declares
that the Imperial guard shall DO under the direct ORDERS
ist OF the Grand Marshal Of the Palace for in his alb
sence the Adutant GENERALLY for al that concerns the
personal service of the Emperor and ID Of the Minis
Ter OF war Tor the prsonn the discipline and internal
service, ana instruction and administration 1t provides
that otncers admitted to the guard must be fayoraby
noed In every respect and after the first formation OF
ne corps have at least two years grade be distn
gushea oy an action Of ecat. AS TO the soldiers they
are 20 De s the men who in the last year of their
service and who being Of good character may be willing
to contract arrangement but soldiers decorated
with the legion OF honor, the military medal or who
may have distinguished themselves in action together
with the non-commissioled officers who may be willing
to resign their grade dispensed with the obligation
of being in the last 1.-THE seventy year of their service
"a the soldiers retired from service aged less than hr
ty-hye whom the military authorities may consider wor-
thy in every respect to figure the guard The ininam
height of the men is fixed at l metre 76O milmetres
(about feet d inches Engsh) for the regiments OF
grenadiers, cuirassers and artillery and at metre
$50 millimetres (abou feet inches Engsh1 for the
guides and engineers but fixed stature is to be re-
CURED for the commissioned officers corporas and
soldiers of the battalion Of chasseurs and the regiments
OF volugeurs, and the musicians of all the corps The
decree concludes by declaring that the promotion in the
guard shall take place in accordance with the law
4th April 1882 and the ordonnance Of the 10th March,
1885, and that the uniform OF the different corps shall
be hereafter fixed.
BY another decree, dated the 1st tine following ap-
pointments made in the guard
General de division REaNAULr ST.. JEAN D'AsGLEy.
President Of the Committee of Cavalry Senator to be
commander; General de brigade MELLINET, commander
OF the I'd brigade Of infantry Of the army Of Lyons
the command Of the lst brigade of infantry General
de brigade UERrcH commander of the subdivision of the
at Stresburg to the command of the I'd brig
AIDE of infantry General de brigade LANSEs MONTE
BELLo commander Of the Sd brigade Of the cavalry Of
reserve Of the army of Paris and his
Majesty to the command Of the brigade Of cavalry and
Colonel YAuDRIMEY DAvoUsr chief Of the staff Of the ca
he arm tO he of nf
stan.
Other Imperial DEGREES nominate the colonies and other
officers Of the different corps Of the guard.
BY Decree dated far back the oath March, but
only now announced in the Moniteur the Emperor has
instituted corps of cavalry Pete for the guard Of
his Majesty the Emperor and for the service of the I'm
perial Palaces is to be called the squadron Of the
4" Cent Gardes Cheval" and is to consist Of lieuen
ant colonel and eleven other officers ard 1877
mssioned officers and men, The officers, it is stated
to be taken from the different cavalry regiments and the
non commissioned officers and men from amongst the
noncommissoned officers of all the cavalry regiments
who have served less than three years These Cent
Gardes, it is added to take the right of all other
troops. NJ LEIPZIG, Of the 4th light dragons has been
appointed to the command Of the Gardes.
curious experiment has just been made in the basin
of the garden of the Palais Royal glass globe con-
tanning certain liquid thrown into the and
then broken by of stick The liquid immediate
ypread the surface Of the and inaamed
continued to burn with intense flame for fftysix
conds, throwing out thick smoke. The basin looked
if it was all fire. This strange result is due to
searches which have been for time past making By
NJ. Niepce dc Sant-Vctor, commandant Of the Louvre
Gen. Picot, commandant of the Paais- Royal, and NJ.
Fonaine BY the mixture Of different chemical substan-
these gentlemen have succeeded in composing liquid
which is not expensive and which takes fire spontaneous
~ coming in contact with water proved by the
above experiment. Another experiment made some
days before the Seine, the Pon de Grenee and
it completely succeeded notwithstanding high wind and
the agitation Of the water On that occasion the fame
burnt for more than a minute The Importance of such
discovery in the hands Of those who attack defend
place. and particularly In naval combat may be readily
conceived s!,@a