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'143' Beaulieu; III。; 754。  … Cf。  〃The Revolution;〃 vol。  II。; ch。

I。; § 9。



'144' 〃Recueil de pièces authentiques sur la Révolution à Strasbourg;〃

I。; 21。  … Archives Nationales D。; I。; § 6。  (Orders by Rousselin;

Frimaire II; year II。)



'145' 〃Un Sejour en France de 1792 à 1795;〃 p。409。



'146' I have not found a complete list of the towns and departments

which had a revolutionary army。  The correspondence of representatives

on mission and published documents verify the presence of

revolutionary armies in the towns mentioned。



'147' De Martel; 〃Fouché;〃 338。  (Text of the orders of the

commissioners of Public Safety。) The detachment sent to Lyons

comprises twelve hundred fusiliers; six hundred gunners; one hundred

and fifty horses。  Three hundred thousand livres are remitted as

traveling expenses to the commissary; fifty thousand to Collot

d'Herbois; and nineteen thousand two hundred to the Jacobin civilians

accompanying them。



'148' Moniteur。  (Session of Brumaire 17 year III。) Letter of

Representative Calès to the Convention。  〃Under the pretext of

guarding the prisons; the municipality (of Dijon) had a revolutionary

army which I broke up two days ago; as it cost six thousand francs a

month; and would not obey the commander of the armed force; and served

as a support to intriguers。  These soldiers; who were all workmen out

of employment; do nothing but post themselves in the tribunes of the

clubs; where they; with the women they bring along with them; applaud

the leaders; and so threaten citizens who are disposed to combat them;

and force these to keep their mouths shut。〃 ??De Martel; 〃Fouché;〃

425。  〃Javogues; to elude a decree of the Convention (Frimaire 14)

suppressing the revolutionary army in the departments; converted the

twelve hundred men he had embodied in it in the Loire into paid

soldiers。〃? Ibid。; 132。  (Letter of Goulin; Bourg; Frimaire 23。)

〃Yesterday; at Bourg…Régeriéré; I found Javogues with about four

hundred men of the revolutionary army whom he had brought with him on

the 20th instant。〃



'149' Buchez et Roux; XXIX。; 45。  … Moniteur; XX。; 67。  (Report of

Barère; Germinal 7。) … Sauzay; IV。; 303。  (Orders of Representative

Bassal at Bésan?on。)



'150' We see by Barère's report (Germinal 7; year II。) that the

revolutionary army of Paris; instead of being six thousand men; was

only four thousand; which is creditable to Paris。  … Mallet…Dupan;

II。; 52。  (cf。  〃The Revolution;〃 II。; 353。) … Gouvion St。  Cyr; I。;

137。  〃In these times; the representatives had organized in Haut…Rhin

what they called a revolutionary army; composed of deserters and all

the vagabonds and scamps they could pick up who had belonged to the

popular club; they dragged along after it what they called judges and

a guillotine。〃 … 〃Hua; 〃Souvenirs d'un Avocat;〃 196。



'151' Riouffe; 〃Memoires d'un deténue。〃 P。31。



'152' Ibid。; 〃These balls were brought out ostentatiously and shown to

the people beforehand。  The tying of our hands and passing three ropes

around our waists did not seem to him sufficient。  We kept these irons

on the rest of the route; and they were so heavy that; if the carriage

had tilted to one side; we should inevitably have had our legs broken。

The gate…keepers of the conciergerie of Paris; who had held their

places nine…teen years; were astonished at it。〃



'153' Archives des Affaires étrangères; vol。331。  (Letter of Haupt;

Belfort; Frimaire 13; year II。)



'154' Ibid。  (Letter by Desgranges; Bordeaux; Frimaire 10。)



'155' Ibid。; vol。332。  (Letter of Thiberge; Marseilles; Frimaire 14。)

〃I surrounded the town with my small army。〃



'156' Ibid。; 331。  (Orders of Representative Bassal; Besan?on Frimaire

5。) 〃No citizen shall keep in his house more than four months'

supplies。  。  。  。  Every citizen with more than this will deposit the

surplus in the granary 'd'abondance' provided for the purpose。  。  。

。  Immediately on receipt of the present order; the municipality will

summon all citizens that can thresh and proceed immediately; without

delay; to the threshing…ground; under penalty of being prosecuted as

refractory to the law。  。  。  。  The revolutionary army is specially

charged with the execution of the articles of this order; and the

revolutionary tribunals; following this army with the enforcement of

the penalties inflicted according to this order。〃 … Other documents

show us that the revolutionary army; organized in the department of

Doubs and in the five neighboring departments; comprises; in all; two

thousand four hundred men。  (Ibid。; vol。; 1411。  Letter of Meyenfeld

to Minister Desforges; Brumaire 27; year II。) … Archives Nationales;

AF。; II。; 111。  (Order of Couthon; Maignet; Chateauneuf; Randon; La

Porte and Albitte; Commune…Affranchie; Brumaire 9; year II。;

establishing in the ten surrounding departments a revolutionary army

of one thousand men per department; for the conscription of grain。

Each army is to be directed by commissioners; strangers to the

department; and is to operate in other departments than in the one

where it is raised。)



'157' Archives des Affaires étrangères; 331。  (Letter of Chépy;

Frimaire II。) … Writing one month before this; (Brumaire 6) he says:

〃The farmers show themselves very hostile against the towns and the

law of the maximum。  Nothing can be done without a revolutionary

army。〃



'158' Mercier; 〃Paris Pendant la Révolution;〃 I。; 357。



'159' Hua; 197。  I do not find in any printed or manuscript document

but one case of resistance; that of the brothers Chaperon; in the

hamlet of Leges; near Sens; who declare that they have no wheat except

for their own use; and who defend themselves by the use of a gun。  The

gendarmerie not being strong enough to overcome them; the tocsin is

sounded and the National Guard of Sens and the neighborhood is

summoned; bringing cannon; the affair ends with the burning of the

house。  The two brothers are killed。  Before being overcome; however;

they had struck down the captain of the National Guard of Sens and

killed or wounded nearly forty of their assailants。  A surviving

brother and a sister are guillotined。  (June; 1794。  Wallon; IV。;

352。)



'160' Moniteur; XVIII。; 663。  (Session of Frimaire 24; report by

Lecointre。) 〃The communes of Thieux; Jully and many others were

victims to their brigandage。〃 … 〃The stupor in the country is such

that the poor sufferers dare not complain of these vexations because;

they say; they are only too lucky to have escaped with their lives。〃 …

This time; however; these public brigands made a mistake。  Gibbon's

son happens to be Lecointre's tenant farmer。  Moreover; it is only

accidentally that he mentions the circumstance to his landlord; 〃he

came to see him for another purpose。〃 … Cf。  〃The Revolution;〃 vol。

II。; 302。  (There is a similar scene in the house of one Ruelle; a

farmer; in the commune of Lisse。)



'161' Passim Alfred Lallier; 〃Le sans…culotte Goullin。〃 … Wallon;

〃Histoire du Tribunal révolutionnaire de Paris;〃 V。; 368。  (Deposition

of Lacaille。) … In addition to this; the most extraordinary monsters

are met with in other administrative bodies; for example; in Nantes; a

Jean d'Héron; tailor; who becomes inspector of military stores。

〃After the rout at Clisson; says the woman Laillet; he appeared in the

popular club with a brigand's ear attached to his hat by way of

cockade。  His pockets were full of ears; which he took delight in

making the women kiss。  He exposed other things which he made them

kiss and the woman Laillet adds certain details which I dare not

transcribe。〃 (〃 Le patriote d'Héron;〃 by L。  de la Sicotière; pp。9 and

10。  Deposition of the woman Laillet; fish…dealer; also the testimony

of Mellinet; vol。  VIII。; p。256。)



'162' Wallon; V。; 368。  (Deposition of de Laillet。)



'163' Ibid。; V。; 37'。  (Deposition of Tabouret。)



'164' Ibid。; V。; 373。  (Deposition of Mariotte。)



'165' Monieur; XXII。; 321。  (Deposition of Philippe Troncjolly。) …

Berryat Saint…Prix; 〃La Justice Révolutionnaire;〃 39。



'166' Campardon; 〃Histoire du Tribunal Révolutionnaire;〃 II。; 30。

They have ten francs a day; and full powers conferred on them。

(Orders of Carrier and Francastel; October 28; 1793。) 〃The

representatives。  。  。  。  confer collectively and individually; on

each member of the revolutionary company; the right of surveillance

over all 'suspect' citizens in Nantes; over strangers who come to or

reside there; over monopolists of every sort。  。  。  。  The right to

make domiciliary visits wherever they may deem it advisable。  。  。  。

The armed force will everywhere respond to the demands made upon it in

the name of the company; or of any individual member composing it。〃 …

Berryat Saint…Prix; p。  42。  … Alfred Lallier; 〃 Les Noyades de

Nantes;〃 p。20。  (Deposition of Gauthier。) Ibid。; p。22。  〃Damn;〃

exclaims Carrier; 〃I kept that exe

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