The National Guard in Montmartre and Batignolles have held an indignation meeting to protest against their being employed in the forts.

A law was passed on August 10 calling under arms all unmarried men between 25 and 40.

In Paris it has never been acted on; it would, however, be far better to regularly enrol this portion of the National Guard as soldiers than to ask for volunteers.

As long as these "sedentary" warriors can avoid regular service, or subjecting themselves to the discipline and the hardships of real soldiers, they will do so.

Before the Pantheon, the mayor of an arrondissement sits on a platform, writing down the names of volunteers.
Whenever one makes his appearance, a roll of drums announces to his fellow-citizens that he has undertaken to risk his valuable life outside the ramparts.