The men ignore every one except their own officers, and these officers exercise but little influence except when they consent to act in strict accordance with the feelings of those whom they are supposed to command.

Some of the battalions appear to be anxious to fight, but it unfortunately happens that these are the very ones which are most undisciplined.

The battalions of the _bourgeois_ quarters obey orders, but there is no go in them.

The battalions of the artizan Faubourgs have plenty of go, but they do not obey orders.

General Trochu either cannot, or does not, desire to enforce military discipline.