23, 1792) .-- 226, Letter of Vezu, major, July 24, 1793.] [Footnote 3240: C.Rousset, "Les Volontaires," 144 (Letter of a district administrator of Moulins to General Custines, Jan.

27, 1793).--"Un sejour en France," p.27: "I am sorry to see that most the volunteers about to join the army are old men or very young boys."-- C.

Rousset, Ibid., 74, 108, 226 (Letter of Biron, Nov.

7, 1792); 105 (Letter of the commander of Fort Louis, Aug.

7); 127 (Letter of Captain Motme).
One-third of the 2d battalion of Haute-Saone is composed of children 13 and 14 years old.] [Footnote 3241: Moniteur, XIII.