(Speech by M.
de Liancourt in the tribune.) "The soldier is classed apart and is too little esteemed."-- Ibid., p.39.

("Vices et abus de la constitution actuelle francaise," memorial signed by officers in most of the regiments, Sept.

6, 1789.) "The majority of soldiers are derived from the offscourings of the large towns and are men without occupation."] [Footnote 3259: Gebelin, p.270.Almost all the cahiers of the third-estate in 1789 demand the abolition of drafting by lot, and nearly all of those of the three orders are for volunteer service, as opposed to obligatory service; most of these demand, for the army, a volunteer militia enlisted through a bounty; this bounty or security in money to be furnished by communities of inhabitants which, in fact, was already the case in several towns.] [Footnote 3260: Albert Babeau, ibid., 238.

"Colonels were allowed only 100 francs per man; this sum, however, being insufficient, the balance was assessed on the pay of the officers."] [Footnote 3261: This principle was at once adopted by the Jacobins.
(Yung, ibid., 19, 22, 145.

Speech by Dubois-Crance at the session held Dec.12, 1789.) "Every citizen will become a soldier of the Constitution." No more casting lots nor substitution.