On the jailor coming down they seized him and struck him down."-- (Haute-Loire.) "'The flying column is under constant orders simultaneously against the refractory and disobedient among the classes of the years IX, X, XI, XII, and XIII, and against the laggards of that of year IV, of which 134 men yet remain to be supplied."-- (Bouches-du-Rhone.) "50 deserter sailors and 84 deserters or conscripts of different classes have been arrested."-- (Dordogne.) "Out of 1353 conscripts, 134 have failed to reach their destination; 124 refractory or deserters from the country and 41 others have been arrested; 81 conscripts have surrendered as a result of placing a garrison amongst them; 186 have not surrendered.
Out of 892 conscripts of the year XIV on the march, 101 deserted on the road."-- (Gard.) "76 refractory or deserters arrested."-- (Landes.) "Out of 406 men who left, 51 deserted on the way," etc .-- This repugnance becomes more and more aggravated.

(Cf.

analogous reports of 1812 and 1813, F7, 3018 and 3019, in "Journal d'un bourgeois d'Evreux," p.

150 to 214, and "Histoire de 1814," by Henry Houssaye, p.8 to 24.)] [Footnote 3266: Law of Fructidor, year VI.] [Footnote 3267: Decree of July 29, 1811 (on the exemption of pupils in the Ecole Normale) .-- Decree of March 30, 1810, title II., articles 2, 4, 5, 6 (on the police and system of the Ecole Normale) .-- Decree on the organization of the University, titles 6 and 13, March 7, 1808.] [Footnote 3268: Law of Ventose 17, year VIII, title III., articles I and 13 .-- Law of Fructidor 8, year XIII, articles 50, 54, and 55.] [Footnote 3269: Law of Fructidor 8, year XIII, article 51] [Footnote 3270: Law of Ventose 17, year VIII, title 3, article I.] [Footnote 3271: Thibaudeau, p.108.

(Speech of the First Consul before the Council of State.) "Art, science and the professions must be thought of.