"When the ceremony was over, handsome women who could get at me to examine my cross, asked me if they might give me a kiss."-- At the Palais Royal the proprietor of a cafe says to him: "Order whatever you want, the Legion of Honor is welcome to anything."] [Footnote 3348: Mazas, ibid., p.

413 .-- Edmond Blanc, "Napoleon, ses institutions civiles et administratives," p.

279 .-- The number of decorated, at first, was to be 6,000.

In 1806, the emperor had nominated 14,500, and taking his entire reign, until his fall, about 48,000.

The real force of legionaries, however, then living does not surpass at this time 30,000, of which only 1,200 are in civil careers.