GARD. 1796. "Proclamation of Hilarion PUGET, Divisional Gene - Lot 422

GARD. 1796. "Proclamation of Hilarion PUGET, Divisional General commanding the 9th Military Division, to the young men of the Requisition, & to the Volunteers who have not joined their Battalions." "A Arrêté du Commissaire du Gouvernement FRÉRON, porte: A dater du 25 Pluviôse (An 4, 14 Février 1796) les Commandants militaires se feront représenter par leurs parents les certificats des Volontaires ou Jeunes-gens de la Réquisition, qui attestent leur arrivée à leurs Bataillons; faute de quoi, ils mettra garnison plus ou moins considérable chez lesdits Parents." "At the head of the public force of this Department, I will be charged with this decree. Young citizens..., you will no longer want to be cowardly Sybarites; you will increase the ranks of our brothers in arms; you will share the laurels with which they have covered themselves since the beginning of the Revolution, by fighting for the triumph of Liberty & the establishment of the Republic; you will finally contribute to forcing the enemy to ask us for peace..." Printed in Nîmes, by the Imprimerie Nationale de J.B. GUIBERT & Compagnie, Imprimeurs du Département du Gard. Hilarion Paul François DU PUGET DE BARBENTANE, Marquis de (1754-1828) was a General of the Revolution and Empire, and a Deputy to the Estates-General in 1789. Cupboard (45.5 x 34.5) Condition A.