"The situation is getting worse； the administrative bodies continue powerless and without resources. Most of their members are still unable to enter upon their duties； while the factions， who still rule， multiply their excesses in every direction. Another house in the country， near the town， has been burnt； another broken into， with a destruction of the furniture and a part of the dinner-service， and doors and windows broken open and smashed； several houses visited， under the pretense of arms or powder being concealed in them； all that is found with private persons and dealers not of the factious party is carried off； tumultuous shouts， nocturnal assemblages， plots for pillage or burning； disturbances caused by the sale of grain， searches under this pretext in private granaries， forced prices at current reductions； forty louis taken from a lady retired into the country， found in her trunk， which was broken into， and which， they say， should have been in assignats. The police and municipal officers witnesses of these outrages， are sometimes forced to sanction them with their presence； they neither dare suppress them nor punish the well-known authors of them. Such is a brief statement of the disorders committed in less than eight days." - In relation specially to Saint-Afrique.
Cf. F7， 3194， the letter， among others， of the department administrator， march 29， 1792.
[13] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3193. Extract from the registers of the clerk of the juge-de-paix of Saint-Afrique， and report by the department commissioners， Nov. 10， 1792， with the testimony of the witnesses， forming a document of 115 pages.
[14] Deposition of Alexis Bro， a volunteer， and three others.
[15] Deposition of Pons， a merchant. After this devastation he is obliged to address a petition to the executive power， asking permission to remain in the town.
[16] Deposition of Capdenet， a shoemaker.
[17] Depositions of Marguerite Galzeng， wife of Guibal a miller， Pierre Canac and others.
[18] Depositions of Martin， syndic-attorney of the commune of Brusque；Aussel， curé of Versol； Martial Aussel， vicar of Lapeyre and others.
[19] Deposition of Anne Tourtoulon.
[20] Depositions of Jeanne Tuffon， of Marianne Terral， of Marguerite Thomas， of Martin syndic-attorney of the commune of Brusque， of Virot， of Brassier， and othes. The details are too specific to allow quotation.
[21] Depositions ，of Moursol， wool-carder； Louis Grand， district-administrator， and others.
[22] For example， at Limoges， Aug. 16. - Cf. Louis Guibert， "le Parti Girondin dans la Haute-Vienne，" p. 14.
[23] Paris， "Histoire de Joseph Lebon，" I. 60. Restoration of the Arras municipality. Joseph Lebon is proclaimed mayor Sept. 16.
[24] For example， at Caen and at Carcassonne.
[25] For example， at Toulon.
[26] "Un séjour en France，" 19， 29. ("Letters of a Wittness to the French Revolution，" translated by H. Taine.1872)[27] Ibid.， p. 38： 2M. de M ---， who had served for thirty years gave up his arms to a boy who treated him with the greatest insolence."[28] Paris， Ibid.， p. 55 and the following pages. - Albert Babeau， "Histoire de Troyes，" I. 503-515. - Sausay， III. ch. I.
[29] "The Ancient Régime，" 381， 391， 392.
[30] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3217. Letter of Castanet， an old gendarme， Aug. 21 1792.
[31] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3219. Letter of M. Alquier to the first consul， Pluvi？se 18， year VIII.
[32] Lauvergne， "Histoire du Var，" p. 104.
[33] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 325， 327.
[34] "Archives-Nationales，" F7， 3271. Letter of the Minister of Justice， with official reports of the municipality of Rabastens. "The juge-de-paix of Rabastens was insulted in his place by putting an end to the proceedings commenced against an old deserter at the head of the municipality， and tried for robbery. They threatened to stab the judge if he recommenced the trial. Numerous gangs of vagabonds overrun the country， pillaging and putting to ransom all owners of property. .
. The people has been led off by a municipal officer， a constitutional curé， and a brother of sieur Tournal， one of the authors of the evils which have desolated the Comtat." (March 5， 1792).
[35] Guillon de Montléon， I. 84， 109， 139， 155， 158， 464. -- Ibid.， p.441， details concerning Chalier by his companion Chassagnon. --"Archives Nationales，" F7， 3255. Letter by Laussel， Sept. 22， 1792.
[36] Barbaroux， "Mémoires，" 85. Barbaroux is an eye-witness， for he has just returned to Marseilles and is about to preside over the electoral assembly of the Bouches-du-Rh？ne.
[37] C. Rousset， "Les Volontaires，" p. 67. -- In his report of June 27， 1792， Albert Dubayet estimates the number of volunteers at 84，000.
[38] C. Rousset， "Les Volontaires，" 101. Letter of Kellermann， Aug.23， 1792. -- " Un séjour en France，" I. 347 and following pages. --"Archives Nationales，" F7， 3214. Letter of an inhabitant of Nogent-le-Rotrou (Eure). "Out of 8，000 inhabitants one-half require assistance， and two-thirds of these are in a sad state， having scarcely straw enough to sleep on.(Dec. 3， 1792). -- In his report of June 27， 1792， Albert Dubayet estimates the number of volunteers at 84，000.
[39] C. Rousset， "Les Volontaires，" 106 (Letter of General Biron， Aug.
23， 1792).- -- 226， Letter of Vezu， major， July 24， 1793.
[40] C. Rousset， "Les Volontaires，" 144 (Letter of a district administrator of Moulins to General Custines， Jan. 27， 1793).-- "Un séjour 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 Motmé).
One-third of the 2d battalion of Haute-Sa？ne is composed of children 13 and 14 years old.