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ments, where civil war has only 
left to agriculture great ravages to 
repair. In several parts ot the 
republic, the subsistence of the 
troops was compromised; the 
distributions were rarely made. in 
the proportions determined by the 
law: and often were they sup- 
pressed for several days; the ser- 
vice of the magazines, which has 
only been supported til] now by the 
officers of that branch, is on the 
point of failing in all the depart- 
ments. In short, this is the. con- 
fession most painful to the direétory. 
There are hospitals where it has 
been found necessary to deny the 
sick soldiers the nutriment necessary 
for the recovery of their health. 
Discouraged by the disorganiza- 
tion of all branches of the service, 
the officers abandon their posts, to 
fly from the complaints which per- 
secute them, and which they are 
unable toanswer. In several places, 
funds designed for other purposes 
were carried off by force from the 
public treasury to supply the wants 
- of the troops, and those illegal 
measures found an excuse in the 
imperious law of necessity. Every 
day courier follows courier,’ to 
bring to. the direétory and to the 
minister at war the intelligence of 
some misfortune, or the fear of 
some. new danger. The directory 
conjure you, citizens representa- 
tives, to bestow the whole of your 
attention upon the afflicting pic- 
ture which they present to you, and 
to occupy yourselves respecting the 
sources for supplying the public 
treasury with the m2ans necessary 
for the subsistence of the troops in 
the interior; the exactest economy 
shall dire. the use of those funds, 
and some reforms which the di- 
ectary prepare, will soon diminish 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1706. 
the consumption and the wants. 
The «armies, supported by victory, 
engage no longer the attention of 
the government but by the ac- 
counts of their success: all their 
solicitude ought therefore to be 
confined to the troops in the inte- 
rior, who are not Jess entitled to the 
gratitude of the country, and who 
may expect from it the»succours 
which it owes to its defenders. 
(Signed) . 
REVELLIERE LEPEAUX, president, 
LAGARDE, secretary general. 
Proclamation of the Executive Direc- 
tary relative to the Events that 
occurred during the Night of the 
tith and 12th #r¥acidor ( Aug. 285 
and 29). 
(12 Fru@idor, August 29). 
LET true patriots, let the friends 
of order rejoice! It isin vain that 
anarchy and royalism unite. their 
efforts to shake the firebrands of 
discord, and to dissolve the repub. 
lican government. Their endea- 
vours shall be fruitless. 
Some -hundred villains, trans. 
ported with rage at being prevented 
from exercising their robbery and 
their domination, no longer hoping 
to excite the people to insur- 
rection, but by alarming them 
for liberty,’ have last night spread 
through the streets badges of aristo- 
cracy, and stuck up royalist pro. 
clamations. Armed with sabres, 
guns, and pistols, they meanwhile 
scoured the various parts of this 
great commune. They attempted 
to excite alarms by the sound of 
fire-arms. They every where ex- 
claimed that the royalists had ral. 
lied to massacre all the patriots. 
They invited) the’ people to rheir 
assistance. ‘hey imagined that, 
in the midst of this disorder, they 
should 
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