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ANNUAL REGISTER, ISO- 



whom I can have any glory to ac- 

 quire : all my care shall be to obtain 

 victory with the least effusion of 

 blood : my soldiers are my children. 



EkhiKgen. From my Imperial Camp, 

 <i\slOd. 1805. Napoleon ^^ Em- 

 peror of the French and King of 

 Italy. 



Considering that the grand army 

 hus obtained, by its courage and its 

 devotion, results which could not be 

 hoped for but after a campaign ; 

 and wishing to give it a proof of 

 our imperial satisfaction, we have 

 decreed and decree as follow s : 

 Art. I. The month Vendemair, 

 j'car 14, shall be reckoned as a 

 campaign to all the individuals com- 

 posing tiie grand army. This month 

 shall be so charged to the state in 

 the valuation of s-ubsistcnce and mi 

 litary services. II. Our ministers 

 of vsar, and of tlie public treasury, 

 are charged with the execution of 

 this decree. 



(Signed) Napoleon. 



Fjlchingen. Frnw my Imperial Camp, 

 list Oct. 1805. JS'apolc'on, Em- 

 peror of the French and K'mg of 

 liuli/. 



We hane decre. d and decree as 

 follows : Art. I. Possession shall be 

 taken of all the estates of the house 

 of Austria in Suabia. J I. The 

 Mar contributions which shall be 

 there levied, as well as the ordinary 

 contributions, shall go to the army. 

 All the magazines which shall be 

 taken from the enemy, excepting 

 the magazines of artillery and pro- 

 tisions, shall also go to their ac- 

 nmnt. Each shVli hare a share in 



these contributions proportionate to 

 his pay. III. The private contri- 

 butions which shall bo levied, or the 

 objects Mhich shall be taken from 

 the mngnzines of the enemy, shall 

 be restored to the general mass ; no 

 on- l)cing to profit by the right of 

 war to the injury ol' the general mass 

 of the army. iV . A treasurer and 

 dircctor-gencral shall be immedi- 

 ately appointed, who shall reader a 

 monthly account to a council of ad- 

 ministration of the army, of tha 

 contributions that shall be raised. 

 The state of it shall be published 

 wifh its division. V^. The subsis- 

 tence shall be punctually ])aid from 

 the funds of our imperial trea^^ury. 

 VI. Our minister oF war is cliarged 

 with the execution of this decree. 

 (Signed) Napoleon. 



Treat)/ hcfxveen the Emperor of France 

 and the King of ]\'(ip/cs. Made at 

 Paris the IXst of Srplenihcr, and 

 ralijifd at Porlici, tht St/i of Octo- 

 ber, 180 J. 



His majesty the king of the Two 

 Sicilies and liis majesty the emperor 

 of the French and king of Italy, 

 wishing to prevent, by tiie relations 

 of amity vhich unite them, their 

 states from being commised by th« 

 eventsof a war. whose evils it is their 

 wish to diminish, by restricting as 

 much as is in them the theatre of 

 present hostilities, have named for 

 their jileiiinotentiaries — his majes- 

 ty the king of the Two Sicilies, his 

 ♦excellency tiie marquis de Gallo, his 

 amba.-sad(>r at Paris, both to the em- 

 peror of the French aiul the king of 

 Italy, and his majestj' the emperor, 

 his exccilency C. jM. Talleyrand, 

 minister for foreign affairs, who, 

 after having exchanged their full 



powers. 



