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3d Lancers, the application of this method 

 be continued. 



'^ 3d. That the different bodies of cavahy 

 within a circle of twenty-five leagues around 

 Paris detach, for about two months, their 

 captain-instructor and one officer, who 

 shall come to study the system of M. 

 Baucher." 



The Minister of War immediately issued 

 these three orders, and also three additional 

 ones : — 



"4th. M. Baucher, Jr. will repair to the 

 camp at Luneville, and sojourn there during 

 the months of June, July, and August. 

 The captain-instructors, and one lieutenant 

 from the troops of horse stationed in the 

 neighborhood of Paris, will be ordered to 

 Luneville during those months to study the 

 Baucher system. 



"5th. M. Baucher, Jr. will receive an 

 indemnity of five hundred francs a month. 



