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consequences and so dispatched an order to the commandants of 

 the battalions urging them to obey the decree of the directory. 

 We also saw. that he then convoked the municipality for the 

 morning of the 20th and sent several municipal officers and 

 some administrators of police to the faubourgs, but he gave no 

 order to the commandant of the national guard who came to him 

 at eight o'clock in the morning as requested. He kept him wait- 

 ing until eleven-thirty while the municipality held its session. ^^^ 

 The attendance was not full. According to the statement of four 

 of the municipal officers, Borie, Desmousseaux, J. J. Leroux and 

 Jallier, they did not receive their summons until nine o'clock and 

 Champion states that he received none at all.^^- When the ses- 

 sion opened, Petion communicated to them the reports that he 

 had received from the administrators of police and the corre- 

 spondence with the department. He told them that it was not 

 possible to stop the march of so great a crowd of citizens and 

 suggested to them what he said seemed the only reasonable thing 

 to do under the circumstances — to legalize the procession. In 

 order to do this it would be necessary to authorize the battalions 

 to march and to rally the armed citizens in the midst of them 

 and under the command of the chiefs.^"" They then passed the 

 following decree: "The municipal corps being informed that a 

 great number of citizens in all kinds of uniforms and all kinds of 

 arms propose to present themselves to the national assembly and 

 to the king to present an address and to celebrate at the same time 

 the anniversary of the oath of the tennis court, decrees : That the 

 chief of the legion, commandant of the national guard shall 

 immediately give the necessary orders to assemble under the flag 

 citizens in all kinds of uniforms, with all kinds of arms, who 

 will march thus assembled under the command of the officers of 

 the battalions.""* According to statements of three municipal 



"^"Rapport que fait M. de Romainvilliers "; "Declaration du sieur 

 Desmousseaux." 



"^ " Proces-verbal dresse par M. Borie"; "Declaration de M. J. J. 

 Leroux," " Declaration de M. Jallier " ; " Proces-verbal dresse par M. 

 Champion " ; " Declaration du sieur Desmousseaux." 



^"" " Conduite tenue par M. le maire." 



"* Decree of the municipal corps, June 20, 1792. 



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