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while the rest are left at liberty to work at their respective in¬ 
dustrial occupations, and particularly at the cultivation of the 
fields; but, at the slightest indication of danger, these soldiers 
rush spontaneously to their colors. The unpaid National Guard 
drills on the first Sunday of every month, and are reviewed in 
the communes in which they reside. In case of war they join 
the military force, and are actively associated with them. The 
commanders of arrondissements have under their order the 
National Guard of their respective arrondissements; at their 
requisition they formed themselves, for the trial of military 
offences, into special councils, which assembled at the chief 
towns of the arrondissements.” 
The police receive seven Haytian dollars weekly; the com¬ 
mon soldiers, two dollars, for rations, and an occasional small 
bounty; the President’s Body Guard, (Les Tirailleurs,) two 
dollars a day, with rations and clothing. In 1859, the expense 
of the army, including the police, amounted to $555,000 Hay¬ 
tian ; by the last reduction in numbers, it will cost $350,000 
for the present year. Still further reductions will be made in 
future. 
NAVY. 
The navy of Hayti, under Soulouque, consisted of six small 
vessels, which were used for the purpose of transporting pro¬ 
visions, prisoners, soldiers, or messages from port to port. It 
is now suppressed. Two steam vessels — “ The Geftrard,” and 
“ The 22d of December ” — made in France, have been sub¬ 
stituted for it. 
LAWS. 
The laws of Hayti consist of the provisions of the “ six 
codes,” which, with some modifications, are a copy of the Code 
Napoleon. The six codes were published in 1825. The laws 
passed since that time have not been yet codified. The Presi¬ 
dent, in certain prescribed cases, has the power of making pro¬ 
visional enactments, “ Arretes,” which are in force until the 
meeting of the Chambers; when, if the Legislative bodies 
