15 APRIL 1871, Page 2

Cluseret and Dombrowski, the Minister at 1Var and Com- mander-in-Chief

of the Commune, are both professional soldiers. The former is a Breton of good family, and was an officer of engineers till a mosalliance forced him to emigrate. He engaged in the American civil war and rose to the rank of General, was denounced by Irish informers as one of the Fenian leaders, headed the Red party at Lyons against Gambetta, and is now absolute in Paris. His plan for the reorganization of the French Army pub- lished in a speech at Lyons was decidedly able and thorough-going. His difficulty, he tells the Commune, is to make officers. Disci- pline will make men. Dombrowski is a Pole, who was for a time in the Russian service, organized the Polish insurrection of 1863, and has served by the side of Garibaldi. The men say he is a strategist, and he has clearly the power of infusing confidence into those under his command.