The Government of France is getting through an enormous amount
of work. The Revision of Military Grades, for example, has been completed by the Commission appointed for that purpose, and has been accepted by both armies,—Napoleon's and Gam- betta's. The principle adopted has been to examine every com- mission, to annul or diminish any grant made in haste or from favour, and to confirm every one justified either by service or by subsequent successes in the field. Seven thousand Commissions have been examined, reported on, and adjusted, and as yet only one officer apparently has refused to accept the decision, and the Army has become once more a whole. This was by far the most dangerous question in the War Department, and its removal seems to show that General Cissey has been somewhat under-rated as an administrator.
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