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men, are named by the Minister of War on the conditions prescribed in the warrantof the 24th April, 1822.
Sappers and Miners .—Each of the three Engineer regiments is formed,—1st. Oftwo battalions, each battalion containing 7 companies of Sappers and 1 of Miners(17th November, 1830). 2ndly. Of an Unattached Company. 3rdly. Of a WaggonTrain (28tli June, 1832).
In time of war a depot is formed of two skeletons of companies from each regiment.Men intended for the Engineer regiments are required to be strong, of good con-stitutions, and to be at least 5 feet 64 inches high (English ). They are selected inthe following proportions:
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GENERAL DUTIES OF THE CORPS DU GENIE IN TIME OF PEACE.
In time of peace the Officers of Engineers are distributed throughout the interiorof France and in the different Colonies.
The following are their particular duties:
lstly. Correspondence and maintenance of the personal relations which existbetween Commanding Engineers and the different Civil and Military authorities.
2ndly. Establishment and preservation of the different papers, stores, &c., &cand those articles which are under the special superintendence of the Engineer ofthe station ; the purchase of the necessary articles, and giving them over for publicsale when no longer serviceable.
3rdly. To represent Government, in conjunction with the Military Superintendent,for the acquisition, sales, or cession of ground and military buildings, as well as forfixing boundaries to military properties; to take leases of these properties, to rentothers for the service of the State, and to obtain payment for damages done toGovernment property and to military buildings.
4thly. To superintend everything relating to military buildings.
5thly. To make plans and elevations of fortified places, and the country sur-rounding them; to report thereon, and on the defence of the neighbouring country;to devise plans for the better protection of such places; to make surveys and militaryreconnoissances; to draw up reports conjointly with the 1 Ingenieurs des Ponts etChaussees,’ relative to works which these last propose to execute along the frontier,and the approval of which depends on a Committee composed of the principal Officersof those two Services.
6thly. To make plans of all military buildings, and records of * Construction’ and* Occupation.’
7thly. To draw up details and specifications of different works, and carry them intoexecution when ordered, whether fortifications or military buildings; to estimatefor them; and to send the expenditure accounts to the Minister of War, whenfinished; to draw up at the end of every year projects for works to be executed inthat ensuing.
1. In each station there is a Commanding Engineer, having under his orders oneor more Gardes du Genie, or persons in charge of military works, and sometimesofficers of a rank inferior to his own. As all the work devolves upon the Com-manding Engineer, it is by alluding to him that we intend to describe the differentfunctions and relations of his superiors and inferiors.
2. Commanding Engineers are alone responsible for what is done in the stationswhere they are placed ; their inferiors are responsible to them. Nevertheless, when