M. Grevy has lost no time in settling the military
difficulty. General Gresley has removed Generals Montaudon, Bourbaki, Bataille, Cambriels, Deligny, Douay, d'Aumale, and du Barrail, from their commands, appointing three of them, however—the Due d'Aumale and Generals Deligny and Douay—Inspectors-General of the Army, to advise the Ministers of War. He has replaced these officers by Republicans, among whom General Farre is the best known, and thus placed all the great commands in the hands either of friends of the new system, or of obedient soldiers. These orders, which are strictly legal, all the displaced officers having served for their three years' term of command, render a coup d'gtat against the Republic nearly impossible, except in the single case of the Assembly passing some law offensive to the entire Army. It is not likely even to propose one, and the changes will give to Parliament a sense of security against military violence such as it has not enjoyed since the days of Louis Philippe. We can only hope that its security will diminish instead of increasing its tendency to extreme counsels.
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