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French troops shall occupy (except it be for particular reasons, and by common consent) the territories and districts hereafter named: id est :

In the Department of the Somme, all the country north of that river, from Ham to where it falls into the sea.

In the Department of the Aisne, the districts of St. Quentin, Vervins, and Laôn.

In the Department of the Marne, those of Rheims, St. Ménéhould, and Vitry;

In the Department of the Upper Marne, those of St. Dizier and Joinville.

In the Department of the Meurthe, those of Toul, Dieuze, Sarrebourg, and Blamont.

In the Department of the Vosges, those of St. Diez, Brugères, and Remiremont.

The District of Lure, in the Department of the Upper Saône, and that of St. Hyppolite, in the Department of the Doubs.

Towns to be Garrisoned by French Troops.

Notwithstanding the occupation by the Allies of the portion of Territory fixed by the Principal Treaty (No. 40), and by the present Convention, His Most Christian Majesty may, in the Towns situated within the territory occupied, maintain garrisons, the number of which, however, shall not exceed what is laid down in the following enumeration:

Matériel not belonging to Fortresses to be removed by French

Government.

It is, however, well understood, that the Matériel belonging to the Engineer and Artillery Departments, as well as such articles of military equipment as do not properly belong to those Fortresses, shall be withdrawn from them, and shall be transported to such places as the French Government shall think fit, provided those places are situated without the line occupied by the Allied Troops, and without the districts in which it is agreed not to leave any troops, either Allied or French.

Infraction of Stipulations to be Redressed by French Government.

If any infraction of the above stipulations should come to the knowledge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies, he shall make his representations on the subject to the French Government, which engages to do what is right thereupon.

Garrisoning of Fortresses by French Troops.

The Fortresses abovementioned being at this moment unprovided with garrisons, the French Government can place therein, as soon as it shall think fit, the number of troops fixed as above; apprizing always before hand the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Troops, in order to avoid any difficulty and delay which the French troops might experience in their march.

Military Command by General-in-Chief of Allied Troops. ART. V. The Military Command in the whole extent of the Departments which shall remain occupied by the Allied Troops,

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shall belong to the General-in-Chief of those troops; it is, however, distinctly understood, that it shall not extend to the Fortresses which the French troops are to occupy, in virtue of Article IV of the present Convention nor to a rayon of 1,000 toises around each of those places.

Civil Administration, &c., to remain in hands of French Government. ART. VI. The Civil Administration, the Administration of Justice, and the collection of taxes and contributions of all sorts, shall remain in the hands of the agents of His Majesty the King of France.

Customs to remain in hands of French Government.

The same shall be the case with respect to the Customs. They shall remain in their present state, and the Commanders of the Allied Troops shall throw no obstacle in the way of the measures to be taken by the officers employed in that service, to prevent frauds; they shall even give them in case of need, succour and assistance.

Prevention of Abuses of Customs Regulations.

ART. VII. To prevent all abuses which might affect the regulations of the Customs, the clothing, and equipments, and other necessary articles destined for the Allied Troops, shall not be allowed to enter, except they be furnished with a certificate of origin, and in pursuance of a communication to be made by the commanding officers of the different corps, to the General-in-Chief of the Allied Army, who will, on his part, cause information to be given thereof to the French Government, who will, in consequence thereof, issue the proper orders to their officers employed in the administration of the Customs.

Services of the Gendarmerie.

ART. VIII. The service of the Gendarmerie being acknowledged as necessary to the maintenance of order and public tranquillity, shall continue, as hitherto, in the countries occupied by the Allied Troops.

Evacuation by Allied Troops.

ART. IX. The Allied Troops, with the exception of those that are to form the Army of Occupation, shall evacuate the Territory of France in 21 days, after the signature of the Principal Treaty.

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Delivery of Territories and Fortresses to Allies.

The Territories which, according to that Treaty, are to be ceded to the Allies, as well as the Fortresses of Landau and SarreLouis, shall be delivered up by the French authorities and troops, in 10 days from the date of the signature of the Treaty.

Those places shall be given up in the state in which they were on the 20th of September last.

Commissioners to ascertain State of Places delivered to Allies.

Commissioners shall be named on both sides, to ascertain and declare that state, and to deliver and receive respectively the artillery, the military stores, plans, models, and archives, belonging as well to the said places as to the different districts ceded by France, according to the Treaty of this day.

Commissioners to ascertain State of Places occupied by French Troops.

Commissioners shall also be named, to examine and ascertain the state of those places still occupied by the French Troops, and which, according to Article V of the Principal Treaty (No. 40), are to be held in deposit, for a certain time, by the Allies.

Places occupied by French Troops to be delivered up to Allies. These places shall also be delivered up to the Allied Troops in 10 days, from the date of the signature of the Treaty.

Commissioners to ascertain State of Fortresses and Military Stores, &c., contained therein.

Commissioners shall also be named by the French Government, on the one part, and by the General Commanding-in-Chief the Allied Troops destined to remain in France, on the other; also by the General Commanding the AHied Troops which are at present in possession of the Fortresses of Avesnes, Landrecies, Maubeuge, Rocroy, Givet, Montmedy, Longwy, Mezières, and Sedan, to ascertain and declare the state of those places, and of the military stores, maps, plans, models, &c., which they shall contain, at the moment which shall be considered as that of the occupation in virtue of the Treaty.

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Restoration at Expiration of Temporary Occupation.

The Allied Powers engage to restore, at the expiration of the temporary Occupation, all the places named in Article V of the Principal Treaty, in the state in which they shall have been found at the time of that occupation, save and except the damages which may have been caused by time, and which the French Government should not have provided against by the necessary repairs.*

Done at Paris, this 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, 1815.

(L.S.) RICHELIEU.

(L.S.) CASTLEREAGH. (L.S.) WELLINGTON.

ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. DESERTERS. Paris, 20th November, 1815.

(Translation.)

Mutual Delivery of Military Deserters.

The High Contracting Parties having agreed, by Article V of the Treaty of this day, to occupy for a certain period with an Allied Army, military positions in France; and being desirous of anticipating all that might hazard the order and discipline which it is so important to maintain in that Army, it is determined upon by the present Additional Article, that every Deserter who, from either of the corps of the said Army, should go over to the French side, shall immediately be arrested by the French authorities, and delivered up to the nearest Commander of the Allied Troops, in like manner as all Deserters from the French troops, who might come over towards the Allied Army, shall be immediately delivered up to the nearest French Commandant.

Delivery of Deserters previous to Signature of Treaty.

The tenor of this Article is to apply equally to such Deserters from either side, who may have forsaken their colours previously to the signature of the Treaty; the same to be without delay restored and delivered up to the respective corps to which they may belong.

The present Additional Article shall have the same force and validity, as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Military Convention of this day.

*See Convention of 9th October, 1818.