"In french revolution men got paid to take some " Topic
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| serge joe | 24 Mar 2015 10:19 a.m. PST |
Hi. gents
In french revolution men got paid to take some ones place the army
Did this happen in the empire also ? and if yes? the largest amount ever paid? greetings serge joe |
| MajorB | 24 Mar 2015 10:41 a.m. PST |
A common means of avoiding conscription. link |
| MajorB | 24 Mar 2015 10:41 a.m. PST |
the largest amount ever paid? Your guess is as good as mine. |
| Jcfrog | 24 Mar 2015 10:57 a.m. PST |
Yes until the third Republic. My grand grand father got his money doing this in 1870.
It was quite costly. There were special contracts to do so. The grand age old tradition of the powerful and their cronies not getting in harms way.
1200 francs initially ( Jourdan law1798) could go,much higher considering offer and ask'
There was a job of purveyor of volunteers who,made money on it.
Often the guy going was paid one third up front and the rest with high interests one year later ( with provisions for another person getting it in case of death) to avoid desertion. |
| brunet | 24 Mar 2015 12:37 p.m. PST |
I can't read the question, it is all grey so I dare not to answer this question |
| 1968billsfan | 24 Mar 2015 2:55 p.m. PST |
…over the Peace Bridge to Canada. |
| Marcel1809 | 25 Mar 2015 6:57 a.m. PST |
As the wars continued the prices for a "remplacant" went up to astonomical heights. Especially after the 1812 campaign when many new recruits were called up. I believe I came across prices of up 15.000 Francs, only affordable for what we would now call millionnaires. The fact that you bought yourself out was no complete guarantee. You were still on the official conscriptionlists but with a high number. So some (unfortunate) rich citizens had to buy themselves out two or three times. |
| Murvihill | 25 Mar 2015 10:32 a.m. PST |
And then Napoleon created the Gardes d'Honneur specifically to use the guys who bought their way out of it earlier. |
| serge joe | 25 Mar 2015 10:54 a.m. PST |
Where did the men came from in the early empire years every prefect having list of able men so a "remplacant" would be hard to find ? greetings serge joe |
| Marcel1809 | 25 Mar 2015 10:58 a.m. PST |
Not every man in the right age groupwas called up. So a rich man "drafted in" could exchange with a poor man "drafted out". ( a bit like in " de loteling" by H. Conscience later) As the wars got bigger, the number of men drafted "out" became fewer and so the price of a "remplacant" would go up |
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