I, Louis-Philippe "Egalité", Duke of Orléans, hereby announce the creation of a new National Guard, a force that will recruit any and all Parisians who swear loyalty to it and it's commander. The goal of this force will be to ensure continued peace in the city of Paris and to ensure the events of the last few days may never happen again. Due to the effective destruction of the National Guard during the recent events I hereby announce that the 6,000 National Guardsmen in my service will form the core of this new force. I would also like to announce my interest in serving as Minister of War in the Interim government, my loyalty to both France and the Revolution is, as shown by my actions during the newest Revolution, second to none and I will serve France to the best of my abilities.
~Louis-Philippe "Egalité", Duke of Orléans
Duke d'Orléans,
The National Guard, I must stress, is a government force, funded, raised and equipped by the government. I realize that these men sided with you during the Revolution, but I cannot possibly allow them to remain in private hands. As long as this situation persists, and unless you prove yourself capable of integrity in command of government forces, I cannot possibly be appointing you to a Ministry.
Le Préfet
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While we wait for potential government ministers to reply and/or prove their worth, and while I arrange the remainder of my Cabinet, there are significant issues to attend to. I'm talking about the Royalist insurrection in Northern Paris. We cannot tolerate an
illegal and armed group of citizens fighting against the Revolution in our very capital, and therefore I make the following offer to them. Any Monarchist rebels have
five days to surrender and be pardoned. If they refuse, the Army will mop up the remainder of their force, and those involved will be proscecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
In order to ensure a swift response by government forces, I will appoint an Interim Minister of War for as long as the Cabinet has not been formed; a man who I fully trust and who has proven his integrity while handling government forces. As
Interim Minister of War, Jacques Nazaire Aulard will move a detachment of 15.000 troops from our Northern borders to Versailles as a tactical reserve. Let's hope their intervention shall not be needed.
- First Minister Renaud de Cartelège