to M. Mollien); another on the navy (letters to Admiral Decrès);
another on military administration (letters to General Clarke);
another on the affairs of the Church (letters to M. Portalis and to M.
Bigot de Préameneu); another on the Police (letters to Fouché), etc.
- Finally, by dividing and distributing his letters according as they
relate to this or that grand enterprise, especially to this or that
military campaign, a third classification could be made. - In this
way we can form a concept of the vastness of his positive knowledge,
also of the scope of his intellect and talents. Cf. especially the
following letters to Prince Eugène, June II, 1806 (on the supplies and
expenses of the Italian army); June 1st and 18th, 1806 (on the
occupation of Dalmatia, and on the military situation, offensive and
defensive). To Gen. Dejean, April 28, 1806 (on the war supplies);
June 27, 1806 (on the fortifications of Peschiera) July 20, 1806 (on
the fortifications of Wesel and of Juliers). - "Mes souvenirs sur
Napoleon", p. 353 by the Count Chaptal: "One day, the Emperor said to
me that he would like to organize a military school at Fontainebleau;
he then explained to me the principal features of the establishment,
and ordered me to draw up the necessary articles and bring them to him
the next day. I worked all night and they were ready at the appointed
hour. He read them over and pronounced them correct, but not
complete. He bade me take a seat and then dictated to me for two or
three hours a plan which consisted of five hundred and seventeen
articles. Nothing more perfect, in my opinion, ever issued from a
man's brain. - At another time, the Empress Josephine was to take the
waters at Aix-la-Chapelle, and the Emperor summoned me. 'The
Empress,' said he, 'is to leave to-morrow morning. She is a good-
natured, easy-going woman and must have her route and behavior marked
out for her. Write it down.' He then dictated instructions to me on
twenty-one large sheets of paper, in which everything she was to say