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It should be remembered that there was only one gendarme for every league of frontier.
When these precautions proved insufficient the government resorted to more forceful measures, involving the collective punishment of communities by mobile columns of regulars and gendarmes.
The gendarmes were judged and put in prison.
Under such circumstances, it is not surprising to find luckless gendarmes complaining to authorities, abandoning their posts, and even speaking of mutiny.
The term of service for the rank-and-file gendarme was two years, after which it could be renewed on a yearly basis.
In response, the government in most cases proposed a reduction in gendarmes' salaries to generate savings for additional hiring.
Prussia, for example, had a force of 2,700 in 1848, which means roughly one gendarme per 12,000 inhabitants.
The fact that the gendarmes are prepared to send a contingent to this country is a great compliment.
Regrettably, one squadron of gendarmes was temporarily assigned to other duties and replaced only several days later.
An increase in the numbers of police and gendarmes has also been allowed to her.
Demonstrators clashed with the gendarmerie and, most regrettably, 10 people died: one gendarme and nine demonstrators.
The very word "gendarme" means an armed policeman.
He has 30,000 troops on the ground, but he would need only a few gendarmes.
The families of gendarmes are frequently threatened and families have in fact suffered savagely.
I am reminded of a song about two gendarmes who had a solution for everything that went wrong.
