Conscription scene at the Musée Gadagne

At the invitation of the Académie Napoléon, La Brigade Infernale presented a conscription scene at the Musée Gadagne.

For an hour, we explained the origins of conscription, introduced by the Jourdan-Delbrel law in 1798, and how it worked. After a brief medical examination, the conscripts were chosen by drawing lots. Some did not turn up, others paid a substitute or tried to cheat, but some of our conscripts did go off to war.