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Page 158. — i. garde national, militia-man. The garde nationale, which originated in the spontaneous arming of the citizens at the outbreak of the French Révolution, was continued as an organization, with but one brief interruption until the Second Empire, during which its military and political importance rapidly declined. It was in a state of complète demoralization when it was finally called into service at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian war.