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1801-04-24

The ministry’s report declared that Bonaparte intended to confirm none of the ranks conferred in Saint-Domingue, and Pétion’s rank of adjutant general was refused.

Haitian

“Paris, 4 floréal, Year IX (24 May 1801).

“Citizen Pétion, an officer of color who served in Saint-Domingue under the orders of General Rigaud, was promoted to the rank of adjutant-general by the agents of that colony; he now asks that this rank be confirmed by the First Consul.

“OBSERVATIONS: The agents sent to the colonies have multiplied their ranks to a degree that cannot be described; it is thought that this soldier should regard himself as fortunate to be dealt with at the department of war, where he has been transferred as a battalion commander, and it is not believed that the minister would wish to place his request before the First Consul, seeing that he has served only since 1792 and that within a single year he was made a battalion commander.”

Beneath this observation of some ill-disposed bureaucrat, the minister Parfait added: “It is the intention of the First Consul to confirm none of these ranks.

Source  ·  p. 162 Joseph Saint-Rémy (des Cayes), Pétion et Haïti: étude monographique et historique, tome 2 (Paris: chez l'auteur, 1854), p. 162; English translation, Rasanblaj.