Garde Mobileとは 意味・読み方・使い方

During the crises that led up to the Franco-Prussian War, Adolphe Niel, Minister of War for France under Louis-Napoleon attempted to bolster French military might by bringing into existence a service which would provide reserves to be added to the French army. Although there was conscription into the army, not only was it not universal, but middle-class people could purchase exemptions for their sons. The garde mobile (also called garde nationale mobile though it had nothing to do with the garde nationale or National Guard of France) was intended to be the body which would in effect conscript all who had been able to avoid military service. It would also take in all conscripts on completion of their army service. Napoleon III took up the idea and announced on 12 December 1866 that the Garde Mobile would eventually attain a strength of 400,000 troops.