The Paris Commune. Sunday, April 9, 1871. The military operations, the attempts by the National Guard to break out of Paris, are not positive for the Commune. Meanwhile, the number of wounded and fallen in combat is increasing. For this reason, measures are being taken today to facilitate the identification of the fallen by their relatives. The following decree is approved: Article 1. All information concerning National Guards who have died or been wounded and whose identity has been established, inside or outside Paris, will be sent to the Hôtel de Ville, to the central intelligence office. Art. 2. National Guards whose identity has not been established will be sent to the Hôtel-Dieu. Families may identify them there. The identities found in this way will be communicated to the central information office at the town hall. Art. 3. The unidentified dead will be photographed at the above-mentioned locations, where they will be deposited. These photographs, with a serial number corresponding to the effects of the deceased and the coffin, will be sent to the Commune's central information office. Art. 4. All identified dead brought back to Paris and those not identified will be buried at the Commune's expense, in the Père-Lachaise cemetery, in a place designated for this purpose. Unless there are claims from families, the central information office of the town hall is responsible for the execution of this article.
