"The visibility of the armies is paramount": the soldiers invited to wear uniform in Île-de-France

In a note from April, the military governor of Paris renewed the permission granted to soldiers to wear uniforms outside the enclosures. This is not an obligation, but the measure aims to "strengthen national cohesion".

THE LETTER OF ARMEDS. A recent note by the military governor of Paris authorizes the wearing of the uniform outside the military enclosures in Paris and in Ile-de-France.

Already accustomed to encountering soldiers in "Sentinal" operational patrols (formerly "Vicipirate"), in addition to the gendarmes and the police, the Franciscans gradually went to see soldiers in uniform of the daily. Whether it was for example the town uniform or that of the staff, they would again be able to be carried by the military outside the military enclosures, so that they could be crossed in the streets and the transports of Ile-de-F…