The same organization was continued in 1804.

The engineer staff of the French army now numbers four hundred and thirty-two officers.

We have in our service forty-three engineer officers, for staff duty, who are now engaged in the construction and repairs of some sixty or seventy fortifications, and other works of a civil and military character.
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_Engineer Guards_, or _Fort-Keepers_, are a class of men charged with the general care of forts, and all public property deposited in the several engineer depots and garrisons, and in the public works during their construction.
There are five hundred and fifty of these "_gardes du Genie_" in the French army, who rank next the sub-lieutenants of engineers, and are assimilated with the sub-lieutenants of infantry in the hospitals, marches, &c.

_In our service we have no engineer guards or fort-keepers._ This defect in our organization has been the cause of serious inconvenience, and the consequent waste of public property.