Military Police Brigade, 2nd Brigade in Altkirch, 16 Messidor Year 5 (4 July 1797) of the French Republic: the Municipal Administration of the Canton of Altkirch to the Commissioner Ordonnateur, Head of the 2nd War Division in Paris.

« We have received, Citizen, the enclosed extract of the judgment which sentenced in absentia to 5 years' hard labor a certain Joseph Kiermann, Fusilier of the 74 ½ Infantry Brigade, said to reside in Altkirch. We inform you that this individual's name is unknown in Altkirch and throughout our canton. Document signed by the head of the administration and the administration.