Retired French generals remained subject to military discipline.

Evidence

According to a curious, but not unwise, tradition in the French army, for a stipulated period retiring generals continue to remain subject to military discipline and all its restrictions, receiving in exchange certain privileges, such as a grace and favour office and sometimes a skeleton staff. In early September Salan broke the rules by announcing his intention to return to Algiers to live out his retirement in the villa he had purchased there for that purpose — without obtaining permission from Messmer, the Minister of Defence. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1279

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 1279
• XREF: connects to: Black generals initially stayed loyal to the French while their troops defected

Related

• Black generals initially stayed loyal to the French while their troops defected (similarity 0.80)
• Loyal Muslim notables lost nearly everything after Algerian independence (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Black generals initially stayed loyal to the French while their troops defected #corroborates (0.50)