IN A BRIEF OUTLINE OF A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT THE COMMUNE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DEVELOP, IT IS EXPRESSLY STATED THAT THE COMMUNE SHOULD BE THE POLITICAL FORM EVEN OF THE SMALLEST RURAL HAMLETS AND THAT IN RURAL AREAS THE STANDING ARMY SHOULD BE REPLACED BY A POPULAR MILITIA WITH EXTREMELY SHORT SERVICE TIME. THE RURAL COMMUNES OF EACH DEPARTMENT WERE TO ADMINISTER THEIR COMMON AFFAIRS THROUGH AN ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES AT THE CHIEF TOWN OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND THESE DEPARTMENTAL ASSEMBLIES WERE IN TURN TO SEND DEPUTIES TO THE NATIONAL DELEGATION IN PARIS; THE DELEGATES WERE TO BE REVOCABLE AT ANY TIME AND BOUND BY THE IMPERATIVE MANDATE OF THEIR ELECTORS.