Hachioji Sennin Doshin (the police force of Tokugawa shogunate that was based in Hachioji) was mobilized, and Isami KONDO became a leading member of the Shinsen-gumi (a special police force of late Tokugawa shogunate that was based in Kyoto)
八王子千人同心が動員され、近藤勇などが新撰組の中核を担った。