The "Conseil d'État" (state council, i.e. government of Neuchâtel) addressed him in May 1814 requesting the permission to establish a special battalion, a "Bataillon de Chasseurs", for the service of his majesty. Frederick William III then established by his "most-supreme cabinet order" ("Allerhöchste Cabinets-Ordre", A.C.O), issued in Paris on 19 May 1814, the Bataillon des Tirailleurs de la Garde following the same principles as with the Neuchâtel battalion within the Grande Armée. The Conseil d'Etat of Neuchâtel had the right of nomination for the battalion's officers. The commander was the battalion's only officer chosen by the monarch.