hello

such description connecting depôts and local recruitment seems describe more the IIIrd Republic than anyhting else...

Dépôts of 24e de ligne was Lyon,
96e at Thionville
9e léger at Longwy

their conscripts were very far to come only from Lyonnais and Lorraine, e.g. the Lyonnais were sent to the 6e Léger, Phalsbourg in Lorraine instead of the 24e de ligne
the conscripts were mixed, the regimental depôts can be sent also to an other garrison

Regards
Loïc L.