I would not say that General-Major Hügel is the usual commandant de la place, he is indicated by the french administrative writer only because ha was the highest military autority in the place ordering the requisitions the day occurred such events
Cusset is not really a small village, more than that and less than a subprefecture town, but a bourg, cantonal capital with 4500 inhabitants just bordering the demarcation line

General-Major Hügel is usually in the departemental capital in Moulins as "governor of the city" with a major Enzberg as commandant de la place and a War Commissary Glaser