Military Appointments

King of Spain approves wages paid to ill military employees. Echegaray solicits letter of recommendation for promotion to regimiento de dragones. Troop appointments in Coahuila; Echegaray requests housing and supply preparations to be readied at presidios, intending to scout the western provinces. Promotion confirmation of Huerta to alferez segundo. Ugalde has Echegaray write monthly reports on the three companias. Receipts prove monies owed to Espadas. One soldier shoots another while cleaning gun. Soldiers' salaries docked amounts owed creditors. (E. Wilson, August 1989)

Administrative letters from Echegaray to Ugalde; provision purchases of grain and livestock; promotion of officers to captain of infantry; chain-gang of Mescaleros killing military and civilians prompts Echegarary to fortify night watches; provision thefts; and requests for more arms. (E. Wilson, August 1989)

Administrative letters during 1788 from Echegaray to Ugalde; thefts, debts, military escorts, and promotions are addressed. (E. Wilson, August 1989)

Ugalde acknowledges nomination as inspector of eastern provinces; requests reports on the state of troops, ammunition, livestock, tack, and other supplies needed for war;requests correspondence and reports be numbered properly;grants permission for Santianes to go away to regain his health; primera compania is to join the segunda and the tercera in Punta de Lampazos and be provisioned with supplies for 4 months; mention of putting command of all provinces under one man; sentence passed on de la Mata; brief campaigns sent out from Punta de Lampazos to quiet Indian attacks on soldiers. (E. Wilson, July 1989)

Military rolls from Echegaray for year end 1787 in the province of Nuevo Reino de Leon. (E. Wilson, July 1989)

Report on Indians theft and disorders; index; Castro complaints about poor reception given to him in Tlaxcala; de las Casas complains of insults by fray Diaz who has excommunicated him in an outburst of anger; index; Alcudia is given the post of first secretary of state; regulations about marriages among university people are sent to Cierragorda; fishing licence is approved for laci and Chiles; Serna's and Echegaray's Cases are reviewed in comandancia de oriente; notice is given about the relocation of Indians under the authority of fray Castillo. (documents are, on the most part, summaries compiled in indexes addressed to the viceroy) (M. Marroquin, November 1988)

Concerns Bando giving news that the king of Spain has died; notice is given to the viceroy about lack of rain and bad food supplies because of drought; seeds are requested to feed the Indians of the missions; governor of Nuevo Santander ask permission to take care of some health problems (Dolor de estomago and hinchazon de Piernas); viceroy requests information on status of Salinas of Nuevo Santander; notice that Lorca died and is replaced by Munoz as governor. Notice of inspection of Ramo de Alcavalas is given to governor of Nuevo Santander. (M. Marroquin, November 1988)

Very important document on instructions and rules for founding new missions, presidios and towns. Neve expresses need for equalization of salaries for same rank/position among military, religious and civil personnel. Document divided into titulos, transportation, accountability, rations; crops; horses, mules; craftsmen. II. - lists of officers at each mission, presidio; description of terrain, Indian settlements for planning defensive positions; military escorts to establishments at Santa Barbara channel; salaries of officers/soldiers at four sailers and craftsmen on blandra Pilar, lanchas Lauretana and San Juan hepomuceno. III. - clothing; canons. IV. - armour distribution, types, purposes and accountability of funds; procedures for filling vacancies; evaluations by service reports. Ix. - requires monthly status report of each company. X. - Indian treaties. Xi. -gubernatorial functions regarding (ff. 386-390). - details on selection/training of habilitados (paymasters); accountability to real hacienda, Naval/military superiors and settlers; F. 390 consists of inventory and production data of small animals, cattle, horses, mules. Xiv. Settlement and use of land; supplies; irrigation and crops; house construction; cattle; taxes; regulations re. Establishment and defense in Canal; optimum placement for defense and religious organization along frontier and Camino real. (J. M. Johnson, February 1989)

Neve's correspondence includes (most important documents, service records and promotions, rebuilding mission at San Diego and constructing Capistrano. Details geography of area around San Francisco and Santa Clara mission, especially natural resources. Lists of numbers of officers and craftsmen at four Principal California presidios, supply escorts, real reglamentos pertaining to details of presidio construction and tackle for cavalry companies. Ff. 354-356 is list of salaries and numbers of officers, craftsmen, and rations for presidios crews and ships, including Actual costs vs. Those alloted by missionaries, income from tobacco and other crops, purchase and distribution of mules, horses, and supplies, shipping, tackle for soldiers and settlers. Ff. 359-360 estimates of rations per single man and families, after spoilage in salaries by rank for officers, craftsmen and Naval personnel. Ff. 368-369 allotments of supply rations and money for presidios in Santa Barbara channel. (J. M. Johnson, February 1989)

Very important and detailed correspondence include (especially agricultural and religious supplies for 3 missions of the Santa Barbara Canal; F. 309 lists officers for 3 Principal California presidios. Serra reports on repairs to old and construction of new missions, emphasizing temporal and evangelical elements in conquest of souls. F. 312 details requirements for furnishing missions and religious objects for each mission. Provides salaries of religious personnel for each. F. 313 is a list of priests at each of 8 missions attached to Monterrey. Comments on bad examples for Indians set by troops and settlers in area. Neve discusses weapons and clothing supplies for California troops and settlers. F. 318 list of clothing necessary for people in missions and presidios. Ff. 319-320 refer to past methods in determining minimal subsistance of food and clothing supplies. F. 321 is chart of amount of bullets, gunpowder, flints and types of weapons by presidio needed for defense. Defines need for new regulations to correct deficiencies due to distances of king and real hacienda from California. Proposes improved military organization and requests greater numbers of soldiers, supplies and horses. F. 324 discusses military escorts, organization, personnel, time of year with estimated subordination of soldiers, military promotions, equipment for cavalry units. Census of military personnel, including tackle and rider's clothing for cavalry. Distribution of animals to each presidio. Ff. 332-333 provides detailed list of tackle and clothing by cavalry officer for Monterrey, San Francisco and San Diego. F. 336 is chart of higher officers and numbers of soldiers for same presidios. F. 339 distribution by type and number of weapons to same three. F. 341 numbers of mules and horses distributed to these presidios. Other topics of San Francisco, storage and distribution of weapons to prevent sales to Indians, rations of food to presidios and missions, references to past ordinances for founding missions, family life of soldiers in presidios, evacuation of families in case of attack, duties and types of craftsmen with necessary supplies for same for settlements. (J. M. Johnson, January 1989)