Military Personnel

Documents deal with matters concerning: Salaries and distribution of mercury to miners. Inventory and supply of firearms to military and militia. Requests for transfer due to hardships of frontier duty. Reglamentos dealing with commerce between provinces of Luisiana and Nueva Espana. Eventual responsibility of vecinos to take over financial support of militias, perhaps using alcabala as revenue. Shipment of supplies and weapons from Veracruz to Havana and windward isles. Sending troops to Texas and Coahuila. Ff. 216-217 report removal of cadete Bernal from Fronteras for repeated thefts; because of relationship to de Anza, lesser punishment given by stationing him in Manila. Cibolos (bison) to be sent from Texas to king by Goleta Sonora y Tabe. (J. M. Johnson, July 1988)

Documents deal with following topics: Urgency of need for supplying frontier presidios with firearms and causes of delays in shipment from Spain. Military and religious salaries and monte pio for California. Promotions, commissions, assignments and transfers requested because of hardship on frontier for personnel. Request for passport for transfer of recruit to another province. Need for reprinting reglamentos. Alcabala on tobacco, playing cards, gunpowder. Neve named as gobernador of California. Administrative matters concerning postal service, aduana at Chihuahua, supply of mercury for mines and salary and duties of assayer at rosario. (J. M. Johnson, July 1988)

Detailed report of the military inspection of the Piquete de dragones de Espana stationed at Arizpe to protect Sonora made by Roque de Medina in January 1782, and two additional letters by Croix concerning the review. (G. Lavalley, April 1988)

Correspondence between Croix and Mayorga deals with various administrative matters, need for treasury office at Monclova; assignment of gregorios to gather recruits from Guadalajara; Croix's appreciation expressed to viceroy for assignment of officers and men of regular Spanish regiments to temporary duty in the Provincias Internas. (G. Lavalley, April 1988)

(D. J. McClelland, October 1987)

(D. J. McClelland, December 1987)

Rengel, Loyola and virreynato correspond concerning various matters of military personnel. Loyola answers ordinance of October 3 regarding temporary official dispatch (unspecified). Loyola urges decision to be made regarding provision of temporary posts; names choices for open positions. Rengel notifies Loyola and virrey that Ullate is deaf and needs to be replaced; Loredo also to be relieved. Rengel refers to duplicates of provincial updates sent to virrey (documents not present). (D. J. McClelland, December 1987)

(D. J. McClelland, December 1987)

Ugarte y Loyola and virreynato correspond concerning relations with Indians near Carrizal; need for temporary relief replacing veteran officials. Proposal made that presidios be given captains as leaders rather than second leutenants to boost troop morale. Request made that comandante inspector relay update on inspection of troops; Ugalde to take over command of troops in Texas, Coaquila, Leon and Santander. Cadete Diaz de Luna sent to provincias to serve. Ugarte y Loyola returns original expedientes received from Matias de and Santander for which arrangements were not completed (documents not present). Mangino's letter answered concerning funds in Chihuahua; marques of Sonora reports royal decree allowing him to use stamp for signature; remits 100 copies for notification to other leaders. (D. J. McClelland, December 1987)

Ugarte y Loyola reports various military and administrative with report of killing and taking prisoner several Indians to which number Echeagaray has added. Certain orders have been promulgated concerning privileges of registrants of Marina. Acknowledgement of receipt of letter concerning person to be named to substitute in intervention of extracts of reviews pertaining to troops of California. Compliance with royal ordinance of June 15, 1784 about alternative of Accidental command in Plazas, no further elaboration. Virreynato communicates to Ugarte y Loyola various administrative suitable company. Notification that ordinance has been issued concerning liquidation of investments saved in Texas and Sonora; to be reintigrated into population and friendship of Luisiana Indians. Request that administrator of tobacco send unspecified amount of tobacco monthly to Santoja to pay debt. Mangino to be in charge of mining and commerce. Notification of receipt of extracts of reviews of presidios of California. Request to return certified copy of royal title which king deemed necessary in comandancia general. Notice that it is up to royal officials to decide on substitutes to review lists of presidios of California. Diaz to receive certain amount of Matamoros' failure to support wife; surgeon Comaduran is not to receive salary prior to arrival at post. (D. J. McClelland, December 1987)