Military Personnel

Bonavia is granted request that Garcia conde replace him as Mariscal de Campo during his sojourn in Spain. Brief mention of English invasion of Guatemala, Sonora, and Sinaloa. (A. Dean, February 1989)

Letter stating that Pinilla shall continue as auditor as appointed by king; another person will carry out duties of assesoria general de la commandancia (which he was handling as well). Due to lack of qualified people to take over assesoria, Pinilla is switched to that job, will be replaced as auditor by a teniente letrado from Guadalaxara. (O. Velez, January 1990)

Concerns documentation of invalid status of various soldiers. Case brought against Grimaldi for insulting Roldan. Concerns retirement due to invalid status in Nueva Vizcaya companies, listing rank, name, company, destination of each applicant. Total of 13 soldiers from Nueva Vizcaya, Sonora are finally granted invalid status. (O. Velez, January 1990)

Documentation of soldiers awarded invalid status; name, rank, years of service, reason for invalid status, and destination sought. Service records with emphasis on incidents causing disability. (O. Velez, January 1990)

Petition for invalid status by several military persons from Santa Cruz, Tubac, Altar, Vizcaya, Principe in 1816, including name, age, service record, malady, etc for each. (O. Velez, November 1989)

Ff. 282-284 summary of lists that follow. Ff. 283 extract of inspection given by Calleja. List of officials. Calleja's remarks concerning inspection. Troops shoot poorly, instruction poor, lack of arms, excessive use of gunpowder, poor state of dress, number of horses, and list of financial state. Principal cause of company's faults is due to Vaamonde's lack of leadership. Ramon's inability to command also cited. Cabos, Soldados, and sargentos said to ignore their responsibilities. Ff. 286-288 is a list of individuals and time served and time remaining in company. F. 288 list of Invalidos, their ages, years of service, and destino desired. F. 289 Baltierra's biography. F. 290 list of cumplidos and inutiles according to class and motives of separation. F. 292 list of armaments and lack of armaments according to class. Ff. 293-295 financial state - savings and debts - of each individual. (P. Lenz, October 1989)

Document concerns poor state of compania volante of Punta de Lampazos. Its poor instruction, dress, discipline, and lack of arms. List of animals, finances, and debt of company given. Suggestion given to suspend all officials of company. Governor's fault in state of affairs described. Ff. 278-280 is a list of improvements that must be enacted to improve company. Daily exercises, weekly reviews, new instructional methods, and a libro del orden are all suggested to improve company. (P. Lenz, December 1989)

Documents concern inspection of compania volante of punte de Lampazos and its bad state of instruction, economy, and leadership. Plazas and clothes of company also criticized. Cadete Fernandes' transfer to company from Monterrey approved. Teniente Ramon described as incapable of holding post of comandante of said company. Company given eight months to put Calleja's suggested improvements into effect. (P. Lenz, November 1989)

Document is a Series of economic lists. F. 250-253 list the Bill of efectos received by caxejo of Punta de Lampasos. F. 255-258 relate payment of descuentos and of Invalidos. Other folios concern other economic matters of soldiers' creditos, debitos, etc. (P. Lenz, October 1989)

Documents deal with Calleja's inspection of 2nd and 3rd companies of Nuevo Santander. Calleja describes bad condition of companies. Herrera's letter advises that remedies be taken to improve companies. Ff. 237-238 gives list of men and officials of company and Calleja's remarks. Ff. 239-240 list of soldiers, years of service and time remaining. Ff. 240 list of Invalidos and reasons for this status. Ff. 241-242 brief biographies of two Invalidos, Gonzales and Albarado. Ff. 243 list of individuals that se hallan cumplidos. ff. 244 list of armaments. Ff. 245 list of creditos and debitos of each individual of company. Ff. 246 list of Fondo de gratificaciones. Last pages give a review of inspection and of the previous visits by conde de Sierra Gorda and Gutierrez de la Cueva. (P. Lenz, November 1989)