Military Service Records

Concerns request for letters about payment from Caja real to missions. Concerns providing gun powder to factorias. Concerns regulations and registering of stores. Request of return of funds to treasury of Alamos from Guadalajara. Recruitment by Fages for his company. Rights to make breastplates conceded to inventor Bentucat by Bucarely (relates to F 86). Receipt of letter about reenlistment in dragones de Espana. Two relaciones about veteran officials of viceroy's army who have reenlisted or are to receive salary abono and includes their service records.

Croix acknowledges receipt of bandos concerning commerce regulations between English and Spanish subjects and English merchandise. Plans for Vidal and Gonzales Santianes' future posts. Use of Goleta Sonora for transporting mules and provisions to Loreto. Concerns approval of reenlistments, funeral rights, official sealed paper, salary of mines administrator, deserter. Request of papers from Garibay and inventory of paper from Croix. Ros desires transfer. Construction in capital requiring 1,500 pesos. Request for expedientes concerning Santa Fe missions. Merits of Rusi and Cosio. Transport of supplies to California mission and request for ornaments. Letter of recommendation for Cordero and his promotion to teniente. (L. L. Woodward, may 1988)

Ugarte y Loyola presents his service record to virrey Florez in form of a letter. (D. Marksz, June 1987).

auditor de guerra appointed to office. Military official is transferred. Relacion and report on status of every official in Provincias Internas. Permission is given to military official to travel to Veracruz. List of presidios and military commanders who no longer are eligible to hold office due to illnesses or old age. (See ff. 65-68), list also contains marital status and evaluation of years of service. Permission given to military official to travel to Mexico. Issuing of passport for military official. (M. Marroquin, October 1988)/

O'conor evaluates and ranks candidates for offices in his new military corps; notes include background information on those considered such as place of birth, age, marital status, and military ability; Bucareli confirms O'Conor's nominations (J. Williams, June 1987)

San Maxent reviews segunda compania volante de Nuevo Santander; includes Series of filiaciones, papeles de tiempo and novedades de guerra (Sin novedades); much personal description and background of newly enlisted men; women referred to as mothers of men enlisting, and in marital status of officers in military service records; basically statistical information and Estados de Tropas.(D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

San Maxent reviews primera compania volante de Nuevo Santander, including diarios, deudas, military service records and Estados de fuerza; diarios not too substantive, ff. 180 and 165; military service records ff. 181-190; women mentioned in terms of officers' marital status and little else. (D. J. McClelland, September 1988)

(A. Tukey, August 1988)

Employment proposal for Carrizal teniente; provides service records of three candidates. Nava complains of poor conduct of his subordinates. Desertion of Torremocha. (L. L. Woodward, August 1988)

Receipt of cedulas for invalids. Solicitude for new Alferez in Durango and list of candidates. Public auctions of arms. Solicitude for 2nd Alferez for Chihuahua compania volante with service records of candidates. Montano jailed for bad conduct. Solicitude for Bautista capitans; Castanos and Campo de Larrea named capitans by Revilla Gigedo; service records of candidates. Sales Bohorgues of Tupson requests retirement, includes his service record. Vandos received on second weekly mail service. Vildosola requests retirement due to lung disease. (L. L. Woodward, July 1988)