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 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)

Informe of Garza describing accident resulting in loss of fingers. F. 182-185 is an account of inspection passed by Calleja on tercera compania volante of N. Santander. Names of soldiers, Invalidos, quality of instruction, officers' conduct. All ok, but Echagary said to be of conducta relajada and Galvan de Mala conducta. F. 186-187 is a list of names, years of service, time remaining in service, and notes on quality and bravery and conduct. F. 188 is a list of Invalidos. F. 188-190 is a bio of the two Invalidos, Rodriguez and Sanchez. F. 191 is list of soldiers cumplidos U inutiles. F. 192 is a list of armaments pertaining to each rank and what is lacking in company. F. 193-194 is a list of creditos and debitos. And F. 195 is an account of payment of gratificacion to men in company. (P. Lenz, November 1989)

Interesting correspondence primarily related to Father Hidalgo's uprising and military's response (documents incomplete); Lopez failure to pay troops for expedition and general mistreatment of them; discussion of gravity of non-cooperation among military officers (potentially harmful); letter about people being lazy in wartime when they should be resourceful; folios of particular

Varied correspondence between virrey and others primarily regarding poverty of families of auxiliary troops stationed in Texas, requesting Socorro; complaint of priest that soldiers expected to provide for families and pay for troops supplies out of their own salaries, leaving them even poorer; interspersed among these are various letters and notes regarding food shortages among Indian and Ladino populations, capture of two doctors, one French, one Anglo (very informative), and an interesting rhetorical letter to virrey regarding poverty of above families and Indians, war with the French, prisoners mentioned above, population of Texas, etc. (D. J. McClelland, may 1989)

After more than a year without sons and husbands to help them, wives and mothers of soldiers in various companias serving in Texas as auxiliary forces petition virrey and governors to aid them financially by allotting part of soldiers' wages to families, or by sending them home; governors and virrey come up with plan requiring soldiers to allot certain fractions of salaries to be paid to wives and mothers each month; according to documents, plan is successful; of particular interest are March 1989)

Letters from Salcedo to governmental entities soliciting arms for regiments in Chihuahua area letters from Calleja asking for pay to the wives of the soldiers of the militia in Texas since they serve as auxiliaries. (T. Kahana, January 1989)

Rivera y Moncada directs his petition for payment to the comandant general of the Provincias Internas. His accounts for rations, salaries, logistical and geographical problems of expedition to California, relations with Indians along route and information on recruits from Sinaloa. Viceroy orders past salary due Rivera to be given to heirs. Lengthy discussions between various treasury officials regarding exact amount due; final decision made by viceroy based on prior reglamentos. Long discussion on 800 pesos paid in Loreto, returned to Alamos. In 1783, Rivera's wife and Brother write Croix for special action to expedite payment to them by resolving questions of his salary and Monte Pio militar. (J. M. Johnson, September 1988)

(J. M. Johnson, June 1988)

Fages takes action in 1789 on petition of Rodriguez for payment of salary due him years before when in Sonora. Original petition included as are accounts for three soldiers recruited from Sonoran presidios by Rivera y Moncada for service in new presidios founded in California. Clear summary notes also provide information on actions taken. (J. M. Johnson, June 1988)