Troop uniform, armament & mount regulation (companion to Doc 169). Troop dress per the Reglamento: short blue chupa & breeches, red cuff/lapel/collar, gilt button, gamuza chupa, black short-brimmed hat looped with a presilla on the left side 'para manejar el fusil con desembarazo,' red wool cap, blue cape (sarape/manga permitted); cuera-troops vs. light-troops distinguished by the white hat; silla vaquera, espuelas vaqueras. Expressly forbids the large iron stirrups (estriberas grandes de hierro) under penalty: officers suspension of office, sargentos loss of seniority, soldiers 4 years' presidio at ration without pay 'con un grillete al pie' (shackled). Orig. pp.49–52.
| Date | 1780-09-21 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Antonio Bonilla |
| Place | Arizpe (Sonora) |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | IV |
| Original tomo page | 49–52 |
| Savage copy page | 143–144 |
| Scan leaf | n145–n146 |
| Document type | regulation |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Antonio Bonilla, Arizpe (Sonora), 1780-09-21, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), IV, 49–52, Archives of California, C-A 15, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca15/ca15-d172.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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