Verbatim heading: '1834 Mayo 31. Mont. / Capn Juan Antº Muñoz, Mayor de la plaza - Fuerza efectiva existente en Cal.' Gloss: effective military force in California, 31 May 1834. Substance (unit by unit as written): 'Artillª 5.ª Compª permante - 2 sargtos, 1 tambor, 36 cabos y soldºs = 39 hombres. Milicia activa. Compª de este territorio - 1 Capitan, y 49 cabos y soldºs = 50. Compª Cabª Permante de Mont. - 1 Capn, 3 subalternos, 2 sargtos, 1 corneta, 27 cabos y soldºs = 34. Compª Cabª Permante de Sn Franco - 2 ofles subalternos, 2 sargtos, 2 clarines, 28 cabos y soldºs = 34. Compª Cabª Permte de Sta Bárbª - 3 subaltnºs, 2 sargtos, 32 cabos y soldºs = 37. Compª Cabª Permante de Sn Diego - 1 Capn, 2 subaltnºs, 1 sargto, 2 clarines, 35 cabos y soldºs = 41. Piquete del 2º Batallon Permte de Infantª - 1 subaltnº, 6 tambores, 31 cabos y soldºs = 38. Piquete del Escuadron Activo de Mazatlan - 1 Capn, 1 subaltnº, 3 sargtos, 33 cabos y soldºs = 38. Gefes en el territorio - 1 Brigadier con el mando del territorio; 1 Tente Coronel de ejército (Nicolas Gutierrez); además, 1 Tente de ejército, 2 ofles sueltos y dos suspensos. Fuerza total 2 Gefes, 21 oficiales, 295 de tropa = 318 hombres.' Notes appended: the artillery militia company was not under arms, only its veteran-cadre captain; Tente Gervacio Argüello of the Monterey company absent in Guadalajara; Tente Rodrigo del Pliego of the San Diego company on leave serving in another State; Tente Narciso Fabregat of the Mazatlán squadron and Capn José de la Guerra y Noriega of the Santa Bárbara company suspended under the law of 10 Mayo 1827; Tente Coronel Gutierrez and Tente Bernardo Navarrete are ayudantes del Comandte Genl.
| Date | 1834-05-31 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Capitán Juan Antonio Muñoz, Mayor de la plaza (Monterey) |
| To | [Comandancia General] |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 79 |
| Savage copy page | 447–448 |
| Scan leaf | n452–n453 |
| Document type | abstract (Savage summary in Spanish) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n452–n453
Capitán Juan Antonio Muñoz, Mayor de la plaza (Monterey) to [Comandancia General], Monterey, 1834-05-31, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, p. 79, Archives of California, C-A 19, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within LXIX–LXXVII]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/ca19/ca19-d269.html