The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 325 pages of information about The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 325 pages of information about The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 14 of 55.
At present there are also two captains, two alferezes, two sergeants, two drummers, two fifers, two shield-bearers, and two standard-bearers, who all receive the same pay as those above—­but they do not draw it in the lump but only for extraordinary expenses—­who were appointed for the reenforcement of the Pintados.

Item:  One commanding officer of this reenforcement, with
eight hundred pesos’ pay annually. [800 pesos]

        Item:  One sargento-mayor, with the same pay as the captains
        above-mentioned.

        His adjutant, with the same pay as that of this camp.

According to the last musters made, there are five hundred and sixteen foot soldiers, of whom one hundred and four lately departed for the said reenforcement of the Pintados.  Among them are included fourteen corporals, twelve halberdiers of the captain-general’s guard, and those serving in the fort of Santiago.  At the rate of six pesos apiece per month, this amounts to thirty-seven thousand one hundred and fifty-two pesos annually 37U152 pesos.
Item:  At the option of the captain-general, one thousand
pesos is distributed among all the soldiers, ten pesos being
given to each soldier whom the captain-general wishes to favor.

          
                                                                                                    1U000 pesos.

Item:  There are one hundred musketeers among all this
soldiery, each of whom receives two pesos more each month
than the pay of the arquebusiers of infantry.  This amounts
to two thousand four hundred pesos

          
                                                                                                    2U400 pesos.

Item:  There are fourteen corporals, each of whom
receives twelve pesos more per year than the pay of the
infantrymen.  This amounts to one hundred and sixty-eight pesos

          
                                                                                                    U168 pesos.

There is an artillery-captain in the camp, with an annual
salary of four hundred and twenty pesos
U420 pesos.

An adjutant of the sargento-mayor, with one hundred and eighty
pesos’ pay U180 pesos.

One campaign barrachel, [46] with the same pay
U180 pesos.

One head drummer, with seventy-two pesos
U072 pesos.

One captain of the guard of the captain-general, with two
hundred and forty pesos.  U240 pesos.

One corporal of the said guard, with eighty-four pesos
U084 pesos.

In the presidio of the town of Arevalo are one sergeant and
twenty-nine infantrymen, with the same pay as the others,
which amounts to two thousand two hundred and eight pesos

                                                                                                              2U208 pesos.

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