(Headquarters at Ciego de Avila) Commanding Brigade: Colonel of Infantry Arturo Alsina Netto Staff: Captain of Infantry Silvestre Sanchez Loarte Captain in charge of Documents Enrique Gonzalez Jurado 1st Battalion of the Regiment Alfonso XIII, No.62. Colonel Joaquin Arjona Zuluaga Lt. Colonel Juan Fernandez Cuerda Major Jose Sequeira Ardif Major Ernesto Araujo Martin Captain Eduardo Cumbrans Exposito Captain Mariano Gran Sancho Captain Marcelino Colin Diaz Captain Benito Aragones Arjona Captain Camilo Martin Moutes Captain Pio Nunez Lunar Captain Agustin Beledo Criado Surgeon Eduardo Minguez Val Chaplain Atilano Gonzalez Lopez Chief Musican Joaquin Ramonet Prat ( Stationed at Trocha ) 2nd Battalion of the Regiment Alfonso XIII, No.62. Lt. Colonel Jose Boreda Alares Major Patrico Goni Hernandez Major Tomas del Rey Ortega Major Eustasio Blanco Saenz Captain Juan Monge Rausanz Captain Salvador Aznara Garcia Captain Damian Campos Melendez Captain Federico Gil Alonso Captain Timoteo Alonso Perez Captain Policarpo Salmeron Villaverde Captain Rofustiano Gil de Avalle Surgeon Emilio Fuertes Arias Chaplain Antonio Andres Altes ( Stationed at Trocha ) 3rd Battalion of the Regiment Alfonso XIII, No.62. Lt. Colonel Angel Juarez Losada Major Domingo Reija Nunez Major Emilio Montes Chausson Captain Ignacio Duarte Orive Captain Andres Rodriguez Martinez Captain Jose Gomez Garcia Captain Jose Diz y Gomez Mira Captain Ramon Vazquez Suevos Captain Miguel Gomez Ginard Captain Antonio Marti Barbera Surgeon Armando Costa Tomas Chaplain Francisco Garcia Seijo ( Stationed at Trocha ) Llerena Rifle Battalion, No.11. Lt. Colonel Jose Massuti de Meneses Major Feliciano Orgaz Sanchez Major Nicomedes Santamaria Guillen Captain Jose Pelayo Fernandez Captain Juan Arias Gonzalez Captain Gabriel Santos Llerena Captain Manue l Moreno Vidal Captain Bruno Maraury Apelianiz Captain Enrique Alvarez Fernandez Captain Leandro Osorio Buixen Captain Roman Martinez Garcia Surgeon Antonio Castillo Navas Chaplain Manuel Martinez Martinez ( Stationed at Trocha ) Tarifa Rifle Battalion, No.5. Lt. Colonel Luis Cenzano Zamora Major Eladio Fernandez Gonzalez Major Juan Dominguez Rodriguez Captain Lino Valle Gallego Captain Fernando Alverez Malillos Captain Adolfo Cassado Isla Captain Miguel Alis Tejada Captain Carlos Bens Argandona Captain Mariano Vallarin Fuentes Captain Juan Ormaechea Otamendi Captain Antonio Hernandez Garcia Surgeon Jose Huertas Lozano Chaplain Antonio Vila Palmer Chief Musican Manuel Jimeno Munoz ( Stationed at Trocha ) Chiclana Peninsular Battalion, No.5. Lt. Colonel Cesar Aguado Guerra Major Daniel Martinez Martinez Major Jeronimo Garcia Garcia Captain Alejo Fraile Trego Captain Julio Batalon Chamorro Captain Pedro Tevar Martinez Captain Higinio Borrego Vega Captain Jose Franco Oins Captain Felipe Garrido Navais Captain Juan Aguas Monreal Captain Antonio Hidalgo Fluxa Captain Juan Aranda Torres Captain Anselmo Urrea Guerrero Surgeon Antonio Casares Gil Chaplain Camilo Fernandez Suarez ( Stationed at Trocha ) 5 Railway Companies 6th Transport Company 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment Sappers and Miners 2 Companies, 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment Sappers and Miners 2nd Section, 2nd Company, Telegraph Battalion RECAPITULATION: 6 Battalions of Infantry 5 Railway Companies 6 Companies Sappers and Miners 1 Transport Company 1 Telegraph Section Tropa afectas a la Brigada 1'a, 2'e y 3'er Batallon del Regimiento Infanteria de Alfonso XIII, num.62. Batallon Cazadores de Tarifa, num.5. 1'e Bata1lon del Regimiento Infanteria de la Princesa, num.4. Batallon Peninsular de Chiclana, num.5. Batallon Cazadores de Llerena, num.11. 2 Companias del 10'e Batallon de Artilleria de Plaza. Una Seccion del 4'e Regimiento Artilleria de Montana. Una idem de Telegrafia optica. 5 Companias del Battallon de Ferrocarriles de Cuba. Una Compania de la Guardia Civil (2'e del 19'e Tercio). Guerrilla Volante de la Trocha. Guarnicion Una Compania del Batallon de Chiclana. Una Compania del Batallon de Llerena. Cuatro Guerrillas montadas. Una Compania del 10'e Batallon Artilleria de Plaza. Una Compania de la Guardia Civil del l9'e Tercio. Back to Table of Contents: Booklet No. 4, The Spanish-American War Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com