All the information is drawn from tables in appendices of Dr. White's book, slightly rearranged.

Paraguayan budgets, with military expenditure given and expressed as a percentage of the national budget 1816 - 1840 (all amounts in pesos)

Year	Total Expenditure	Military Expenditure	Percentage
1816:	158,711	133,123	83.88%
1818:	195,220	150,947	77.33%
1820:	217,504	175,200	80.55%
1822:	151,990	121,409	79.87%
1823:	123,772	104,865	84.57%
1828:	105,119	87,816	83.63%
1829:	130,165	116,215	89.4%
1831:	96,793	83,352	86.11%
1832:	113,047	98,601	87.26%
1833:	80,381	68,558	85.29%
1834:	56,119	42,819	76.43%
1835:	73,227	62,456	85.29%
1837:	126,363	115,627	91.48%
1838:	127,624	120,594	94.51%
1839:	108,872	96,629	88.75%
1840:	126,222	112,553	89.22%

The budget for each of these years is broken down further. As an example, for 1838:

Army salaries:	114,670
Cloths and materials:	4,262
Lighting and masses:	718
Escort of state ships:	362
Sailor's salaries:	303
Doctor:	206
Leather worker:	73

FIGURES FOR THE SIZE OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMY

MAY 31st 1828
5 cos. rifles
4 cos. mounted grenadiers (1 lieutenant, 4 sub-lieutenants, 11 sergeants, 18 corporals and 159 men)
3 cos. infantry
3 cos. cavalry (107 men)
2 cos. artillery (32 men)
1,167 total.

There were only 1 captain and 4 lieutenants in the whole force, plus 18 sub-lieutenants, 32 sergeants, 77 corporals and 450 soldiers, 107 cavalrymen, 32 artillerymen, 3 drummers, 2 buglers, a bleeder and two helpers, (these three quite highly paid and were probably a surgeon with his assistants) with another 435 recruits.

APRIL 30th 1834
4 cos. infantry
3 cos. mounted grenadiers (5 sergeants, 19 corporals and 100 men).
3 cos. rifles
2 cos. artillery (70 men)
1 co. lancers
1 new squadron being formed.
649 total

Officers comprised a captain, 3 lieutenants, 6 x 1st. sub-lieutenants, 5 x 2nd sub-lieutenants. 24 sergeants. 47 corporals, 223 soldiers, 70 artillerymen, 1 master drummer, 10 drummers and 2 apprentice drummers, 4 flute players and 1 apprentice flute player, 3 buglers and 249 recruits.

DECEMBER 31st 1837
4 cos. infantry
4 cos. rifles
4 cos. cavalry
3 cos. lancers (9 sergeants, 16 corporals and 122 men).
3 cos. mounted grenadiers (8 sergeants, 22 corporals, 177 men)
1 co. artillery (107 men)
1 military band (19 men).
Total 1,760

There were 3 lieutenants, 11 x 1st sub-lieutenants, 6 x 2nd sub-lieutenants, 42 sergeants, 103 corporals, 14 drummers, 7 flute players, 3 buglers, 107 artillerymen, 19 bandsmen and 1,445 soldiers.

JUNE 30th 1839
6 cos. cavalry
4 cos. infantry
4 cos. rifles
3 cos. mounted grenadiers (7 sergeants, 20 corporals, 170 men)
3 cos. lancers (9 sergeants., 14 corporals, 106 men)
1 co. artillery (86 men)
1 military band (18 men)
Total: 1,345

There were 3 lieutenants, 17 x 1st sub-lieutenants, 4 x 2nd sub-lieutenants, 43 sergeants, 102 corporals, 86 artillerymen, 13 drummers, 5 flute players, 2 buglers, 18 bandsmen and 1,052 men.

The pay of the army remained at a constant level certainly from 1834 to 1839; per month captains received 25 pesos, lieutenants 20, 1st sub-lieutenants 17 1/2 , 2nd sub-lieutenants 16 1/2 , sergeants 9 1/2 pesos (mounted grenadiers 10 1/2 , lancers 8 1/2 , corporals 6 1/2 pesos (mounted grenadiers 7 1/2 , lancers 6), men including artillery 5 1/2 pesos (mounted grenadiers 6 1/2 , lancers 5) and all drummers, band etc. 5 pesos (for 1828 and 1837- 38; the figures for 1834 differ slightly).

The 1828 figures vary slightly from the above. Lieutenants were then paid 21 1/2 pesos a month, the mounted grenadiers lieutenant being paid at 23 1/2 , while sub-lieutenants were paid 18 1/2 pesos a month, the 4 mounted grenadier sub-lieutenants being paid 20 1/2 . No separate officer figures are given for the mounted grenadiers etc. in the other years.

The figures confirm Rengger's report, given in El Dorado Vol. VII page 23 by Michael Pipoh that a large number of the men in the army were mounted. It is interesting that the lancers were paid at a lower rate than the ordinary soldier and may indicate that they were a form of police used to patrol the distant borders. Note that the Mounted Grenadiers are always kept at a high strength relative to the rest of the army and that their pay is also higher.

There are no uniform details - there may be none to find. In his article on Rengger's book on Paraguay, Michael Pipoh gives a few details and it is possible that there are some in the contemporary works by J.P. and W.P. Robertson, "Four Years in Paraguay," 2 vols. 1838, and "Francia's Reign of Terror," 1839. I have not been able to consult them and look forward to any information that any member of the Society might be able to glean from them. In Dr. White's bibliography he mentions Benigno Riquelme Garcia, "El Ejercito de la Independencia," Asunción, 1973. I have not been able to locate this book in any research collection in Britain; it may well be in an American or Spanish library somewhere and if anyone finds it, they might be able to discover some interesting details.

The Army in Paraguay 1810-1840 During the Rule of Dr. Francia