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All of this information relates to Nueva España, later known as Mexico.
[ suelto = loose, unattached or light,
casaca = coat, calzón = breeches,
solapa = lapel, botón = button, galon estrecho = narrow braid / lace,
cuello = collar, vivos = edging, chaleco & chupa = waistcoat
buelta = turnback cuffs galon = braid / lace.]
TROPAS VETERANAS:
Compañia de Alabarderos de la Guardia del Virey [Tropa Veterano]
1800 & 1815:
Commander; Capitan Marques de Guardiola
Created in 1568, the company consists of a captain, sub-lieutenant, 3 corporals and 20 halibardiers.
Uniform; “casaca y calzon azul, chupa y buelta encarnada, boton y alamares de plata, y los Oficiales con galon en las costuras.” [blue coat and breeches, red waistcoat and cuffs, silver buttons and brandenburgs, with the officers having a lace on their seams.]
Regimiento Fixo de Infanteria de la Corona [Tropa Veterano]
1800
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Nemesio Salcedo
Teniente Coronel; Pedro Alonso
Sargento Mayor; Teniente Coronel Juan Maria Soto
1815
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Manuel de la Sota Riva
Teniente Coronel; Joaquin Maria de Villalaba
Sargento Mayor; Narciso Gallegos
Created in 1740.
Uniform 1800 & 1815; “casaca azul, forro, chupa y calzon blanco, buelta y collarin encarnada, solapa y vivo de color de ante, boton blanco.”
Regimiento Fixo de Infanteria de Nueva España [Tropa Veterano]
1800
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Pedro Garibay
Teniente Coronel; Joseph Gamiz
Sargento Mayor; Manuel Benisia
1815
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Mariano Borbon
Teniente Coronel; Coronel Josef de Castro
Sargento Mayor; Domingo Clabarino
Created in 1788.
Uniform 1800 & 1815; “casaca, chupa y calzon blanco, buelta, collarin, solapa y vivo verde, boton dorado.”
Regimiento Fixo de Infantería de México
1800
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Francisco Xavier de Villalba
Created in 1788.
Uniform; “casaca, chupa y calzon blanco, buelta y collarin encarnado, boton dorado.”
Regimiento Fixo de Infantería de Puebla
1800
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Vicente Nieto
Teniente Coronel; Coronel Carlos de Urrutia
Sargento Mayor; [blank]
Created in 1789.
Uniform; “casaca, chupa, calzon y collarin blanco, buelta morada, boton dorado.” (1800)
“casaca, chupa, calzon y collarin blanco, vuelta, solapa y vivo morado, boton dorado.” (1801-2)
Regimiento Fixo de Infanteria de Vera Cruz [Tropa Veterano]
1800
Commander; Teniente Coronel Juan Manuel Bonilla
1815
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Joaquin Arredondo
Teniente Coronel; Luis Ortiz de Zarate
Teniente Coronel; Josef de Cos
Sargento Mayor; Teniente Coronel Antonio Faxardo
Created in 1793 as a single battalion, 1800 it had 5 companies and a total of 502 men, being increased to a three battalion regiment in 1810.
Uniform:
1800; “casaca azul celeste, forro, chupin y pantalon de lienzo, solapa, corta y buelta encarnada, boton blanco, sombrero redondo con un ala levantada.”
1815; “casaca y collarin azul, buelta y solapa encarnada, boton y centro blanco con vivos opiestos.”
Batallon Auxiliar de las Tropas Espanolas de la Isla de Santo Domingo [Tropas Veteranas]
1815
Commandante; Coronel Augustin Ramirez
Sargento Mayor; Manuel Movillon
Created in 1810, intended for service on the island of Santo Domingo.
Consists of 8 companies of fusiliers and 1 of grenadiers.
Uniform; “casaca, centro y boton blanco; buelta, solapa y collarin azul celeste, y vivos encarnados.”
REAL CUERPO DE ARTILLERIA:
1800
Consists of three Companies with 125 men in each “gozan de la antigüedad de este Cuerpo en España.”
REAL CUERPO DE INGENIEROS:
1800
Commander; Engineer in Chief Don Manuel Constanso.
Estado Militar de Espana Data from 1800 and 1815
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