Estado Militar de Espana
Data from 1800 and 1815

Cuerpos de Milicias:
Provinciales de Caballería y Dragones

Compiled by Terry D. Hooker and A.W. Haarmann


Regimiento de Milicia Provincial de Dragones de Santiago de Queretaro
1800
Commander; Coronel Veterano / el Brigadier Pedro Ruiz Dávalos
Teniente Coronel Veterano; Coronel Ignacio Garcia Rebollo
Sargento Mayor Veterano; Manuel Pastor

1815
Commander; Coronel / Brigadier Manuel Pastor
Teniente Coronel; Pedro Tous de Monsalve
Sargento Mayor Veterano; Pedro Pazos
1800; Militia uniform as prescribed by the Royal Order of 20th Oct. 1788. “casaca azul, chupa y calzon blanco, vuelta, solapa y collarin encarnado, boton blanco, y un galoncito estrecho en el collarin.”
1815; This regiment had recently been granted its own organisation, 624 men in 4 squadrons, and its own unique uniform; “casaca corta y pantalón azul, buelta, collarin, chaleco y forros encarnados, solapa, vivo y capa amarilla, boton blanco, y sombrero redondo con escudo y dos borlas, mantillas y tapafundas encarnadas con galon blanco.”
These Militia Cavalry Regiments were composed of four squadrons with a total of 371 men during peace time and 617 men when on a war footing, as per Royal Order 20-10-1788.

Regimiento de Milicia Provincial de Dragones del Principe
1800
Commander; Coronel Antonio Perez Galvez
Teniente Coronel; Francisco Septien y Arce
Sargento Mayor Veterano; Vicente Mediamarca

1815
Commander; Coronel Conde de Perez Galvez
Teniente Coronel; Diego Centeno
Sargento Mayor Veterano; Pedro Garcia Arista
Militia uniform as prescribed by the Royal Order of 20th Oct. 1788.

Regimiento de Milicia Provincial de Dragones de Puebla
1800
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Marques de Moncada
Teniente Coronel Veterano; Nicolas de Monteagudo

1815
Commander; Coronel / el Brigadier Diego Garcia Conde
Teniente Coronel; Coronel Miguel del Campo
Sargento Mayor Veterano; [blank]
Each regiment consists of 4 squadrons, with a peacetime strength of 361 men, and a wartime strength of 617 men. 1800 & 1815; Militia uniform as prescribed by the Royal Order of 20th Oct.1788; “casaca azul, chupa y calzon blanco, buelta, solapa y collarin encarnado, boton blanco, y un galoncito estrecho en el collarin.”

Regimiento de Milicia Provincial de Dragones de San Carlos
1815
Commander; Coronel de Exercito Ramon de Cevallos
Teniente Coronel; Josef Francisco Guerra de Manzanares
Sargento Mayor Veterano; [blank]
Militia uniform as prescribed by the Royal Order of 1st Jan. 1792. (casaca azul, chupa y calzon blanco, y un galon estrecho en el collarin.)

Regimiento de Milicia Provincial de Dragones de San Luis
1815
Commander; Coronel de Exercito Marques de Guadalupe Gallardo
Teniente Coronel; Coronel de Exercito Josef Maria Toyar
Sargento Mayor Veterano; Bernardo Lopez
Militia uniform as prescribed by the Royal Order of 1st Jan. 1792.

Cuerpo de Milicia Provincial de Lanceros de Veracruz
1815
Commander; Teniente Coronel Veterano Josef Manuel Panes
Capitan Veterano con funciones de Sargento Mayor; Antonio Rodriguez Gonzalez
Created in 1767, with a total of 1,000 men in 3 squadrons.
Uniform as prescribed in the Royal Order of 1st Jan. 1792: “casaca azul, chupa y calzon blanco, y un galon estrecho en el collarin.”

Regimiento de Milicia Provincial de Dragones de la Reyna
No Data.

Regimiento de Milicia Provincial de Dragones de Nueva Galicia
No Data.

Regimiento de Milicia Provincial de Dragones de Mechoacan
No Data.

Estado Militar de Espana Data from 1800 and 1815

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