7 surgeons and doctors with 8 adjutants, 2 second adjutants, 2 aspirants, 20 stretchers, a litter, 2 carriages or wagons, the necessary mules and 50 soldiers of the ambulance corps were to constitute the medical corps of the guard. The uniform was to be that of the 15th February and 23rd April 1846 and 1st July 1853 with the allegorical shield of the medical corps. The differences were to be crimson trousers and the soldiers of the ambulance corps were to have on their shako “Ambulancia de la Guardia”.
( Many thanks Nick for the article, it will be continued in the next issue of E.D. )
Mexico 1853 - 1855: Part 1 Uniforms of the Army in Santa Anna's Last Presidency
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Introduction
Officers and Staff
The Presidential Guard
Guard: Sappers, Engineers, and Artillery
Guard: Grenadiers and Light Infantry Bttns
Guard: Horse Grenadiers and Lancers
Squadron of Guides of the President
Medical Corps of the Guard
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