The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 26 of 55, 1636: Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century
Demarcation line of Alexander VI; Missions -- Philippines; Philippines -- Discovery and exploration; Philippines -- History -- Sources
The company of mounted arquebusiers of the captain
and sargento-mayor, Don Pedro Hurtado de Corcuera,
has thirty soldiers, one lieutenant, one alferez,
and one trumpeter--which, at the rate of one peso
per month from the said captain, four reals from the
lieutenant, four from the alferez, and two from the
trumpeter and from each soldier, amounts annually to
one hundred and seventeen pesos 117 pesos
From two adjutants of the sargento-mayor of this camp,
at the rate of two reals per month--which amounts
annually to eighteen pesos 18 pesos
From the head drummer of this camp, at the rate of two
reals per month--which amounts annually to three pesos 3 pesos
From the twelve soldiers of the guard of the
said governor, at the rate of two reals per month
apiece--which amounts annually to thirty-six pesos 36 pesos
Castle of Santiago in this said city
In the said castle of Santiago there is an effective
garrison of one drummer, one lieutenant, and twenty-two
soldiers--which, at the rate of two reals per month
apiece, amounts annually to seventy-two pesos 72 pesos
Fort San Felipe at the port of Cavite
In the said fort San Felipe, there is one company of
Spanish infantry, with one captain, one alferez,
one sergeant, four minor posts, and seventy
soldiers--which, at the rate of one peso per month
from the said captain, four reals from the alferez,
two from the sergeant, minor posts, and said soldiers,
amounts annually to two hundred and forty-three pesos 243 pesos
Presidio of Zibu
In the city of Zibu is a garrison of one company,
with one captain, one alferez, one sergeant, four
minor posts; and according to what we have been able to
ascertain with greatest certainty, about fifty soldiers
in the said company--which, at the rate of one peso
from the said captain, four reals from the alferez, and
two from the sergeant, minor posts, and said soldiers,
amounts annually to one hundred and eighty-three pesos 183 pesos
Presidio of Zamboanga
In the presidio of San Jose of Zamboanga, there are
three companies, with three captains, three alferezes,
one sergeant, four minor posts, and two hundred and
ten soldiers in all three companies--seventy in each
one, according to the surest information that we
have been able to obtain. At the said rate of one
peso per month from each captain, four reals from
each alferez, and two reals from the sergeant, each
minor post, and each soldier, it amounts annually to
seven hundred and twenty-nine pesos 729 pesos
Presidio of Oton
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