The Civil Guard (Constabulary), composed of Three Corps = 3,342 Men and 156 Officers 638,896 77 The Veteran Civil Guard (Manila Police) One Corps = 400 Men and 13 Officers 73,246 88 ---------- The Disciplinary Corps, Maintenance of 630 Convicts and Material 56,230 63 (For the Disciplinary Convict Corps) 92 Non-commissioned Officers and 23 Officers 47,909 51 ========== P 104,140 14 Army Estimates P cts Estimate according to the Budget for 1888 _Plus_ the following sums charged on other estimates, viz.:-- 3,016,185 91 Disciplinary Corps, maintenance of 630 Convicts and material 56,230 63 The Civil Guard 638,896 77 The Veteran Civil Guard 73,246 88 Pensions 117,200 00 Transport and maintenance of Recruits from Provinces 6,000 00 Expeditions to be made against the Moros--Religious ceremonies to celebrate Victories gained over them--Maintenance of War Prisoners, etc. 11,000 00 ============ Total cost of Army and Armed Land Forces P 3,918,760 19 Before the walls were built around Manila, about the year 1590, each soldier and officer lived where he pleased, and, when required, the troops were assembled by the bugle call. At the close of the 16th century barracks were constructed, but up to the middle of last century the native troops were so badly and irregularly paid that they went from house to house begging alms of the citizens (_vide_ p. 53, King Philip II.'s Decree). In the 17th century troops died of sheer want in the Fort of Yligan (Mindanao Is.), and when this was represented to the Gov.-General he generously ordered that the Spanish soldiers were in future to be paid P2 per month and native soldiers P1 per month to hold the fort, at the risk of their lives, against attack from the Mahometans. In the forts of Labo and Taytay (Palauan Is.) the soldiers' pay was only nominal, rations were often short, and their lives altogether most wretched. Sometimes they were totally overlooked by the military chiefs, and they had to seek subsistence as best they could when provisions were not sent from the capital (_vide_p. 157).