Sentinels found asleep at their posts, shall be immediately hung; they being the only persons responsible for said post’s security. Therefore, the sergeants are requested to visit the posts every ten minutes, for the observation of this article. ART. XIII. He who in battle gives quarter to an enemy, out of pity, or any other consideration, shall be immediately shot. ART. XIV. The officer, sergeant, or soldier who is not vigilant when on guard, shall be tried and shot. ART. XV. The infractor of any of these laws, if an officer, shall be hung; if a soldier, shot. ART. XVI. All military persons are charged with the fulfilment of the preceding articles. This is particularly recommended to superior officers: and they are requested to inform their troops that want of information on this head will not excuse them from undergoing the punishments expressed. ART. XVII. He who should steal or hide (or abet another in so doing,) any powder, balls, or article of war, shall be burnt alive. ART. XVIII. He who in battle or on march should throw away the cartridges given him, desirous of not injuring the enemy, or of relieving himself of their weight, shall be cut in pieces alive, joint by joint, beginning in preference with the fingers of the right hand. His remains shall afterwards be burnt. ART. XIX. If, on arriving in any province, a _Montista_ be discovered, his house shall be sacked, and the owner or tenant thereof shall be burnt in the said house. ART. XX. If any person in the troops under my command sells any article with usury, he shall receive one hundred lashes. ART. XXI. The chiefs of this division, desirous of preventing all fraud, prohibit, under pain of the gallows, any attempt to give money on gage, or with any kind of interest. ART. XXII. He who, from this time forward, should lend money on gage, shall lose all right to the gage given him; losing also what he gave on it, and receiving two hundred lashes in punishment. ART. XXIII. The sentinel or advanced post who on seeing the enemy approach, does not give the alarm, shall be cut in pieces alive; considering that from his omission great danger may arise. ART. XXIV. The chief, officer, sergeant, or soldier who shall not defend his post unto death, shall be burnt alive; no excuse to be admitted on account of the greater force of the enemy, the bad state of the armament, or any thing else tending to cover his cowardice. ART. XXV. Any officer ordered to assault a post, shall take it, or lose his life in the attempt; if he returns unsuccessful, though he have lost all his soldiers, he shall be immediately shot. ART. XXVI. If any sentinel gives the “_qui vive_” and does not receive in answer, “General Cruz,” he shall immediately fire at the person interrogated. ART. XXVII.