THE CUBA REVIEW And Bulletin. 



I Major. Quartermaster and F\nymaster, 

 I First Lieutenant, Aide de Camp, 

 and fifty-seven officers and 1.302 enlisted 

 men. the officers being divided in the fol- 

 lowing manner: 



5 Lieutenant Colonels, 

 4 Majors, 

 19 Captains, 

 15 First Lieutenants, 

 15 Second Lieutenants. 

 This entire force was mounted. 

 In January. 1902, the Military Governor 

 authorized an increase of 40 men in Ma- 

 tanzas Province for protection of the sugar 

 plantations, and in May of the same year 

 there was another order issued by the Mili- 

 tarv Governor for an extra increase of 200 



establishment consisted of a furce of 1,604 

 men, and was so maintained until April 18, 

 1903. when a reorganization took place in 

 obeyance to law, there being an increase 

 of 1,416 men, the total strength of the corps 

 being 3.020. 



Another change took place on March 12, 

 1903. when a law was passed for an in- 

 crease of three lieutenant-colonels, inspec- 

 tors, and six majors; also three surgeons. 



When the recent trouble was anticipated 

 by the Cuban Government early in August 

 hst, the strength of the Rural Guard being 

 3.020 men, as above stated, President Palma 

 issued a decree on August 20, 1906, pro- 

 viding for an increase of the Rural Guard 

 forces . 



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men, to be distributed throughout the island. 



On May i, 1902, the offices of inspector- 

 .general (lieutenant-colonel), and adjutant- 

 general (lieutenant-colonel), were united 

 and one officer with the rank of colonel was 

 made adjutant and inspector-general. 



Each officer and enlisted man was re- 

 quired to furnish his horse and horse equip- 

 ments at his own expense, to feed and 

 care for the same, and to provide uniforms, 

 the government only furnishing arms, belts 

 -and ammunition. 



On May 20, 1902, when the Republic 

 •of Cuba was constituted, the Rural Guard 



Again on September 15 President Palma, 

 in obedience to law, issued another decree 

 for a further increase of the Rural Guard 

 to 10,000 men, and the Artillery Corps to 

 2,000 men. 



The decree of August 20, providing for 

 an increase of 2,000 men, was complied 

 with^ and the Rural Guard force, thus in- 

 creased, consisted of 5,020 men. The in- 

 crease to 10,000 Rural Guards and to 2,000 

 Artillery, provided for by decree of Septem- 

 ber 15, has not yet been made, for reasons 

 submitted in memorandum to the Provis- 

 ional Governor October 18, 1906. 



