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he receives pay. I am inclined to think that he 

 ought to possess some property in the district, 

 and that any deviation from this rule is an abuse ; 

 but I am not certain that the law so ordains. 

 The majors and the adjutants are likewise occa- 

 sionally promoted from the line ; but whether 

 they are regularly military men or planters, they 

 receive pay, as their trouble in distributing or- 

 ders, and in other arrangements connected with 

 the regiment, is considerable. 



The third class, that of the Ordenangas, con- 

 sisting of by far the largest portion of the white 

 persons and of free mulatto men of all shades, 

 have for their immediate chiefs the Capitaens- 

 7iwres, who serve without pay, and all the per- 

 sons who are connected with the Ordenanqas are 

 obliged likewise to afford their services gratui- 

 tously. Each district contains one Capitam-mor> 

 who is invariably a person possessing property 

 in the part of the country to which he is ap- 

 pointed. He is assisted by a major, captains, 

 and alfercs, who are lieutenants or ensigns, and 

 by sergeants and corporals. The duties of the 

 Cajntam-mor are to see that every individual 

 under his command has in his possession some 

 species of arms ; either a firelock, a sword, or a 

 pike. He distributes the governor's orders 

 through his district, and can oblige any of his 

 men to take these orders to the nearest captain, 

 who sends another peasant forwards to the next 



