NAVY EXTENT OF COAST ON BOTH SEAS. 



127 



GARRISONS IN THE REPUBLIC. ARTILLERY. 



Guns and mortars. 



In Guadalajara, 



1 



San Juan de Ulua, 



124 



" Zacatecas, . 



. 2 



Perote, 



60 



" Jalapa, 



4 



Acapulco, 



00 



" Perote, 



. 1 



Vera Cruz, . 



1 1 O 



lid 



" Vera Cruz, 



2 



Monterey, 



. . . 



" Puebla, 



. 3 



Campeche, . 



. . . 



" Mexico, . 



7 



Mazatlan, 





cc Queretaro, . . 



i 



. i 



TVTf» vi on 



6 



" Guanajuato, 



2 



Tabasco, 



1 



" S. Fernando de Rosas, 



. 2 



Guadalajara, . 



9 



" Matamoros, 



1 



San Luis Potosi, 



8 



" Tampico, 



. 1 



Chiapas, 



. 2 



" San Luis Potosi, 



2 



Chihuahua, 





<£ Oajaca, 



. 1 



Bustamante's division, 



. 4 





30 





324 



Total number of projectiles, 52,019. 

 The field artillery consists of 16 batteries. 



Navy. 



The coast of the republic, now greatly reduced by the treaty of 

 Guadalupe, extends on the Gulf of Mexico, from the Rio Grande 

 or Rio Bravo del Norte, to the port of Bacalar on the east of the 

 peninsula of Yucatan, and comprehends in this distance, about five 

 hundred and eighty-four leagues. The Pacific coast begins one 

 league from San Diego in Lower California, and terminates at the 

 Barra de Ocos in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, a distance of one thou- 

 sand five hundred and twenty leagues, including the coasts of the 

 Gulf of California, or sea of Cortez. Consequently the coasts of 

 the republic extend, in all, two thousand one hundred and four 

 leagues, demonstrating the admirable situation of this country for 

 commerce with all the world. The ports which are open for foreign 

 trade in the Mexican Gulf, are Matamoros, Tampico, Vera Cruz 

 Campeche, Sisal, and the island of Carmen ; while, on the Pacific, 

 there are the ports of Guayamas, Mazatlan, San Bias, Manzanillo, 

 and Acapulco, the latter of these being the best in the possession 

 of Mexico, on the great western ocean. Its harbor is excellent ; 

 its distance from the capital is comparatively short ; its population 

 is larger than that of other towns on the coast, and in consequence 

 of the difficulty of landing elsewhere than in the actual port, the 

 government is effectually secured against illicit trade. It is a site 



