IN AND ABOUT THE CITY. 
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TACON MARKET. 
dent Palma recommended an increase of a thousand men. An allied 
service is the Artillery Corps (Cuerpo de Artilleria) of 694 men. The 
guards are distributed throughout the Island, being stationed at about 
250 posts; their duties are to patrol the country, visiting the plantations 
and sugar mills, and preserving order in the villages. Two guards are 
assigned to every railroad train, and at every station they go through the 
cars. The uniform is of brown khaki, hats similar to the United States 
campaign hat, cartridge belt, russet leather shoes and leggings, and the 
