NAVAL AND MILITARY FORCE. 325 
PLANA MAYOR DEL EJERCITO. 
This was composed of the General-in-Chief and a number of 
Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels, Captains, &c. &c. 
PERMANENT INFANTRY. 
8 Regiments of 2 battalions each, each battalion of 8 companies, 
each company of 112 men, officers included — or in all 14,336 
persons : each soWier IS paid, $11 93| per month. 
ACTIVE INFANTRY. 
9 Regiments. This body differs from the preceding, or Terma- 
nent Infantry, in being liable to service only when required 
by Government ; or, in other words, it is a sort of national 
militia, well drilled — Total number, 16,128. 
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PERMANENT CAVALRY. 
8 Regiments, each regiment composed of 2 squadrons, each 
squadron of 2 companies. Each regiment composed, in all, 
of 676 men,— or the 8 of 4,056, at 12 50 " «« 
35 Separate Companies in various places throughout the Republic. 
ACTIVE CAVALRY. 
6 Regiments of 4 squadrons, each squadron of 2 companies. 
NAVY. 
The Navy of Mexico consists at present of 3 Steam Frigates, 2 Brigs, 3 Schooners, 
2 Gunboats.* 
MINES AND COINAGE. 
In treating of the resources of men and money of Mexico, it will not 
be uninteresting (after knowing that the production of the mines amounts 
in value annually to about twenty-two millions, of which twelve find 
their way to the mints,) to present a statement of the total coinage of the 
country, derived from the records of the earliest periods to which access 
could be had. 
* A paper published at Vera Cruz in 1845, furnishes the following list of the Mexican Navy : — 
Steamer Guadaloupb of 778 tons, mounting two 68-pounder3 amidships, four 12-pound carron- 
ades, and one mortar. — Steamer Montezuma, 1100 tons, one 68-pounder amidships, two 32- 
pound carronades. — Brig Mexicano, one 12-pounder amidships, and fourteen 18-pound carronades. 
Brig Vera Cruzano Libra, one 32-pounder amidships, six 18-pound carronades, and two 12- 
pound carronades. — Schooner Aguila, one 32-pounder amidships, and eight carronades. — 
Schooner Libertad, one 12-pounder amidships. — Gafftopsail Schooner Morelos, one 12- 
pounder amidships ; and five Gunboats, each carrying a 24-pounder amidships. All these vessels 
want repairs. 
In December, 1844, the Mexican Army (as per statement made to Congress) consisted of 1,840 
Artillery ; 21,557 Infantry; 9,539 Cavalry ; making a total of near 33,000 men. This force is 
shown by official documents to have been reduced to less than 30,000. Since then the two Steam- 
ers have been sold. 
