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CHAPTER IV.

GENERAL IDEA OF .TIIE MEASURES EMPLOYED BY THE
MINISTER OF WAR IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER LAST
TO )tErgx. THE AGGHEESIONS OF TIE ENEMIES OF

MBE RT y•

The Cintes have already been made acquainted with the mi.
litary attitude of the neighbouring Powers, and of the factions
which have manifested themselves in the Peninsula. In the
view which has just been taken, . they will observe also, those
points of our territory which have been subject to insnrettion,
those which are threatened with it, and those in which the pub-
lic spirit creates 'some dread of its appearance. I shall now
proceed to eXplain the measures adopted by my department to
crush the insupection in its commencement, and cause it to dis-
appear from the land.

ART. XIV.- MOVEMENT AND DESTINATION OF THE
TROOPS OF THE PERMANENT ARMY.

As soon as the insurrection made its appearance in the nor-
thern.and eastern provinces, that is to say in May last, no time
was lost in directing thither all the troops which the Govern-
ment had then at its disposal. The greater part of the force of
the permanent army has already been conveyed to those dis-
tricts, and only so many troops as are absolutely necessary for
the custody and security of larticular points remain. Thus, by
conveying some by sea, and marchinvithers across the country,
it has been so contrived that troops-from various quarters have
arrived at the disturbed districts at the same time.

AItT. XV -THE REASONS WHICH INDUCED GOVERNMENT
TO PLACE UNDER ARMS THE. WHOLE OF THE ACTIVE

MILITIA.

It has already been stated that the Cortes, before the con-
clusion of their last ordinary sitting, authorized Government to
place Older arms a certain number of the troops of the active
militia, to assist the permanent army in the execution of the
new Military views which present themselves, and which, since
the last ordinary sitting of the Cortes, increased so considerably
in consequence of the progress of the insurrection and tie events
of the last days of June, and the Ist of July last, that an in-
crease of force was found necessary to make up for the defi-
ciency caused by the insurrection in the corps of the infantry
•and cavalry of the Royal Guard, and some troops of the active
militia.

Under these circumstances, the Government did not hesitate
to have recourse to the employment of the whole of the active
militia, 'even previous to teeming the sanction of the Cortes,
both because the safety of the country demanded it, and because
the authority granted by the Cortes to the late Minister for the
employment of a part of the force, did actually in a certain
manner authorize the employment of whole, in case circum-
stances should require it.

ART. XVI:-ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY Or OPERA-
TrONS, ARD THE APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY CHIEFS

OF DISTRICTS AND PROVINCES.

In order that these forces might receive a proper direction,
the Government thoukht proper to organize them into armies
of operations, and determined this organization with a view to
the class of war to which those forces were previously destined.
To the Commandants-General of the sth and 6th districts was
confided the command and direction of the troops of their re-
spective districts and, with regard to the 7th district, in con-
sideration of its importance, and the character of the insurrec-
tion of its provinces, as well as the difficulty of its communi-
cations, and the complexity of its coasts and frontiers, it was
determined to appoint a General in Chief of the army of opera.