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| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| VICEROYS FORTY-SEVEN TO FORTY-NINE. | |
| 1779-1787. | |
| Viceroy Martin de Mayorga — His Exceptional Position — War with Great Britain — Warlike Measures — Mayorga’s Efficient Rule — Viceroy Matias de Galvez — His Short Administration — He Promotes Improvements — The Conde de Aranda’s Plan — Independent Kingdoms in Spanish America to be Erected — King Carlos’ Objections — The Audiencia Rules a Few Months — Viceroy Conde de Galvez — His Great Services and Rank — Unbounded Popularity — Treasonable Schemes Attributed — His Illness and Death — Posthumous Birth of his Child — Magnificent Ceremonials at the Christening — The Family Liberally Pensioned — The Audiencia Rules Again | 381 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| MILITARY SYSTEM. | |
| 1642-1808. | |
| Early Efforts to Provide Forces — Organization Begun — Difficulties and Changes in Policy — Regular Troops — Urban Companies — Provincial Regiments and Battalions — Presidio Companies — Coast Guards — Effective Force for War — Artillery and Other Supplies — Perote as a Deposit — Sea-coast Defences — Fortresses on Both Seas — Naval Stations — Pay Department — Pay of Officers and Men — Pension System — Annual Expenditure — Religious Department — Vicario General — Tenientes Vicarios Generales — Army and Navy Chaplains — Fuero Militar, and its Judiciary System | 401 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| EXPULSION OF THE JESUITS. | |
| 1720-1810. | |
| The Society of Jesus in Mexico — Last Services — Moral Condition — Squabbles about Tithes, and the Consequences — The Situation in Mexico and the World in 1750 — Members, Houses, and Missions in Mexico in 1767 — Converts Made — Unsuccessful Renunciation of Missions — Clouds Portentous of Disaster — Persecution in Portugal and France — Obloquy and Refutation — Expulsion from Spanish Dominions and Other Nations — Causes therefor — How Effected in Mexico — Sufferings of the Exiles — Harsh Treatment — Means of Support — Revolutionary Movements in Mexico Quelled — Relentless Punishment of the Leaders — Papal Suppression of the Society — Later Moderation — The Order Restored and Readmitted in Mexico to be again Expelled | 426 |
