ing in from Texas and California, and even a few recruits, encouraged at one time by liberal land bounties.[1]
But this outlook was soon to be darkened, owing partly to internal discord. A quarrel broke out between Uraga, commander-in-chief of the army of the center, and Arteaga, general of the fourth division, and in charge of Jalisco. The latter accused Uraga of treasonable correspondence with the imperialists, and refused obedience. Finding the mutinous party too strong, Uraga offered to resign in favor of any one whom the officers might elect. Echeagaray was chosen; but recognizing his own strength, Arteaga allowed prejudice and ambition to prevail, and Juarez was persuaded by decree of July 1st to give him the chief command.[2] The step was judicious so far as concerned Uraga, who now openly gave his adhesion to the empire, and received a seat in the council.[3]
Still more serious were the troubles pressing upon the republican government in its immediate surroundings. Encouraged by the overwhelming defeat of
- ↑ Decree of Aug. 11, 1864, Dublan and Lozano, Leg. Mex., ix. 691, annulled soon after. Méx., Col. Ley., 1863-7, iii. 94. The land grants varied in value from $1,000 for privates to $2,000 for officers. The result was a small band of not over 50 from the U. S., who afterward compromised for money. Méx., Mem. Hac., 1870, 627. Vega was in California for some time to secure arms; and though thwarted on more than one occasion by the French consul, he obtained secret countenance from the authorities, and managed to send large supplies, as reported in Vega, Doc., i., passim. Brown, the U. S. treasury agent at S. F., gave aid, and entered the Mexican service. Id., 424, 551; Vega, Ausiliares, MS. The question of shipping arms was discussed in congress. U. S. Sen. Doc. 15, 38th Cong. 2d Sess., 1-22. See also S. F. Bulletin, Aug. 6, 1864; Alta Cal., June 29, 1864.
- ↑ Echeagaray patriotically accepting the second position. Méx., Col. Ley., 1863-7, ii. 77-9; Vega, Doc., i. 587-8. This gave Arteaga control over Jalisco, Michoacan, Guanajuato, Querétaro, and part of Mexico — that is, so far as republican influence extended. The four divisions of this army were intrusted to Echeagaray, Ortiz, Salazar, and Herrera y Cairo, governor of Jalisco, the latter acting only in absence of Arteaga. La Estrella de Occid., Sept. 9, Nov. 4, 1864.
- ↑ Several high officers joined him; but Echeagaray and O'Horan, his supposed intimate friends, refused to listen to his urging. Diaro Deb., 9th Cong., i. 680. Yet in June Uraga had indignantly rejected the invitation extended by the imperialists. La Estrella de Occid., July 29, Aug. 12, 1864. He sought to win over Diaz among others, but met with an indignant repulse. Diaz, Datos Biog., 68-76.
