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SKETCH OF GUATEMALA.
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ing with success, agreeably to the nature of their manœuvres, against the advances of a more numerous and respectable force."
The systematic organization of the army is not yet completed. Its numerical strength in 1825 was stated as follows:—
| Permanent troops as decreed by the legislature | 1,800 | men |
| Regular militia, including artillery, infantry, and cavalry | 10,750 | |
| Civic militia | 10,000 | |
| Total | 22,530 |
Some corps of the regular militia are usually stationed in the vicinities of the coast, and could place themselves in a few hours in the maritime forts: I saw several of these troops in the various parts of the country through which I travelled: they appeared to be light active men, and well suited to endure the privations which they would necessarily have to experience in guerilla-warfare; the only mode in which, I should presume, they could be expected
