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Dominican Army
The Dominican Army (Spanish: Ejército de República Dominicana), is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic, together with the Navy and the Air Force.
The Dominican army with 28,750 active duty personnel consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, a combat service support brigade and the air cavalry squadron.
The island of Hispaniola was an important enclave throughout the colonial period and hosted the Court of Santo Domingo, the first in America (1511), whose jurisdiction extended over the entire Caribbean. In 1697, by the Peace of Ryswick, it was divided into two communities: the Spanish in the eastern area and the French in the western; remaining this way until 1795, with the transfer of sovereignty over the west of the island to France by the Treaty of Basel, Spanish sovereignty being recovered in 1809. Years layer, it was proclaimed independent in 1821, occupied by Haiti in 1822, liberated again in 1844, and incorporated back into Spain in 1861 by decision of its own rulers until it was definitively established as an independent republic in 1865.
Due to these political ups and downs and its position and strategic situation, the war history of the Dominican Republic is long and complex. In the 18th century, the island was marked on the outside by a rational defense and by a certain calm regarding international conflicts fought on its soil. However, in the interior of the island along the border between the Spanish and French possessions, a North-South line, not at all clear and poorly defined; It constituted an area of continuous friction and problems.
Distribution of the militia corps of the General Captaincy of Santo Domingo for 1721:
In 1738, the Regulations for the garrison of the Plaza de Santo Domingo, on the island of Hispaniola, Castles and Forts under its jurisdiction, were promulgated. This was intended to correct many of the defects noted in the army located on the island, such as: inequality in the strength of the companies, in some there were too many soldiers and in others they were lacking; different salaries for officers of identical rank, even giving rise to the paradox that some soldiers earned more than sergeants; diversity in the way each soldier dresses; few orders to ensure discipline, etc. In order to remedy these deficiencies, the Regulation established, among others, the following provisions:
Equal and corresponding salaries according to rank and command, plus additional bonuses for Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers, if their companies remained with a certain number of soldiers. No person belonging to a Class or Troop could hold two positions or receive two salaries.
Some of the units were part of the garrison of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, during the colonial period were:
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Dominican Army
The Dominican Army (Spanish: Ejército de República Dominicana), is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic, together with the Navy and the Air Force.
The Dominican army with 28,750 active duty personnel consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, a combat service support brigade and the air cavalry squadron.
The island of Hispaniola was an important enclave throughout the colonial period and hosted the Court of Santo Domingo, the first in America (1511), whose jurisdiction extended over the entire Caribbean. In 1697, by the Peace of Ryswick, it was divided into two communities: the Spanish in the eastern area and the French in the western; remaining this way until 1795, with the transfer of sovereignty over the west of the island to France by the Treaty of Basel, Spanish sovereignty being recovered in 1809. Years layer, it was proclaimed independent in 1821, occupied by Haiti in 1822, liberated again in 1844, and incorporated back into Spain in 1861 by decision of its own rulers until it was definitively established as an independent republic in 1865.
Due to these political ups and downs and its position and strategic situation, the war history of the Dominican Republic is long and complex. In the 18th century, the island was marked on the outside by a rational defense and by a certain calm regarding international conflicts fought on its soil. However, in the interior of the island along the border between the Spanish and French possessions, a North-South line, not at all clear and poorly defined; It constituted an area of continuous friction and problems.
Distribution of the militia corps of the General Captaincy of Santo Domingo for 1721:
In 1738, the Regulations for the garrison of the Plaza de Santo Domingo, on the island of Hispaniola, Castles and Forts under its jurisdiction, were promulgated. This was intended to correct many of the defects noted in the army located on the island, such as: inequality in the strength of the companies, in some there were too many soldiers and in others they were lacking; different salaries for officers of identical rank, even giving rise to the paradox that some soldiers earned more than sergeants; diversity in the way each soldier dresses; few orders to ensure discipline, etc. In order to remedy these deficiencies, the Regulation established, among others, the following provisions:
Equal and corresponding salaries according to rank and command, plus additional bonuses for Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers, if their companies remained with a certain number of soldiers. No person belonging to a Class or Troop could hold two positions or receive two salaries.
Some of the units were part of the garrison of the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, during the colonial period were: