Ministry of the Interior, Section 5., December 22,1866

Ministry of the Interior, Section 5.

Their excellencies Generals Miramon, Marquez, and Mejia, being appointed to form the corps d’armee charged with the pacification of the country, and it being necessary to aid in the most efficacious manner their operations, it is recommended to you to use every effort to supply the contingent of men they ask and need for the formation of the corps of their respective divisions, and to act thereto as promptly and efficiently as the circumstances exact. For the proper compliance with this measure, your excellency will assign to the aforesaid divisions all who are capable of performing military duty, with the sole exceptions of such as are legally exempted, endeavoring to attain the desired object without prejudicing the good name of the government by any proceedings on the part of the authorities which might be characterized as arbitrary.

Wherefore I recommend to your excellency the greatest prudence in the matter, and at the same time the most punctual compliance with the orders, the result of which you will report to the prefect of your district, with a statement of the assignment of the contingent required.

By the minister of the interior: