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Map of Antangil
Cities & Towns of Antangil
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the love of serving the public, & also once a month to assemble them in a fine place, in which all the sorts of movements & orders of battle that the Cavalry can do are made. Afterwards he makes them handle their horses, one after the other, run the ring, shoot the rifle & pistol while running at full speed, against some tree, glove, or hat thrown to the ground, fight two by two with drawn swords, then in mass, passing between each other, breaking & rallying without in any way losing their ranks. In short, everything that we will show when we come to the instruction & nourishment of the youth: From there everyone retires to his home without treading on the good man. Likewise, the month of May having come (as we have said) the entire Gendarmerie is also in the capital city in front of the President & the Centenier, passing before them company by company, to see if all are armed & equipped according to the ordinances. If they find them well equipped, they praise them & exhort them to maintain, to keep their equipment ready, to serve the public if the opportunity presents itself, with promises to be liberally rewarded with charges |