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Praetorian Politics in Liberal Spain
Carolyn P. Boyd 
APPENDIX D
The Spanish Officer Corps, 1917
 

[295] In 1917 there were 18,565 officers on the active and paid reserve lists. The breakdown by corps is as follows:

Active List

Generals                            196         Ecclesiastical                     280
Staff Corps                       338         Auditing                             248
Halberdiers                         38         Veterinary                          242
Infantry                          5,942         Inválidos                            201
Cavalry                          1,520         Military Justice                   137
Artillery                          1,609         Musicians                            92
Engineers                          767         Equitation                             88
Civil Guard                    1,080         Sentries                                20
Customs Police                 710         Labor and Topographic        18
Medical Corps                 908              Brigade
Quartermaster Corps        781         Transport                               5
Military Offices                344          Medical Troops                     5
                                                                                            _______
                                                                                Total     15,569

Paid Reserve

Generals           212            Customs Police                    5
Infantry          1,980            Quartermaster Corps         40
Cavalry            272             Medical Troops                 40
Artillery            253             Medical Corps                  21
Engineers         157             Military Justice                   11
Civil Guard          5
                                                                              ______
                                                                   Total      2,996
 

SOURCE: Anuario Militar de España, 1917.