--_Rizal_.
[224] Thus in original, but it is carelessly worded; for the Society
of Jesus is not one of the mendicant orders.
[225] All of the orders held property and had regular means of revenue,
later; while the Dominicans held enormous property in both the islands
and at Hong Kong.--_Rizal_.
[226] The following law is from _Recopilacion de leyes_ (lib. iii,
tit. x, ley xiv): "The governor and captain-general of the Filipinas
Islands shall be careful to reward the soldiers who shall have
served us there, and their sons, with the posts and emoluments at
his disposal, in accordance with the ordinances, and [he shall do it]
with all fairness, so that they may have some remuneration. He shall
keep in toto the laws relating to this." Felipe III, Lerma, July 23,
1605; Madrid, December 19, 1618.
[227] _Consejeles_: men sent to service by order of a municipal
council.
[228] The pay of various of the above officers and men in 1890 was as
follows: Filipino infantrymen, 4 pesos per month; Spanish artillerymen,
13-15 pesos, plus some centimos, per month; Filipino artillerymen,
4 pesos, plus some centimos, per month; captains, 1,500-1,800 pesos
per year; alfereces, 975-1,050 pesos per year; first sergeants,
European, 318-360 pesos per year--native, 180 pesos per year;
second sergeants, European, 248.
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