"1812. Spanish Cadet Battalion." Topic

Cadet Uniforms from the 6th Army.
"Each battalion had four companies, each of these a captain, two lieutenants and a sergeant. This unit may be not include any officer cadets until after spending at least a year or garrison duty"

"Each company consisted of between eighty and a hundred men (plus a drum and a trumpet ("to be taken from general deposit") in four sub Brigades, and for each one a first Sub – Brigadier would be appointed and a second one too. For each company it was appointed a brigadier in first grade and three seconds grade too."

"The cadets Schedule was:

At 6 Diana by trumpet
At 7 Magazine toilet.
At 7 ½ Mass Lunch.
At 8 Study
At 9 Classes School
At 11 Stop
After the stop, theoretical demonstration of tactics with the tablets, or other occupation that substitute, such as drawing, & till lunch..
At 1Pm Lunch
At 2 ½ PM Rest
At 3 ½ PM ordinance study and tactics.
At 5 PM work out and immediately roll call.
At 7 ½ PM Study.
At 9 Recreation and Diana.Roll Call, Rosario (bible)and then to dinner
At 10 ½ PM Silence
On Thursdays or Saturdays, depending on the weather and what the season permitting, at the end of the meal will be a reviewed of weapons, and then the battalion on parade with the officers at their posts and cadets with weapons and backpacks, will give a military parade, where they take the same precautions as if marching to the enemy, not omitting anything to be practiced in such cases.
Every month there will be a marching drill day, of about four leagues beating the drums and the cadets marching with their backpacks with their officers on foot…"
"Breakfast will be soup, crumbs or fruit, the soup would be of bread, rice or pasta, the a pot with meat at the rate of six ounces per square,three ounces of bacon and two of chickpeas or beans, and legumes depending the weather. As desserts fruits or dry fruits. As dinner a stew or fish with raw or cooked salad , and a half square (quartillo) of wine a day…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Great! Thanks!

Glad you had enjoy it Travellera!.

Amicalement
Armand

Nice uniforms! Would you have any history of this unit?

As they were cadets, I guess that when they ended with their studies, they were distributed to many units in the Spanish Army.
Never hear about a spanish "cadet battalion" in a battlefield at Napoleon Era.
By memory french cadets fought at the gates of Paris in 1814 and another one unit was the Mexicans cadets in Mexico City against the American Army.
Both performed very well.

Amicalement
Armand