Supplying the Revolution: War and management in the Auxiliary Army of Peru’s Commissariat, 1810-1820

Authors

  • Maximiliano Gallo Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v10i21.726

Keywords:

war, supplying, professionalization, army, revolution

Abstract

The independence wars in the Rio de la Plata afterwards the May Revolution concerned the need of making armies that could contend with the opposition presented by the Spanish monarchy in a wide open battlefront. In order to accomplish this task and to prevail in a conflict that would extend for over a decade throughout the former Viceroyalty, it was necessary to elaborate different strategies that could endure the revolutionary forces by supplying, among other goods, food, uniforms and cattle for transport. While this happened, the armies where in the midst of an intended professionalization process which the central government understood vital for the success of the patriotic cause. While recent argentine historiography has focused on this point, addressing mainly the development of the officer corps required to enhance the army’s performance, this article explores to which state the military professionalization intended also reached the war management, duty that was commissioned to a colonial entity, the Commissariat of War. Particularly, we intend to analyze the Commissariat in the Auxiliary Army of Peru, armed force that was deployed in the northern extremes of the former Viceroyalty, between the Alto Peru and Tucuman. Based on this study using primary and secondary sources, we shall see the way in which military management turned out to be crucial for keeping the troops fed and dressed, subject that, at the same time, inserted itself into the wider military professionalization process prompted by the revolutionary government. If military supplying during the independence wars was not purely anarchic, this was due to the fact that the army itself relied upon a bureaucratic side that cared for the treasure while provided victuals, clothing and cattle for the troops.

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Author Biography

Maximiliano Gallo, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

Licenciado en Historia (UNMDP). Becario investigador y ayudante en Historia Argentina (UNMDP). Integrante grupo de investigación Problemas y debates del Siglo XIX (CEHis-FH-UNMDP)

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How to Cite

Gallo, M. (2022). Supplying the Revolution: War and management in the Auxiliary Army of Peru’s Commissariat, 1810-1820. Revista Universitaria De Historia Militar, 10(21), 179–205. https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v10i21.726

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Vol. 10 No. 21 (2021): Disciplined bodies at the service of the nation, 1890-1940: military sport and history

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