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Permanent Army of Cuba:

Line Infantry:

Regimiento "Alfonso XIII" No. 62 (3 Battalions)

Regimiento "Maria Cristina" No. 63 (3 Battalions)

Regimiento "Simancas" No. 64 (2 Battalions)

Regimiento "Cuba" No. 65 (2 Battalions)

Regimiento "Habana" No. 66 (2 Battalions)

Regimiento "Tarragona" No. 67 (2 Battalions)

Regimiento "Isabel La Católica" No. 75 (2 Battalions)

Batallón Provisional de La Habana No. 1

Batallón Provisional de La Habana No. 2

Light Infantry:

Batallón de Cazadores "Cádiz" No. 22

Other Infantry Units:

Brigada Disiplinaria

Cavalry:

Regimiento "Hernán Cortés" No. 29 (4 Squadrons)

Regimiento "Pizarro" No. 30 (5 Squadrons)

Artillery:

Batallón de Plaza No. 10 (8 Companies)

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Engineers:

Batallón de Telégrafos (Signal troops)

Batallón de Ferrocarriles (Railway troops)

Medical Corps:

Brigada Sanidad Militar No. 2 (8 Companies)

Police Units:

Civil Guard:

Tercio Guardia Civil No. 17

Tercio Guardia Civil No. 18

Tercio Guardia Civil No. 19

Cuerpo Militar de Orden Público

Expeditionary Forces:

With the beginning of the rebellion in 1895, Spain began to send reinforcements to bolster the Permanent Army.  The first of these expeditionary units were designated Peninsular Battalions.  These were new infantry units formed by drawing  men from existing regiments in each of the seven military regions.  Each contained 6 companies except for the 5th which had only 4 companies.  The 8th and 9th Battalions were formed in like manner from men already stationed in Cuba.  In all, the Peninsular Battalions totaled around 8000 men

Peninsular Battalions:

Batallón de Bailén , peninsular No. 1

Batallón de Unión, peninsular No. 2

Batallón de Alcántara, peninsular No. 3

Batallón de Talavera, peninsular No. 4

Batallón de Chiclana, peninsular No. 5

Batallón de Baza, peninsular No. 6

Batallón de San Agustín, peninsular No. 7

Batallón de Vergara, peninsular No. 8

Batallón de Antequera, peninsular No. 9

Line Infantry:

It soon became apparent that the Peninsular Battalions alone would not be sufficient to subdue the rebellion.  Between June, 1895 and January, 1896 the first battalions of 1st through 56th Line Infantry regiments were transported to Cuba, totaling about 66,000 men

Only the first battalion of each regiment fought in Cuba. The second battalion remained in Spain.

Regimiento  "Rey" No. 1

Regimiento  "Reina" No. 2

Regimiento  "Principe" No. 3

Regimiento  "Princesa" No. 4

Regimiento  "Infante" No. 5

Regimiento  "Saboya" No. 6

Regimiento  "Sicilia" No. 7

Regimiento  "Zamora" No. 8

Regimiento  "Soria" No. 9

Regimiento  "Córdoba" No. 10

Regimiento  "San Fernando" No. 11

Regimiento  "Zaragoza" No. 12

Regimiento  "Mallorca" No. 13

Regimiento  "América" No. 14

Regimiento  "Extremadura" No. 15

Regimiento  "Castilla" No. 16

Regimiento  "Borbón" No. 17

Regimiento  "Almansa" No. 18

Regimiento  "Galicia" No. 19

Regimiento  "Guadalajara" No. 20

Regimiento  "Aragón" No. 21

Regimiento  "Gerona" No. 22

Regimiento  "Valencia" No. 23

Regimiento  "Bailén" No. 24

Regimiento  "Navarra" No. 25

Regimiento  "Albuera" No. 26

Regimiento  "Cuenca" No. 27

Regimiento  "Luchana" No. 28

Regimiento  "Constitución" No. 29

Regimiento  "La Lealtad" No. 30

Regimiento  "Asturias" No. 31

Regimiento  "Isabel II" No. 32

Regimiento  "Sevilla" No. 33

Regimiento  "Granada" No. 34

Regimiento  "Toledo" No. 35

Regimiento  "Burgos" No. 36

Regimiento  "Murcia" No. 37

Regimiento  "León" No. 38

Regimiento  "Cantabria" No. 39

Regimiento  "Covadonga" No. 40

Regimiento  "Baleares" No. 41

Regimiento  "Canarias" No. 42

Regimiento  "Garellano" No. 43

Regimiento  "San Marcial" No. 44

Regimiento  "Tetuán" No. 45

Regimiento  "España" No. 46

Regimiento  "San Quintin" No. 47

Regimiento  "Pavía" No. 48

Regimiento  "Otumba" No. 49

Regimiento  "Vad-Rás" No. 50

Regimiento  "Vizcaya" No. 51

Regimiento  "Andalucia" No. 52

Regimiento  "Guipúzcoa" No. 53

Regimiento  "Luzón" No. 54

Regimiento  "Asia" No. 55

Regimiento  "Alava" No. 56

Light Infantry:

Batallón de Cazadores "Cataluña" No. 1

Batallón de Cazadores "Madrid" No. 2 (3 companies only) (A)

Batallón de Cazadores "Barcelona" No. 3

Batallón de Cazadores "Barbastro" No. 4

Batallón de Cazadores "Tarifa" No. 5

Batallón de Cazadores "Figueras" No. 6 (3 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Ciudad Rodrigo" No. 7 (2 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Alba de Tormes" No. 8 (3 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Arapiles" No. 9

Batallón de Cazadores "Navas" No. 10

Batallón de Cazadores "Llerena" No. 11

Batallón de Cazadores "Segorbe" No. 12 (3 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Médida" No. 13

Batallón de Cazadores "Estrella" No. 14 (3 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Alfonso XII" No. 15 (3 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Reus" No. 16

Batallón de Cazadores "Cuba" No. 17 (3 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Habana" No. 18 (3 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Puerto Rico" No. 19

Batallón de Cazadores "Manila" No. 20 (3 companies only)

Batallón de Cazadores "Valladolid" No. 21 (Transferred from Puerto Rico)

Batallón de Cazadores "Colón" No. 23 (Transferred from Puerto Rico)

Batallón de Cazadores "Regional de Canarias" No. 1 (1 company only)

Other Infantry Units:

Batallón Provisional "Baleares"

Batallón Provisional "Canarias" No. 2

Batallón del Principado de Asturias (Transferred to Puerto Rico)

Batallón Voluntarios de Madrid

Voluntarios de Buenos Aires (Foreign volunteers from Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, about 2,017 men in total)

Batallón Provisional de Puerto Rico No. 1 (Transferred from Puerto Rico)

Batallón Provisional de Puerto Rico No. 2 (Transferred from Puerto Rico)

Batallón Provisional de Puerto Rico No. 5 (Transferred from Puerto Rico)

Regimiento "Regional de Baleares" No. 1 (2 companies only)

Infantería de Marina (4 Battalions)

 Cavalry:

Each Peninsular cavalry regiment contributed one squadron to the expeditionary forces.  When these squadrons arrived in Cuba they were organized into seven new regiments of four squadrons each.  The parent regiment of each squadron is listed with their Cuban service regiment. A new cavalry regiment "Cazadores "Alfonso XIII" No. 32 was raised in December, 1896 for Cuban service.

Regimiento de Caballería "Rey"

Lanceros "Rey" No. 1, Cazadores "Sesma" No. 22,

Cazadores " Arlabán" No. 24, Dragones "Santiago" No. 9

Regimiento de Caballería "Reina"

Lanceros "Reina" No. 2, Cazadores "Maria Cristina" No. 27,

Cazadores "Alcántara" No. 14, Cazadores "Castillerjos" No. 18

Regimiento de Caballería "Principe"

Lanceros "Principe" No. 3, Cazadores "Tetuán" No. 17,

Cazadores "Alfonso XII" No. 21, Cazadores "Villarrobledo" No. 23

Regimiento de Caballería "Borbón"

Lanceros "Borbón" No. 4, Cazadores "Vitoria" No. 28,

Cazadores "Almansa" No. 13, Lanceros "Farnesio" No. 5

Regimiento de Caballería "Villaviciosa"

Lanceros "Villaviciosa " No. 6, Lanceros "España" No. 7,

Cazadores "Albuera" No. 16, Cazadores " Galicia " No. 25

Regimiento de Caballería "Sagunto"

Lanceros "Sagunto" No. 8, Lanceros "Treviño" No. 26,

Dragones "Montesa" No. 10, Húsares " Pavía" No. 20

Regimiento de Caballería "Numancia"

Dragones " Numancia " No. 11, Dragones "Lusitania" No. 12,

Cazadores "Talavera" No. 15, Húsares " Princesa" No. 19

Regimiento de Cazadores "Alfonso XIII" No. 32 (4 squadrons)

Guerrillas:

Tercio de Guerrillas No. 1

Tercio de Guerrillas No. 2

Tercio de Guerrillas No. 3

Tercio de Guerrillas No. 4

Tercio de Guerrillas No. 5

Tercio de Guerrillas No. 6

Tercio de Guerrillas No. 7

Tercio de Guerrillas No. 8

Tercio, Esuadras y Guerrillas de Guantánamo

Artillery:

Batallón de Artillería de Plaza No. 11

Batallón de Artillería de Plaza No. 7 (1 company only)

Batallón de Artillería de Plaza No. 8 (1 company only)

Regimiento de Artillería de Montaña No. 5

Regimiento de Artillería de Montaña No. 4

Brigada Mixta de Artillería (Four batteries: 2 mounted, 1 mountain and 1 campaign)

Engineers:

Regimiento de Zapadores Minadores No. 3, Batallón No. 1 (8 companies)

Regimiento de Zapadores Minadores No. 4, Batallón No. 1

Batallón de Telégrafos No. 4 (7 companies of optical signals and 1 of electronic signals)

Ferrocarriles (6 companies of Railway Troops)

Supply and Quartermaster Units:

Administración Militar (17 service companies and 2 Transport companies)

(A) Ministerio de la Guerra. Estados de las fuerzas y material sucesivamente

enviados con motivo de las actuales campanas a los distritos de ultramar en las fechas que se expresan. Madrid: Impr. del Deposito de la Guerra, 1897.  References to partial units serving in Cuba not generally found in other tables of organization are found in this document.