. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . in Peru, but nowhere is he more obedient, (1) We have already shown at what period the science of medicine hegan to acquirea real importance in Pern. See pages 47-49. 168 LIMA. patient, and uncomplaining- under hardships. The Indian, taken fromhis habits of idleness and inertness, endures the hardest fatigues ofthe soldier ^vilh the most heroic resii,^nation. The Peruvian army,notwithstanding the la^vs on recruiting and conscription, and inspite of the pompous decrees which forbid force
. Lima; or, Sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral . in Peru, but nowhere is he more obedient, (1) We have already shown at what period the science of medicine hegan to acquirea real importance in Pern. See pages 47-49. 168 LIMA. patient, and uncomplaining- under hardships. The Indian, taken fromhis habits of idleness and inertness, endures the hardest fatigues ofthe soldier ^vilh the most heroic resii,^nation. The Peruvian army,notwithstanding the la^vs on recruiting and conscription, and inspite of the pompous decrees which forbid forced enrolments underthe most severe penalties, repairs its losses and completes its batta-lions by taking the men it requires wherever they may be this matter, as in many others, the constitutional guarantees arepurely chimerical, for they do not prevent recruits from beingtaken with the lasso like wild animals, marched from village tovillage under strong escort, and formed into corps to which thename of volunteers is given, apparently without the least sense ofthe inappropriateness of the Indian foot soldiers. The Indian thus recruited arrives at his regiment, is incorporatedin a company, where he is subjected to all the rigour of discipline LIMA. 169 and learns the exercise necessary to make him a worthy defenderof the f/ood cause and the national sovereujnty. An old Spanish proverb says: la letva con sangre entra (the lessonmust be beaten in with the rod, or literally, the letter enters withthe blood). The sergeants stick is charged with the practical appli-cation of this principle. A large number of Indians enter the ser-vice without knowing a word of Spanish; they however very soonacquire tolerable proficiency in the use of their arms. An examination of military corps, commanded by intelligent chiefswho understand their profession, will show that the soldier, inhis bearing, whether in the field or at drill, possesses the expe-rience and freedom of movements p
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