text:  The men there is no question were disposed to stand by the regent and some even held out against their officers till compelled to give in; but at last all followed in the stream led away partly by habits of obedience partly by the hopes held out to them of more regular pay and better rations and still more by the prospect of obtaining their discharge previous to the legal expiration of their term of service--the latter being the strongest argument that can be urged to Spanish soldiers