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Colonial Guard of Spanish Guinea
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The '''Colonial Guard of Spanish Guinea''' (also known as '''Colonial Guard''' or '''African Colonial Guard''') was a body that assumed customs, military and law enforcement duties in [[Spanish Guinea]] from its establishment in 1908 until the independence of [[Equatorial Guinea]] in 1968.
== History ==
The Colonial Guard was founded as a result of the Budget Law of 1908, which provided for replacement of garrisons of the [[Spanish Marine Infantry|Marine Infantry]] and the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] and the [[Customs]] office by a single body that could assume all the functions of these three. The objective of the Colonial Guard was to protect the [[Spaniards]] settled in the colony.<ref></ref>
At its creation, the Colonial Guard was composed 430 European and indigenous men, which meant an increase of more than 12% in the workforce with respect to the sum of the three bodies it replaced. The composition of this first composition was set at 1 [[captain]], 3 [[first lieutenant]]s, 7 [[second lieutenant]]s, 14 [[sergeant]]s, 42 [[corporal]]s and 1 [[cornet]] (all of them Europeans living in the colony and from the Civil Guard), 1 senior musician, also of European origin, as well as 12 cornets, 6 1st guards, 320 2nd guards, 6 1st musicians, 12 2nd musicians and 6 music learners (all of them indigenous).
At the commencement of the [[Spanish Civil War]] the commander of the Colonial Guard, [[Luis Serrano Maranges]], revolted against the [[Second Spanish Republic]] and joined the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalist faction]].<ref name="p.439"> Martínez Bande, José Manuel (2011). ''Los años críticos: República, conspiración, revolución y alzamiento''. Encuentro, pág. 439</ref> His rebellion meant that all of Spanish Guinea would end up joining the Nationalist faction.<ref name="p.439" /> Nevertheless, part of the members loyal to the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republican faction]], fleeing with their families by boat to [[Barcelona]], were reintegrated into active duty with the same rank by the Republican government (according to the Government Bulletin of the Republic of 18 June 1937).
== References ==
[[Category:Civil Guard (Spain)]]
[[Category:Defunct gendarmeries]]
[[Category:Defunct law enforcement agencies of Spain]]
[[Category:Military history of Spain]]
[[Category:History of Equatorial Guinea]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in Spain]]
[[Category:1968 disestablishments in Spain]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1908]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1968]]
== History ==
The Colonial Guard was founded as a result of the Budget Law of 1908, which provided for replacement of garrisons of the [[Spanish Marine Infantry|Marine Infantry]] and the [[Civil Guard (Spain)|Civil Guard]] and the [[Customs]] office by a single body that could assume all the functions of these three. The objective of the Colonial Guard was to protect the [[Spaniards]] settled in the colony.<ref></ref>
At its creation, the Colonial Guard was composed 430 European and indigenous men, which meant an increase of more than 12% in the workforce with respect to the sum of the three bodies it replaced. The composition of this first composition was set at 1 [[captain]], 3 [[first lieutenant]]s, 7 [[second lieutenant]]s, 14 [[sergeant]]s, 42 [[corporal]]s and 1 [[cornet]] (all of them Europeans living in the colony and from the Civil Guard), 1 senior musician, also of European origin, as well as 12 cornets, 6 1st guards, 320 2nd guards, 6 1st musicians, 12 2nd musicians and 6 music learners (all of them indigenous).
At the commencement of the [[Spanish Civil War]] the commander of the Colonial Guard, [[Luis Serrano Maranges]], revolted against the [[Second Spanish Republic]] and joined the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Nationalist faction]].<ref name="p.439"> Martínez Bande, José Manuel (2011). ''Los años críticos: República, conspiración, revolución y alzamiento''. Encuentro, pág. 439</ref> His rebellion meant that all of Spanish Guinea would end up joining the Nationalist faction.<ref name="p.439" /> Nevertheless, part of the members loyal to the [[Republican faction (Spanish Civil War)|Republican faction]], fleeing with their families by boat to [[Barcelona]], were reintegrated into active duty with the same rank by the Republican government (according to the Government Bulletin of the Republic of 18 June 1937).
== References ==
[[Category:Civil Guard (Spain)]]
[[Category:Defunct gendarmeries]]
[[Category:Defunct law enforcement agencies of Spain]]
[[Category:Military history of Spain]]
[[Category:History of Equatorial Guinea]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in Spain]]
[[Category:1968 disestablishments in Spain]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1908]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1968]]
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