Alejandro O'Reilly en las Indias

Torres Ramírez, Bibiano, Alejandro O'Reilly en las Indias, Sevilla: Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos, 1969.(dos copias)

El Conde Alejandro O'Reilly (Dublín, 1722 – Bonete, Albacete, 23 de marzo de 1794), nacido Alexander O'Reilly, fue el segundo gobernador español de la Luisiana colonial, mariscal de campo y capitán general de Andalucía.

Alejandro O'Reilly (1722, Dublin, Ireland - March 23, 1794, Bonete, Spain [1]) (English: Alexander O'Reilly), was a military reformer and Inspector-General of Infantry for the Spanish Empire in the second half of the 18th century. O'Reilly served as the second Spanish governor of colonial Louisiana, being the first Spanish official to actually exercise power in the Louisiana territory after France ceded it to Spain. (...) In 1765, Carlos III sent Field Marshal Alejandro O'Reilly to Puerto Rico, to assess the state of the defenses of that colony. O'Reilly, known today as the "father of the Puerto Rican militia," took a very complete census of the island and recommended numerous reforms, including the instilling of strict military discipline in the local troops. He insisted that the men serving the defense of the realm receive their pay regularly and directly, rather than indirectly from their commanding officers, a long-standing practice that had led to abuses. [7] Some of O'Reilly's recommendations resulted in a massive 20-year program of building up the Castle of Old San Juan, now a World Heritage Site.