_That those coming from Mexico be soldiers, and not boys, or pages of the captains._ Ninth: His Majesty should order great caution to be employed as to who come from Nueba Espana, assigned and at his cost, that they be soldiers and bear arms: for those who generally come now are only young lads, mestizos, and even some full-blooded Indians, and these without weapons; and many others are pages and servants of the captains and other persons, who--they and their masters--under the name of soldiers draw the pay..