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41-548: This military force was made up of the Chilean Army and the army of the dissident governments formed in Peru, first that of Antonio Gutiérrez de la Fuente in 1837 and then that of Agustín Gamarra between 1838 and 1839. Its first commander was Manuel Blanco Encalada in the failed expedition of 1837. During the second expedition of 1838-1839, Manuel Bulnes Prieto was appointed as its general in chief. Among its members were

82-662: A special operations brigade and an air brigade. In recent years, and after several major re-equipment programs, the Chilean Army has become the most technologically advanced and professional army in Latin America . The Chilean Army is mostly supplied with equipment from Germany , the Netherlands , Switzerland , Sweden , the United States , Israel , France , and Spain . The National Army of Chile

123-654: A bugle major who is placed either in front of the bugle section or if in a massed corps of drums behind the buglers. Patricio Lynch Patricio Javier de los Dolores Lynch y Solo de Zaldívar ( Valparaíso 18 December 1825 – 13 May 1886) was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a rear admiral in the Chilean Navy , and one of the principal figures of the later stages of the War of the Pacific . He has been nicknamed

164-459: A division under General Baquedano . His services at the battle of Chorrillos led to his appointment as Supreme Military and Political Commandant of Peru in 1881. During the time he was Commander of the Army of Occupation, his action in deporting the acting Peruvian president Francisco García Calderón to Chile, excited considerable comment by many Peruvian aristocrats, and the active opposition of

205-673: A former Colonel in the Army of the Andes , had settled in Chile from Argentina and was a grandson of Patrick Lynch , an emigrant from Galway to Buenos Aires in the 1740s. His connection to Patrick Lynch makes him a distant relative of Che Guevara . Entering the navy in 1837, at the age of 12, he took part in the Battle of Socabaya (1838), during the War of the Confederation that led to

246-407: A lieutenant. Seven years later he received the command of a frigate, but was later relieved of his command for refusing to allow arrested political suspects on board. The Chincha Islands War saw him again employed, and he was successively maritime Prefect of Valparaiso, colonel of National Guards, and finally captain and minister of marine in 1872. At the beginning of the War of the Pacific , Lynch

287-618: A new government in Peru. After the war, the military campaigns were paid by Peru to the government of Chile . The defeat of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation occurred in the town of Villa de Yungay , in the Department of Huaylas on January 20, 1839. In commemoration of this victory, the Department of Huaylas took the name of the Department of Ancash , as it is known today. Later the term was used again during

328-503: A number of new systems with the goal of having a completely modernized and largely mechanized army by 2015. The military also modified its operational structure, creating armoured brigades throughout the entire territory and a new special operations brigade, while preserving the existing divisional scheme. In 2013, there were 3,900 officers, 17,300 NCOs, 3,600 professional soldiers, and 9,200 conscript soldiers. In military schools, 2,400 students. Civilian employees, 8,400. The Chilean Army

369-578: A playing of Preussischer Präsentiermarsch (first played in 2018) and Los viejos estandartes by a mounted band playing in the German tradition. Pickelhaubes have long been worn by the Military School, and later by the 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 1st Artillery Regiment. The stahlhelm is worn only by the NCO School. This is also the case for parades held on 18 September, Independence Day, in

410-509: A small army of long-term service officers and soldiers. In 1900 Chile became the first country in Latin America to enforce a system of compulsory military service, whereby training, initially five to eighteen months (Germany: three years), took place in zones of divisional organization in order to create a solid military structure that could be easily doubled with well-trained and combat-ready reserve forces. Budgetary restrictions prevented

451-883: Is famous for its elaborate drill, exhibited in large scale during the Día de las Glorias Navales on 21 May and the Parada Militar de Chile ( Great Military Parade of Chile ) on 19 September. The early armed forces adopted many Prussian military traditions, and it was during this period that the Chilean military had many of its most famous victories. As a result, the drill features many 19th and early 20th century Prussian and German patterns. Participating soldiers wear German-style stahlhelm , and pickelhaube spiked helmets, and march in unaltered goose step . Marching music consists of Central European marches, alongside several local compositions. Each Parada Militar on 19 September ends with

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492-519: The haciendas , and was able to convince them to join the army as an auxiliary force, his success in convincing the Chinese to join up was made possible by the Chinese language he had learned in the Opium War. In the final campaign that led to the capture of Lima, he participated in the battles of Chorrillos and Miraflores (January 1881), in which he led first a brigade (as colonel) and afterwards

533-567: The " Lynch Expedition ". "Many Chinese saw the Chilean liberation as an opportunity to avenge years of abuse from the plantation owners; in Pacasmayo 600 to 800 Chinese forced labourers looted the sugar estates and this scene was repeated in the Chicama, Lambayeque and Cañete Valleys. The Chinese also fought alongside the Chileans in the battles of San Juan-Chorrillis and Miraflores, and there

574-490: The "Last Viceroy of Peru", and the Chinese slave-labourers he liberated from the Peruvian haciendas called him the "Red Prince" ( Chinese : 红公子 ; pinyin : Hóng gōngzǐ ; Spanish : El Príncipe Rojo ) because of his red hair. Lynch was born in the port of Valparaíso , Chile , the son of Estanislao Lynch y Roo, a wealthy Argentine merchant resident in Chile and of Carmen Solo de Zaldívar y Rivera. His father,

615-665: The Armed Forces. Paul W. Drake and Ivan Jaksic state in The Struggle for Democracy in Chile : The Army, with now Captain General Augusto Pinochet, leader of the coup, as commander-in-chief of both the Army and the Armed Forces, led the national mobilization effort in 1978 as the Beagle conflict began to hit the country. The Army was on full alert status during the duration of the crisis. Patricio Aylwin

656-648: The Army NCO School and the Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy. Military bands in Chile have a Corps of Drums and the Turkish crescent percussion instrument, similarly to German military bands. Departing from the German tradition is the presence of an added Bugle section behind the Corps of Drums, a tradition inherited from France and in the buglers of Imperial Germany, with the band's conductor being assisted by

697-572: The Chilean Army refined existing strategic concepts and eventually formulated a plan to restructure its forces. Though wars were avoided, the threats from the 1970s and 1980s encouraged the army to address more effectively its major defense disadvantage: lack of strategic depth . Thus, in the early 1980s it looked outward for a model of army organization that would best advance defensive capabilities by restructuring forces into smaller, more mobile units instead of traditional divisions. The resulting Plan Alcázar envisions three military zones in Chile, with

738-769: The Chilean legation in Berlin was instructed to find a training mission during the War of the Pacific in 1881. But large-scale emulation of the Prussian Army began in 1886 with the appointment of Captain Emil Körner , a graduate of the renowned Kriegsakademie in Berlin. Also appointed were 36 Prussian officers to train officer cadets in the Chilean Military Academy. The training occurred in three phases;

779-922: The Military Academy. It reports to the Chief of the Bands Service. In 2000, it appeared in Rome on the occasion of the Military Music Jubilee. In 2004 and 2012, it participated in the Quebec City International Festival of Military Bands in Canada. It has also visited Germany, Scotland, Uruguay, France and the United States. The Chilean Army has two mounted bands : Other bands include the band of

820-679: The North Peruvian military and politicians Juan Crisóstomo Torrico and Ramón Castilla , among others, who were exiled in Chile. There were also General Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco , Andrés Martínez and the politician Felipe Pardo y Aliaga , who negotiated the deal with Chile to intervene in favor of the North-Peruvian State, joining forces in order to break the Confederation. Likewise, former North Peruvian president Agustín Gamarra and his followers were also refugees, who finally formed an alliance with Chile in 1838 to establish

861-471: The Peruvian revolutions where one of the parties called restoration to the cause they defended, such was the case of the revolution led by General Mariano Ignacio Prado in 1865. Chilean Army The Chilean Army ( Spanish : Ejército de Chile ) is the land arm of the Chilean Armed Forces . This 80,000-person army (9,200 of which are conscripts ) is organized into six divisions,

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902-651: The Santiago Garrison), which is involved every 19 September with the Great Military Parade of Chile . When it was formed it had up to 550 musicians; since 1980 it has been reduced to about 295 musicians, with an attached corps of drums . The main military band in the army is the Concert Band of the Chilean Army. It was founded in 1963, and is the most senior army band, but is more of a concert band , some of its musicians being seconded to

943-610: The US government that almost led to a military conflict with that country. He returned to his own country in 1883 after the Treaty of Ancón was signed. Promoted to rear-admiral, in 1884 he was designated as Chilean minister plenipotentiary (ambassador) to Madrid . His mission was to negotiate a definitive peace treaty with Spain to end the Chincha Islands War . Taking sick, he asked for leave to return to Chile. He died at sea on

984-570: The advantages of new methods of combat and new armaments." The best alumni were candidates for general staff service. By the mid-1890s Körner organized the courses for a Noncommissioned Officers' School ( Escuela de Suboficiales y Clases ). During the 1891 Chilean Civil War Körner was removed from duty by José Manuel Balmaceda . He and his followers set sail north to join the Congressional forces in Iquique . He became chief architect of

1025-642: The army was equipped with a variety of rifles, mostly French and Belgian origin. From 1892 to 1902, the Chilean-Argentine Arms Race, marked the peak of Chilean arms purchase. 100,000 Mauser rifles and new Krupp artillery was bought for 3 million German marks (ℳ︁) in 1893, 2 million marks in 1895 and 15 million marks in 1898. Ammunition factories and small arms manufacturing plants were established. Conscription : Like other armies in South America, Chile had had

1066-565: The army's might. The Chilean Conscription Law of 1900 marked the beginning of the end of the Guardia Nacional. During the War of the Pacific, many high-ranking officers won valuable insights into the state of the army and became aware that the army required rebuilding. Losses, material destruction, and organizational flaws regarding strategic planning and officer training, were noted by officers like Emilio Sotomayor and Patricio Lynch , who approached President Santa María arguing

1107-870: The bulk of forces concentrated in the north, and reinforces the center and south. The plan was implemented in stages, starting in 1994. Thus Alcázar, based on threat scenarios of the past, is one of the most durable "lessons" of the past. Even with the resolution of almost all remaining territorial disputes, the restructuring agenda continued, reinforcing a conflict-based mindset in the army. Army General Headquarters , in Santiago . Land Operations Command , headquartered in Concepcion . Training and Doctrine Command ( Comando de Institutos y Doctrina ) Force's Support Command ( Comando de Apoyo de la Fuerza ) Army Independent Commands Army General Staff ( Estado Mayor General del Ejército ) The Chilean Army acquired

1148-414: The essence of Moltke 's German military system of continuous study of artillery, infantry, cartography, history, topography, logistics, tactics, etc., for a modern, professional and technically trained officer corps. In 1886, the "Academia de Guerra" (War Academy) was founded "to elevate the level of technical and scientific instruction of army officers, in order that they be able, in case of war, to utilize

1189-620: The fall of Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz . Next, he sought a wider field, and saw active service in the First Opium War on board the British frigate HMS Calliope and the third rate ship of the line HMS Blenheim . He was mentioned in despatches for bravery, and received the grade of midshipman in the Royal Navy . He would stay after the Opium War for five years and learnt to speak fluent Chinese, which became useful for his future adventure. Returning to Chile in 1847, he became

1230-567: The first took place from 1885 to 1891 during the presidency of Domingo Santa María, the second was the post-civil-war phase, and the third was the 1906 reorganization. The emulation was focused in armaments, conscription, officer recruitment and instruction, and general staff organization as well as military doctrine (adopted 1906). It was extended also into military logistics and medical services, promotions, retirement, salary regulation and even uniforms (adopted 1904), marching styles, helmets, parades, and military music. Armaments : Prior to 1883,

1271-412: The full impact of the law: the service fell disproportionately on the lower classes, no more than 20% of the contingent was incorporated annually, and former conscripts were not retrained periodically. Officer education and training : The beginning of the German mission was dedicated almost exclusively to the organization and implementation of a standardized, technically oriented military education with

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1312-526: The local level, whenever Army units take part. Several Army units wear on parade historical dress uniforms from the time of 19th-century battles, but do not march in the German manner: The Army Band Service is the military band department of the army, operating through the Welfare Command. The massed bands of the capital are known as the Gran Banda de la Guarnición de Santiago (Grand Band of

1353-581: The militia was disbanded. During the decades preceding the 1973 coup, the Chilean Army became influenced by the United States' anti-communist ideology in the context of various cooperation programs including the US Army School of the Americas . On 11 September 1973, in a watershed event of the Cold War and the history of Chile, president Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup d'état by

1394-408: The need of good schools and technical departments for the military. Other factor that supported the emulation, the deliberate systematic imitation of the military technology, organisation, and doctrine of one country by another was the danger of war with Argentina. The emulation was backed by a broad coalition of civil and military leaders. Chile hired a French military training mission in 1858, and

1435-605: The new army and, though Estanislao del Canto formally was commander-in-chief, Körner led the rebel forces in the major clashes of the civil war. Chile had had a General Staff during the War of the Pacific. Körner turned his attention to a permanent institution in 1893-94 that should replace the old "Inspector General del Ejército", but with control over military affairs in peacetime and wartime. It had four sections: Instruction and Discipline, Military Schools, Scientific Works (strategic and operational planning), and Administration. The Guardia Republicana or Milicia Republicana

1476-434: Was José Miguel Carrera. After obtaining independence from Spain, the newly formed Republic reorganized its military structure by creating the Military Academy of Chile, which was founded by General O'Higgins in 1817. Diego Portales set up a civil militia, the Guardia Nacional, to end one of the worst stages of militarism in Chilean history. The militia was created in 2005. Portales developed this parallel army to compensate

1517-451: Was a Naval Commander . He asked for a position in the navy, but was refused due to the opposition of his fellow officers. He retaliated by asking for a position in the Army, but instead was named as Commander General of Transports, where he was able to show his great abilities as an organizer. In early September 1880, he led a raid against northern Peru to gather ransom payments from business and sugar plantation owners, that has become known as

1558-424: Was also rioting and looting by non-Chinese workers in the coastal cities. As Heraclio Bonilla has observed; oligarchs soon came to fear the popular clashes more than the Chileans, and this was an important reason why they sued for peace". [Source: "From chattel slaves to wage slaves: dynamics of labour bargaining in the Americas", by Mary Turner.] During the "Lynch Expedition", he recruited Chinese peons who worked in

1599-673: Was created after the fall of the Socialist Republic of Chile in order to prevent another coup d'etat . On May 7, 1933, 20,000 militiamen marched past President Arturo Alessandri in the streets of Santiago. In the Las Mercedes' plot in 1933, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Pedro Vignola, called "to resist the Milicia Republicana by any means"; he was forced to resign from his post. In 1936,

1640-501: Was created on December 2, 1810, by order of the First National Government Junta. The army was actively involved in the second Independence War, which was fought against royalist troops in battles such as Chacabuco and Maipú or others. During this period, national figures such as Bernardo O'Higgins commanded the army and José de San Martín was allied with O'Higgins. The Army's first commander-in-chief

1681-524: Was elected President of the Republic on December 14, 1989. Although Chile had officially become a democracy, the Chilean military continued to be very powerful during Aylwin's presidency, and the Chilean constitution had been amended by Pinochet's regime to ensure the continued influence of Pinochet and his commanders. As a result of tensions with neighbors during the conflict-prone 1970s and early 1980s,

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