Instructions for the cavalry, troops, and militants who guarded California's established missions in 1773 are included in a list of seventeen directives. Instructions clarify that all soldiers must be accompanied while patrolling on mission grounds and when they must leave the premise for any reason. They must also accompany Franciscans if they leave the missions in groups of 5. Their duties include the maintenance and protection of all livestock, correspondence, and safeguarding day and night. Lastly, there is mention of knowing the differences in punishments for mission soldiers and mission dependents who engage in consensual intercourse or rape against Indigenous women. In the note section, it is mentioned that all of these directives were written for Fray Junipero Serra on May 6, 1773.