The third chapter is concerned with provisions for ill and incapacitated soldiers, what they could expect for what they characterized in their petitions as “blood spilled in battle”. It is divided into four sections that follow a historical background on the main events of the first years of the Republic. The first shows how the State looked after the infirm and how in the 1830s Juntas were set up the to examine the merits of the petitions. A second section investigates the procedures for retirement and the role played by the medical personnel who prepared the documents needed to support petitions. It offers examples of how the process became more institutionalized through the 1830s and 1840s. The third section is interested in the men who were severely wounded and how the State coped with their petitions. Some of these payments extended for longer and with time, more procedures were implemented to ensure those being paid were still deserving. The final section is concerned with the variations in the rewards provided to injured and infirm men. Despite there being clear regulations not all cases were treated in the same way.