EL PODER CENTRAL Y LA CONQUISTA DE LA GUARDIA NACIONAL. EL EJÉRCITO DE LÍNEA Y LAS FUERZAS PROVINCIALES EN ARGENTINA, 1880-1896.

This article analyzes the disputes surrounding the coexistence between the provincial militias and the Army of the Line since the 1880s. The organization of the armed forces, the role of the National Guard and its relationship with the national State after the end of the war between the National Guard of Buenos Aires and the National Army in 1880 is explored. Attempts to achieve the effective concentration of military power in the hands of the State are analyzed and this is linked to the need to impose more precise control over the militias by the national authority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]