sentences:  The military was already suffering from chronic low salaries and these reductions were further aggravated by the loss of purchasing power that the Chilean currency had experienced due to inflation and the general recession of the economy.The discontent was specially strong in the Chilean Navy, where a strict class system was in place, separating the officers from the enlisted men.On the night of 31 August-1 September 1931, while the fleet was in the port of Coquimbo, the sailors of the Chilean battleship mutinied, taking prisoner all the officers of the ship, who were kept confined in their cabins.