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TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
No. 970
[1838?, l\I. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON]. NOTES ON TROOPS AND A MILI'I'ARY ROAD. Regt. 840 men rank & file 15 company 56 men each---: One, Capt. ]st. & 2 Lt. Three years or sooner discharged $16 pr. month- $30 bounty money .at the time of inlest.
8 detatchmcnts- stationed as follows-
One detacht. of 56 men at or near Red River-
One Det. 168 men at or near forks Trinity
112 men at or near the Brazos-
112 men at or near Colorado
56 men at or near St. Marks rivr
_56 men at or near, Head waters Cibolo
• 56 men at or near Rio Frio
56 men at or near Nueces
Can increase the force if necessary at each post- Field Officers-One Colonel on [or] Lt. Col. one l\Iajor-Appointed by the Prest. & Senate- To be Divided into 2 Battalions- The Detachments west of the Colorado constitute First Battalion. East of sd. River Second Bat- talion 2 Commissioners of purchases appnted by the Prest. l\Iilitary Road from the mouth Kiamishua Red River to the Nueces- enter into [ ?] Bexar-Engineer to the appt. by Prest. [Endorsed] l\Iilitary Appointments & Organization of the Army &c-- No. 971 [1838?, MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, HOUSTON? TEXAS?]
Notes on "The Laws of Nations." A. Df. 2 p.
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