War will not again reach our doors for if I he Enemy penetrate into the Country The People will he effectivelly mined. They are nearly broken up now, and we should profit hy experience. Had Three Thousand men been on this Frontier last Spring, the Enemy could not have penetrated Lhe Country, and it is a fair calculation that what has once happened will again happen - Under similar circumstances these preparations are the more important as the Enemy will again come in much larger numbers, than before having gained by experience, they will not again seperatc and give us such chances as they have before done. Men should by all means be drafted for at least Six months and none recd into service for a less period than three. Then there would not be this eternal discharging, and disbanding, which has a bad effect on the Army and the service - The present excitement in our favor, in the United States should not be lost sight of - Men should be encouraged to come on. If we should not need them as Soldiers we shall as Citizens, and there are cattle enough between here and the Rio Grande to feed Twenty Thousand men, for more than Twelve months. I should be pleased to hear from you immediately on this subject.
I am Sir Respectfully Yours (Signed) Thomas J. Rusk Brig. Genl Comg.
Dr Sir
_ Upon the above subject Genl. Felix Huston and myself fully and entirely concur and upon which I will write more fully by next despatch.
Very Respectfully Your obedient Servant Thos. J. Greene Brig. Genl. Comg.
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lSANTA ANNA to STRANGE]
Columbia, Texas, 25th July 1836
Mr. J. Strange, Sir:
In answer to your letter of yesterday, I have to stale that the portrait made by you of my person is correct, and I have not
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