For the support of the army (from henceforth placed under your command) you may make use of the funds which have arrived al Matamoros, as well as the pro,1sions lying there and al Victoria, and you may also dispose of the S20,000 brought from Bexar, and which should be in the army chest. I expect that Your Excellency will, without fail, comply \\1th these orders, and ad,1se me of your hm'ing commenced doing so. God and Liberty. Camp St. Jacinto, April 22d, 1836. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. To H. E. Don Vicente Filisola, General of Division.
Army of Operations.
No. 2.)
Excellent Sir,- Inasmuch as I have ordered your Excel- lency by official note of to-day, that you cause the troops to retmn lo Bexar and Guadaloupe, I charge you to instruct the Commandants of the several divisions, not to permit any damage done to the properly of the inhabitants of the country, hoping that these dispositions will be punctually complied with. God and Liberty, at San Jacinto, April 22, 1836. (Signed) An lonio Lopez de Sanla Anna No. 3.) Excellent Sir,- You will immediately order the Military Commandant at Goliad, to put all the prisoners made at Copano, at liberty and send them forthwith to San Felipe de Austin, and for which purpose your Excellency will dictate such Orders as may he conducive to the object. God and Liberty, Camp of San Jacinto, April 22, 1836. (Signed) Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. The competency of the Commander-in-Chief, especially when sustained by the presence of the Secretary of War, to make such a military Convention, with the Captive Chief of the enemy, will not he questioned. The propriety of his doing so, I am not disposed lo discuss. A large amount of properly, including some l 0 or 12,000 dollars in money, had been captured, and this booty was ordered by General Houston to be distributed among the captors. The legitimacy of such an order is more than question- able, hul there has been no disposition Lo contravene it. The exclusive enjoyment, by the captors, of the properly taken on the field of battle, was a gratuity which hut feebly expressed Lhe
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