(15641 [HOUSTON to FANNIN]
Head Quarters Washington 20 Deer 1835
Sir
You will on receipt of this proceed without delay to Matagorda and there establish your Head Quarters for a recruiting Rendez\'ous you will rP.porl your arrival there to Head Quarters. Enclosed you have printed Instructions for officers on the Recruiting Service - you will furnish each officer with a copy of the same - also is a list of officers ordered to report themselves for duty to you - Blank Enlistments are also furnished lo you for the use of the recruiting service - of these you will furnish each officer a sufficient quantity for immediate use. If necessary you will have more printed at the nearest establishment. You will order the Officers on recruiting service to any points you deem best for the interests of the service and you will cause some subalterns the best qualified for that duty to direct the recruits & also the officers. You will instruct the officers at aU events they must return to your command by the first of March. The discipline & system of Instruction you are particularly to notice & much is expected from your known skill & capability.
By order of Sam Houston Commander in Chief of the Army Geo. W. Poe acting Adjutant Genl
To Col. J. W. Fannin Jr. Isl Regt Artillery
P. S. You will detail a competent subaltern to procure Rations Quarters &c for the recruits enlisted at the several Rendezvous within your district. [1565) [HOUSTON to MJLLARD] [Sam Houston, Washington, to Lt. Col. Henry Millard, 1st Infantry, December 20, 1835, ordering him to proceed to Nacogcloches and establish recruiting offices.]
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