Grande for the purpose of ascertaining the movement::; of the enemy communicating fully and frequently all the information you may collect lo the commandant of the army Thi~ will be a responsible ardious and important duty and l know of no one to who:se hands ii may be commilled with more confidence than youn;elf and the welfare of Texas for which you have already :mffered so much greatly depends upon the vigilence with which your du lies are discharged in this mailer.
Thomms J Rusk Brig Gen I Com l
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[RUSK to STRICKLAND]
Head Quarters Vicloria 30th May 1836 Captain Strickland, with his command will remain here until tomorrow, he will send some mules lo Linus landing for provisions & in the meantime he will scour about the road & this place and arrest any horse steilers they may find, Thos J. Rusk, Brig, Genl Comt, [3218) [TOLA to FILISOLA] Having arrived al San Patricio on the 17th inst, I there met general Joseph Urrea, who, knowing that I was proceeding onward in order lo place myself under the orders of your Excellency, ordered me lo return lo this city with the subaltern who was accompanying me, for the reason (as his worship told me) that the army was retiring to l\fonterey, and that my services could be of more utility al Brazo do Santiago, of which I inform your Excellency, as I conceive it my duty so to do, adding thereto, that as there is al present in this place an engineer commander of the station, lieutenant colonel Don Francisco Vecclli, I cannot, without breaking our by-laws, which regulate his duties, act in any affair of our science. In consequence, your Excellency will please determine if I should remain here or march to the line which he occupies, in order lo commence my journey eilhcr by land or :sea, as soon as I can have the means.-] am glad of lhis occasion which
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