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missary & Quarter Master who will receive the rations of sub- sistence & forage from Mr. Swenson and receipt for thm. This Commissary & Quarter Master will then be charged with the re- sponsibility of issuing them to the persons designated by the cap- tains of each company. Great care must be used in issuing the rations so as not to exceed, in any case, what is allowed by the regulations. In all the details of service, and in issuing the subsistence & forage furnished by Mr. Swenson, the regulations of the United States service will prevail, this matter must be strictly attended to in order to avoid trouble in the settlement of accounts here- after. I especially injoin upon you that you present any irregulari- ties on the part of any member of your companies, and that each and all abstention from committing any trespasses upon the per- sons or property of citizens
EM PEASE
Orders to Captains Walker Henry & Travis 6 Nov 1854 Recorded
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No. 139 LETTER FROM E. M. PEASE TO CAPTAINS JILES S. BOGGESS AND WILLIAM FITZHUGH Executive Office Austin Texas 6 Nov 1854 To Captains Jiles S. Boggess and William Fitzhugh Gent You will repair with your companies, as early as con- venient, to the neighborhood of Fort Worth, and occupy a posi- tion there suited to the health and comfort of your men, and await further orders from this office, with the understanding, however, that if, in the mean time, reliable information shall reach you of any outrages being committed by the Indians, at points where there is a prospect of your being able to overtake and chastize them, you will do so without further orders from
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