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No. 140 LETTER FROM EM PEASE TO CAPTAIN PATRICK H. ROGERS Executive Office Austin Texas 14th Nov 1854
To Captain Patrick H Rogers Sir
You will repair with your company, forthwith, to the vicinity of Fredericksburg and occupy a position near the com- panies of Captains Walker, Henry & Travis, that is suited to the health and comfort of your men and await further orders from this office, with the understanding, however, that in the mean time if 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 this office, and if such a contingency arises, that you will immediately advise this office of all the facts in relation thereto and of your proceedings in the premises. The four companies of which yours is one will take rank as follows Captain Walker first, Captain Henry Second, Captain Travis third and your own fourth. The senior officer, present at the time, will direct all movements of the companies under the orders issued to you and the other captains. I have made arrangements with Mr S M Swenson to supply your company for the present and it will be done by him, as well as the short time allowed for preparation and his means will per- mit. When you arrive in the vicinity of the other companies you will report yourself to Captain Walker or to the senior officer in command and will be supplied by the Assistant Commissary & Quarter Master in the same manner as directed for the other three companies. Great care must be used in issueing rations so as not to exceed, in any case, what is allowed by the regulations. In all the details of service and issueing the subsistences and forage furnished 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 hereafter. I especially injoin upon you that you prevent any irregulari- ties on the part of any member of your company, and that each
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