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No. 165 LETTER FROM E. M. PEASE TOT. C. FROST Executive Office Austin 7 Deer 1857
To Thomas C. Frost Sir
You are hereby authorized to enroll a com- pany of twenty mounted men, in the counties of Coryell and Comanche to serve for three months, for the protection of the settlements in said counties, against the incursions of hostile Indians. Each man will furnish himself with a good rifle or double barrell shot gun, and one or more pistois, with a sufficient quantity of ammunition, a good horse, saddle and bridle. When the Company shall have been enrolled, you will cause an election to be held for one Lieutenant to command the Company, and one Sergeant and one Corporal, and make out duplicate muster rolls, one of which you will deliver to the Lieutrnant and the other you will forward, as early as convenient to this Office. The Officers and men respectively, will be paid by the State, while in actual service, at the same rate, a~ mounted volunteers were paid by the Un·ited States during the Mexican War. They will furnish themselves with Subsistence and forage, and will be allowed therefor in accordance with the commuta- tion fixed by the rules of the United States service. ~en the company shall have been organized, you will de- liver to the Lieutenant, the accompanying letter of instructions, for his government, and also a copy of this letter to yourself. Each officer and private will also be allowed pay for all ammu- nition necessarily used in service, on the certificate of the Lieu- tenant. E. M. PEASE [Endorsed] Letter of Instructions to Thomas C. Frost (Recorded on page 730.)
No. 166 LETTER FROM G. R. PAUL TO J. WITHERS
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