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No. 180 LETTER FROM H. R. RUNNELS TO J. WILLIAMS Executive Office Austin May 20th 1858
To John Williams Esqr Sir
You are hereby authorized to enroll a com- pany of twenty mounted men in the counties of San Saba and Llano, to serve for sixty days or until such time as may be here- after advised, for the protection of the settlements against the Indians, each man will furnish himself with a good Rifle or double barrel shot-gun, with one or more Pistols with a sufficient quantity of ammunition a good horse saddle and bridle. You will yourself hold the rank of Lieutenant and take com- mand of the company, you will cause an Election to be held by the men when enrolled for one Sergeant and one Corporal, and make out duplicate muster rolls, one of which you will forward to this office as early as convenient, and keep the other yourself, particularly noting the term of actual service of the company, and of each of its members, and return the same to this office whenever the services of the company shall be discontinued; The officers and men will look to the Legislature for compensa- tion, which if allowed will be at the same rate, for their services as is now allowed to other companies engaged in the service of the state, at the option of the Legislature. They will furnish themselves with subsistence etc. etc. for which they will at the option of the Legislature be entitled to the same pay as aJlowed to volunteers who have been.called into the service, they will also be entitled to pay for all ammunition necessarily used 'in the service, on the certificate of the Lieu- tenant.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the great seal of the state to be affixed, at the City of Austin this the twentieth day of May 1858. and in the year of the Independence of Texas, the twenty third
By the Governor CEndorsed] May 20th/58 Order to John Williams to raise company 20 rangers in the counties of San Saba and Llano.
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