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WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1860
The Executive looks anxiously to great activity and exertion from the troops under your command. Let it be your special care that he is not disappointed. Sam Houston; 1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, pp. 38, 39, Texas State Library. For Burleson, see Houston to Burleson, January 4, 1860, Volume VII, p. 398. To JOHNS. FORo 1 Executive Department, Austin, Texas, February 24, 1860. To Captain John S. Ford Sir: I desire to know of you, whether Major Heintzelman regards the troops now in service from Texas, as in the se1~vice of the Federal Government & whether you have been, or are yet acting under .and subject to his orders, as also the other company recently mustered into service. Likewise whether you have on any occasion acted under wri,tten orders from him, or are so at this time. If so, I desire that you furnish the Department with copies of said orders, and if you have had any correspondence with him to forward copies. I also desire that you address to him a note, asking him in what light he views you in relation to his command. And also I wish you to ask him directly by letter, whether or not, he con- ceives the services of the Texas troops any longer necessary on that frontier? You will at once perceive the object, as well as the propriety of these suggestions, and I desire that they be attended to forth- with and this Department apprised of the result. I will expect weekly communications by mail to be sent to this Department of the general state of the troops of the command. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Reco1·ds, 1859- 1861, p. 40, Texas State Library. For John S. Ford, see Houston to Ford, December 30, 1859, Volume VII, p. 391.
TO JOHN WILLIAMS 1 Executive Department, Austin, February 24, 1860.
Captain John Williams Dear Sir: Your favor of the 20th inst. giving account of recent depredations is this morning to hand. The Executive greatly commiserates your distressed condition and had the Legislature
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