PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
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Brown, which leaves him without the means of paying for the beef which my command is obliged to have. He is at present purchasing this article on a short credit with the expectation of receiving addi- tional funds from your Department to meet the debt, and also to pro- vide future supplies. The necessity, therefore, of calling upon you for two hundred dollars more, out of the subsistence fund is obvious; and if you can cause this amount to be conveyed to me, without the neces- sity of my sending to Comargo for it, you will greatly oblige me. Yours respectfully. MIRABEAU B. LAMAR. No. 2237. LAMAR TO GEORGE ARCHIBALD McCALL -" Loredo [16 ?] Novemr. 1846 :Majr. ---.J.\foCALL, Assis't Adg't Genl. Srn Yours of the -- inst has been received, and in compliance ·with the wishes of Genl. Patterson, I shall not fail to extend all the facili- ties in my power to Lieut --- which he may require for the removal of his troops from this place to Comargo. I beg leave, however, to ·express my regret that he has been called from a duty which I regard as of some importance, and which I believe he can perform with more efficiency than I shall be able to do- I mean the guarding of the Steamer, Major Brown, and the preservation of its contents, whatever they may be. This is a service which can be more readily executed by infantry than by mounted Rangers; and had better be confided to Regulars than to Volunteers. A few troops only, would be necessaJ"y to the task; and I would respectfully suggest the propriety of allow- ing a small portion of Lieut. ---'s command to remain with the boat, or others to be detailed in their place. Such a force, however small, would be further useful as a stationary guard to the town, when I might find it necessary to employ my troops on the Western side of the Rio Grande, or to send them out on scouting ·and other purposes. This suggestion is offered, from no desire to abridge the duties of my own command; but from a belief that the public interest will be sub- served by the cour:>e recommended. Yours very respectfully, :MIRABEAU B. LAMAR Capt. Loredo Guards No. f238. MARIA ANTONIA TREVINA TO LAMAR [Translation from the Spanish] Dona }Iaria Antonia Trevino requests the honor of your presence at the funeral and interment of her husband D. Fernando de Vidaurre, deceased; which will be held at 5 this afternoon; the double stroke of the bell serving as announcement; a11d for which [courtesy] she will be grateful.- Laredo November 17, 1846. To the Hon. Comr. Mirabeau B. Lamar.-
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