SEC. 3. Be it further ordained and decreed, &c., That the Governor is required, and it is hereby made· his duty, forthwith to issue a special commission to Thomas Barnett, Robert H. Williams and James Collingsworth, with intsruc- tions corresponding to and in accordance with this Ordinance and Decree, accompanied with a special writ of assistance, requiring and communding in the name of the people free and sovereign, all officers whether civil, military or naval, and all good citizens of Texas to be aiding and assisting the said Commissioners in the execution of their commission. Passed at San Felipe de Austin, Dec. 17, 1835. JAMES W. ROBINSON, Lieut. Gov. and ex-officio Pres't of G. C. E. M. PF..tSE, Sec'y of Gen. Council. Approved, December 17, 1835. HENRY SMITH, Governor. An Ordinance and Decree augment£11g the Regular Army by creating a Legion of Cavalry. Be it ordained and decreed, and it is hereby ordained a11d decreed by the General Council of the Provisional Governme11t of Texas, That there shall be, and there is hereby created a Legion of Cavalry, to be a part and under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Regular Army of Texas, dur- ing the present war; said Legion of Cavalry to be composed and organized as follows, to wit; a Legion of Cavalry shall consist of one Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, one Major, one Adjutant, one Quarter-Master, one Pay-Master, each be- ing a Lieutenant, one Surgeon and two Surgeon's Mates, six Captains, six Firi;t and six Second Lieutenants, six Coronets, two Sergeant-Majors, two Quarter-Master-Sergeants, two Chief Musicians - first and second, and twelve other Musicians, twenty-four Sergeants, twenty-four Corporals and two hun- dred and eighty-six Privates, including five Saddlers, five Blacksmiths and five Boot Makers which, together, shall form two squadrons, each squadron of three companies.
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