CHAP. XI.] SURRENDER AT SAN AUGUSTINE SPRINGS, N. MEX.
Numbers 6. Recapitulation of troops surrendered at San Augustine Springs, N. Mex., July 27, 1861.
Released on parole: 1 major, 2 assistant surgeons, 2 captains, 5 first lieutenants, 1 second lieutenant: total commissioned, 11. 1 sergeant-major, 1 quartermaster-sergeant, 1 principal musician, 23 sergeants, 22 corporals, 7 musicians, 344 privates: total enlisted, 399. Aggregate, 410.
In confinement as prisoners of war: 1 sergeant, 15 privates: total, 16.
Deserted to the enemy: 1 hospital steward, 1 sergeant, 24 privates: total, 26.
Available for service, not paroled: 2 sergeants, 3 corporals, 35 privates: total, 40.
J. H. POTTER, Captain, Seventh Infantry, Commanding.
Numbers 7. U. S. Secretary of War to the House of Representatives.
WAR DEPARTMENT, December 12, 1861.
HonorableG. A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives:
SIR: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th instant, asking what measures have been, or ought to be, taken to expose and punish such of the officers now on parole as were guilty of treason or cowardice in surrendering Fort Fillmore, in New Mexico, to an inferior force of Texas troops, I have the honor to inclose a report of the Adjutant-General, which, together with a copy of General Orders, Numbers 102, herewith, furnishes all the information in the possession of the Department.
SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War.
[Inclosure.]
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, December 11, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the reference to this office of a resolution from the honorable the House of Representatives, dated December 4, 1861, asking what measures have been taken, or ought to be taken, "to expose and punish such of the officers now on parole as were guilty of treason or cowardice," &c.
In compliance with your instructions, I have the honor to report that Major Lynde was, by direction of the President of the United States, dropped from the rolls of the Army, November 25, 1861, for the offense alluded to in the resolution. It is believed that no other officer of the command was in any way involved in the suspicion of complicity in the offense, and the commanding officer, Major Lynder, was the only person on whom the responsibility could rest.
