CHAP. XI.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.

same road. As soon as satisfied that this movement is not a feint, I shall move (probably this evening or to-morrow) with four companies of infantry, four of cavalry (regulars), and five of volunteers, for the purpose of opposing the reported movement up the Pecos, governing myself in the direction to be taken by information received on the road from the parties now in that direction.

I have conclusive information that this movement was intended when the Texan troops left San Antonio, and that a co-operating movement up the Canadian was projected, but there is now reason to believe that the Texans failed to raise so large a force as was expected, and that the expedition may be suspended for a time. In this case I will establish a reserve camp at or near Las Lunas or Peralta, with sufficient force to act upon either of the lines by which an invasion may be attempted.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

ED. R. S. CANBY, Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Commanding Department.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Camp Connelly, N. Mex., January 7, 1862.

Colonel G. P. PAUL, Fort Union, N. Mex.:

SIR: The field battery, the regular cavalry (except two companies of the First), and the companies of the Fifth Infantry, have been moved up from Fort Craig. Four companies of volunteers have also been brought up for the purpose of keeping open the communication between this place and Fort Craig, and convoying any supply trains that it may be necessary to send to that point.

The regular force (500 men) will be established at some convenient point within supporting distance of any point that may be threatened. It will serve as the nucleus for the concentration of the regulars and volunteers to be drawn from points that are not immediately endangered, and will enable us to organize in a very short time a very considerable and effective force to repel any invasion that may be attempted.

The garrison at Fort Craig consists of seventeen companies, of which six are regulars and nine volunteers, having a reasonable degree of instruction and discipline; a sufficient force in my judgment to hold the post against any force that can be brought against it.

It is believed that the Confederates cannot invade the country with more than 2,000 men in one body. If the invasion be by the Pecos, Fort Craig can sustain itself until that invasion is disposed of. If the demonstration is against Fort Craig, all the available force in the department can at once be turned in that direction. It is not my purpose to employ the militia in the field, but to use them in replacing the regulars and volunteers that may be drawn form posts that are not immediately threatened.

In carrying out these arrangements, the available forces at Fort Union, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Camp Connelly will be held in constant readiness to move in any direction that may become necessary. Transportation for the movement of the troops and at least ten days' supplies will be held in reserve, and arrangements will be made for calling into the service any additional militia force that may be needed to replace the troops that may be withdrawn.

The governor of the Territory has been requested to hold the militia in readiness for any service that may be required of them, and will furnish any force that may be required by the commanders of forts or districts.