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

as long as possible to avoid giving too early information to the enemy. These troops have been organized in such a manner as to come within the provisions of the act of Congress of March 6, 1861, "For public defense," except the brigadier-generals, who could not preserve their commissions under the authorities of the Confederate States.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,

X. B. DEBRAY, Aide-de-camp and Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Inclosure.]

SPECIAL ORDERS,} HDQRS. TEX. STATE TROOPS, A. G. O., Numbers 18. } Austin, Tex., July 25, 1861.

The governor of the State, taking into consideration the gloomy aspect of affairs in Missouri, the dangers threatening the State of Arkansas and the friendly Indian nations in the territory, being firmly convinced that the integrity of our own territory depends upon the success of Southern arms in Missouri, and apprehending that this success cannot be secured without the assistance of Texas, and in the absence of any legislative enactments making provisions for or even anticipating the actual emergencies, has taken upon himself the responsibility of calling into the active service of the State an adequate force to place Texas in a proper military attitude on her northern frontier: Therefore- I. The regiment already raised by Colonel W. C. Young, in the seventh and eighth military districts of the State, and stationed in the Indian Territory, is accepted into the service of the state. The sixth military district, composed of the counties of Kaufman, Van Zandt, Wood, Upshur, Harrison, Henderson, Smith, Rusk, and Panola, shall furnish one regiment of mounted troops, to be organized under the superintendence of Colonel M. F. Locke, of Upshur, aide-de-camp to the governor. The seventh military district, composed of the counties of Lamar, Red River, Bowie, Hopkins, Titus, Cass, and Marion, shall furnish five companies of mounted troops, under the superintendence of Colonel W. C. Batte, of Titus, aide-de-camp to the governor. The eighth military district, composed of the counties of Fannin, Hunt, Grayson, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Tarrant, and Cooke, shall furnish five companies of mounted troops, to be organized under the supervision of Colonel W. C. Young, aide-de-camp to the governor. The ninth military district, composed of the counties of Ellis, Hill, Navarro, McLennan, Limestone, Freestone, Bell, Falls, Johnson, and Williamson, shall furnish one regiment of mounted troops, to be organized under the supervision of Colonel W. H. Parsons, aide-de-camp to the governor.

II. The whole force thus organized shall constitute a division, to be known as the First Texas Division.

III. The division shall be divided into two brigades. The First Brigade, composed of the First Regiment (Colonel Young's) and the Second Regiment, raised in the seventh and eighth military districts; the Second Brigade, composed of the Third Regiment, raised in the sixth military district, and the Fourth Regiment, raised in the ninth military district. The command of the division shall be intrusted by the governor to one of the brigadier-generals, elected as follows:*

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XIV. The troops of the division shall be governed in all points by the Regulations of the Army of the Confederate States, and by such orders

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*Details of organization omitted.

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