[Inclosure E.]

HEADQUARTERS C. S. ARMY,
San Antonio, Tex., April 28, 1861.

Colonel WAITE, U. S. Army, Present.

COLONEL: I understand that Lieutenant E. L. Hartz, Eighth Infantry, visited Captain Lee's company on yesterday and exhorted them to be true to their allegiance to the United States, &c. When I granted leave to visit the company I did not expect such a course would be pursued. I am compelled, therefore, to forbid any visiting, only tin company with an officer of the C. S. Army. When the men are to be visited Captain James Duff will accompany the officer, or some other officer will be detailed by him.

Your obedient servant,

S. MACLIN,

Major Infantry, C. S. Army, Commanding.

[Inclosure F.]

HEADQUARTERS C. S. TROOPS IN TEXAS,
San Antonio, Tex., May 2, 1861.

Lieutenant E. L. HARTZ.

SIR: Having determined to retain the troops of the Eighth Infantry as prisoners of war, you are at liberty to avail yourself of the privilege granted you in your parole of honor, as you can be no longer of any use to them. Certificates will be given you to the seizure of the public property you had in your charge.

Very respectfully, sir, I am, your obedient servant,

EARL VAN DORN,

Colonel, Commanding Confederate Forces.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

Washington, March 22, 1862.

Colonel C. A. WAITE,

First Infantry, Commanding, &c., Plattsburg, N. Y.

COLONEL: Ineffectual search having been made in this office for your letter dated Washington, May 25, 1861, respecting the officers seized by the rebel forces in Texas, terms of their parole, and inclosing papers showing the course pursued toward the captured and circumstances under which they were made prisoners, &c., I have to request you will please forward a copy (if you power to do so) as early as practicable.

I am, &c.,

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

PLATTSBURG, N. Y., March 28, 1862.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY, Washington, D. C.

SIR: In compliance with your letter of the 22nd instant I inclose herewith as correct a copy* as I can furnish of the communication I addressed to the Adjutant-General of the Army on the 25th of May last. The rough draft of that letter was prepared in great hast, on the

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* Omitted here. See Waite to Adjutant-General, May 25, 1861, with inclosures, pp. 43-48.

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