The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901 Page: 343

                                
The S'can Jacinto Campaign.                   343
General Houston ever ordered a halt on the battlefield, etc.: At
the time of the battle of San Jacinto R. M. Coleman, volunteer aid
to Houston, was friendly with him, but soon afterwards became
Houston's most inveterate enemy, as you know from the history of
1836, .and as he was with Houston at the time Moreland came up
and reported what was going on on the battlefield, it is not impos-
sible, but probable, that General Houston did, under the circum-
stances, order a halt and give Colonel Millard the orders before
mentioned. *     *  *
I will now close with a single remark, that if General Houston
did, on receiving Moreland's report of the plundering of the Mexi-
can camp, order a halt, to whom did he give that order ? There
was no one with him but his staff and two raids, together with Cap-
tain Moreland and Col. Henry Millard commanding the regulars,
and at time Moreland reported to Houston, there was not a cap-
tain's command in sight 'of him but mine that could be identified.
We were regular soldiers. Houston might have preferred regulars
for the duty required; hence, his 'order to detail that company in
sight for that express duty. *    *   *
I do [not] believe that General Houston ever ordered a halt of
the army, or even wished or expected to halt it, but that he articu-
lated the word "halt," surrounded by his staff and aids, I have no
doubt.