The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 5, July 1901 - April, 1902 Page: 311
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Governor Smith and the Council.
311
On December 7th the council elected a colonel, lieutenant-colonel,
and major for the regiment of infantry, and a colonel and lieu-
tenant-colonel for the artillery, J. W. Fannin being elected colonel
of artillery.'
Governor Smith sent in a message on the 8th, urging the imme-
diate organization of the army, and, on the 11th, the council
elected officers for five companies of artillery.2
Houston would seem to have been satisfied to some extent with
this, for, on December 12th, he issued a proclamation to the people
of Texas in which he used the following language: "A regular
army has been created and liberal encouragement has been given by
the government."
The following measures of the council relative to the regular
army will serve to show that it did perhaps all in its power to
insure the success of that branch of the service:
1. December 12th. "A resolution authorizing the commander-
in-chief to accept the services of five thousand auxiliary volunteers,
and other purposes." The "other purposes" referred to a resolu-
tion instructing the commander-in-chief to remove his head-
quarters to Washington.
2. December 14th. "An ordinance and decree increasing the
bounty to soldiers of the regular army."
3. December 18th. "An ordinance and decree augmenting the
regular army by creating a legion of cavalry."
4. December 21st. An ordinance appropriating forty thousand
dollars for the army."
Meanwhile, the volunteer army was not neglected, as ordinances
for its relief, passed on November 19th, 24th, 27th, and 28th, and
December 1st and 5th, will abundantly testify. That army was
still occupying San Antonio de Bexar, and its leader, Colonel John-
son, in letters to the government, always signed himself "com-
mander-in-chief Federal Volunteer Army of Texas."
1Journal, 121-122. Fannin was thus, as an officer of the regular army,
subject to the orders of the commander-in-chief.
2Ibid., 125, 147-148.
SOrdinances and Decrees, 85-86, 87-88, 92-94, 96.
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