The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 13, July 1909 - April, 1910 Page: 103
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The Navy of the Republic of Texas.
The enclosed order read:
DEPARTMENT OF WAR AND MARINE,
Washington, 22nd January, 1843.
To Commander J. T. K. Lothrop,
Or officer in command of Navy,
Sir :-Immediately upon the reception of the order you will re-
port the condition of the vessels, the number of officers and seamen
under your command, to Wm. Bryan, Sam'l M. Williams and
James Morgan, who have been commissioned by the President to
carry into effect a secret act of Conaress with reaard to the Navy,
and you will act under and be subject to the order of said com-
missioners, or any two of them, until you receive further orders
from this department.
I have the honor to be,
Your obedient servant,
Signed G. W. HILL,
Secretary of War and Marine.
[Endorsed:]
Received February 27.
Moore was recognized by the commissioners as the officer in com-
mand of the navy, and therefore as the proper recipient of the
order they enclosed to him. But they had previously delivered
him an order bearing the same date-January 22--from Secretary
Hill directing him to leave the Texan vessels under command of
the senior officer present and report without delay to the Depart-
ment of War and Marine at Washington. Moore's explanation of
his conduct in the premises is that he followed a well known mili-
tary rule in obeying the order received last, there being no priority
of date.'
Everything that passed between Moore and the commissioners
was apparently harmonious; no serious misunderstanding seems to
have arisen; they seem to have had entire confidence in Moore and
to have acquiesced in his every suggestion; and there is no protest
on record from either Morgan or Bryan. According to the orders
Moore had received and obeyed, he was to be guided by what any
two of them agreed upon. There was no friction, and they agreed
on all matters. Then, was not everything done in a legal way?
And if any one was to blame, was it not the commissioners rather1Moore, To the People of Texas, 130-132.
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