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REBEL~ION RECORD, 1860-61.
126 REBELLION RECORD, 1860-61.
SAN ANTONIO, February 17, 1861.
To Brevet Major-Gen. D. E. Twiggs, Commanding
the Department of Texas:
SIR: In reply to your communication of this
date, we have to say, that we accept the terms
therein set forth, with the conditions stated in
our note of the fourteenth instant, namely, that
the troops shall leave Texas by way of the coast,
and upon arriving at the point or points of embarkation,
will deliver up to the authorized agents
appointed for that purpose, all means of transportation
of every kind used by them, as likewise
the artillery, if any be taken.
Respectfully, etc., etc.,
THOMAS J. DEVINE,
S. A. MAVERICK,
P. N. LUCKETT,
Commissioners on behalf of the Committee
of Public Safety.
HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, (
SAN ANTONIO, February 18, 1861.
To _Messrs. Thomas J. Devine, S. A. M averick,
P. V Luck-ett, Commissioners on behalf of the
Convention of the People of Texas:
GENTLEMEN: Your communication of the seventeenth
instant, which you say is a reply to mine,
written
yesterday, the seventeenth instant, was
received last night. I consent to the conditions
that the troops shall leave Texas by way of the
coast, with the provision expressed in my communication
of yesterday.
As to the condition of surrendering the guns
of the light batteries, that, you must see, would
be an act which would cast a lasting disgrace
upon the arms of the United States; and under
no circumstances can I believe that the State of
Texas would demand such a sacrifice at my
hands, and more particularly so when I have
yielded so much to meet what I deem to be due
to the State, and to avoid any unnecessary collision
between the Federal and State troops. In
this view of the case, I am sure you will not insist
on a demand which, you must see, I am not
at liberty to grant.
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
D. E. TWIGGS,
Brevet Major-General, United States Army, Commanding
the Department.
SAN ANTONIO, February 18, 1S62.
To Brevet Major-Gen. D. E. Twiggs, United
States Army, Commanding Department of
Texas.
SIR: In reply to your communication of this
date, we have to say that we accept the terms
therein stated, namely, that the two batteries of
light artillery, with the arms for the infantry and
cavalry, shall be retained by the troops under
your command, all other property as set forth in
our previous communication, to be delivered up
to agents authorized to receive it.
We remain, respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
THOMAS J. DEVINE,
P. N. LUCKETT,
S. A. MAVERICK,
Commissioners on behalf of the Committee
of Public Safety.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS,
SAN ANTONIO, February 1S, 1S61.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 5.
The State of Texas, having demanded, through
its Commissioners, the delivery of the military
posts and public property, within the limits of
this command; and the Commanding General
desiring to avoid even the possibility of a collision
between the Federal and State troops; the
posts will be evacuated by their garrisons, and
these will take up, as soon as the necessary preparations
can be made, the line of march out of
Texas by way of the coast, marching out with
their arms, (the light batteries with their guns,)
clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, quartermaster's
stores, subsistence, medical hospital
stores, and such means of transportation of every
kind, as may be necessary for an efficient and
orderly movement of the troops, prepared for
attack or defence against aggression from any
source. The troops will carry with them provisions
as far as the coast. By order of
Brevet Major-Gen. TWIGGS.
U. A. NICHOLS,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SAN ANTONIO, February 18, 1861.
The undersigned Commissioners, on the part
of the State of Texas, fully empowered to exercise
the authority undertaken by them, have
formally and solemnly agreed with Brevet MajorGen.
David E. Twiggs, United States Army, commanding
the Department of Texas, that the troops
of the United States shall leave the soil of the
State by the way of the coast; that they shall
take with them the arms of the respective corps,
including the battery of light artillery at Fort
Duncan, and the battery of the same character at
Fort Brown; and shall be allowed the necessary
means for regular and comfortable movement, provisions,
tents, etc., etc., and transportation.
It is the desire of the Commission, that there
shall be no infraction of this agreement on the
part of the people of this State. It is their wish,
on the contrary, that every facility shall be afforded
the troops. They are our friends. They have
heretofore afforded to our people all the protection
in their power, and we owe them every consideration.
The public property at the various posts, other
than that above recited for the use of the troops,
will be turned over to agents, to be appointed by
the Commission, who will give due and proper
receipts for the whole to the officers of the army
whom they relieve from the custody of the public
property. THOMAS J. DEVINE,
P. N. LUCKETT,
S. A. MAVERICK,
Commissioners on behalf of the Com. of Public Safety.
SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR CO., February 8, 1861.
Col. Ben.Me cCulloch:
SIR: The undersigned, by virtue of the powers
vested in them by the Committee of Public Safety,
do hereby authorize and direct you, in the
name and by the authority of the State of Texas,
to call out and collect such numbers of the voluu
