BEYER, Captain 9 th Cavalry, Commanding Company C to the post adjutant, Ringgold Barracks, March 1, 1875

Captain Beyer to the post adjutant, Ringgold Barracks.

To the Post Adjutant, Ringgold Barracks, Texas:

Sir: I have the honor to report that during the month of February, 1875, Company C, Ninth Cavalry, performed the usual scouting and patrol duties assigned to it.

The following scouts were made during the month:

Captain Beyer, Ninth Cavalry, with two (2) sergeants, two (2) corporals, one (1) trumpeter, one (1) blacksmith, and seventeen (17) privates, left this camp on the morning of February 10, 1875, on a scout through the following counties or portions of same, Starr, Zapata, Duval, and Webb, returning to Roma, Texas, February 21, 1875; distance marched about three hundred miles.

Patrols were frequently sent out during the month, who patrolled the Rio Grande between here and Carizo.

No report of any cattle-stealing or of depredations committed have reached me.

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