Letter
Department of Texas, San Antonio, Texas to Colonel Shafter, February 2, 1872
[Inclosure 3.]
General Augur to Colonel Shafter.
Headquarters Department of Texas, Office of Assistant Adjutant-General, San Antonio, Texas, February 2, 1872.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, respecting the body of Mexicans that crossed into this country, in pursuit of Indians, and asking instructions in such cases. In reply, the commanding general directs me to say that you will pursue and capture, if possible, any armed body of Mexicans that come into our territory. Should you succeed in capturing any, hold them prisoners, and report the facts to these headquarters.
I am, &c.,
- J. A. AUGUR, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
- Lieutenant-Colonel W. R. Shafter, Twenty-fourth Infantry, commanding Fort Davis. Texas.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.