; ED. R. S. Canby to Tenth Infantry and Bot. Lieut. Col., Comdg. Dep't, July 7, 1861
July 7, 1861.
Santa Fé, N. Mex., July 7, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army:
SIR: No information, except the special orders of May 17, has yet been received in relation to the volunteers to be called into the service in this department, and as the organization of the regiments cannot be postponed without delaying the concentration of the regular troops or
hazarding important interests, I have informed the governor of the TerTitory that, in addition to the requisitions that have already been made, I would at once accept and muster into service the companies that are required to complete the organization of Colonels St. Vrain’s and Pino’s regiments. The organization of the companies already called for progresses very slowly, and I entertain such serious doubts of the ability of the Territory to furnish all, that I have made a requisition on the governor of Colorado Territory for two companies of infantry for the garrison of Fort Garland. The state of affairs at the South and the increasing Indian hostilities will render it inexpedient to detach any of the force now .
in this section.
Fort Bliss has been re-enforced by four companies of Texas troops.-
The movements of these troops have no doubt been hastened for a Special purpose, in connection with enterprises against this department. Colonel Loring left the department on the 23d instant, but I had previously, for reasons that have already been assigned, exercised the command of the department without reference to him. “There is reason to
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.—UNION. SON fear that his influence, coupled with other causes, may have been productive of evil in that quarter, but I hope that a sufficient force was concentrated at Fort Fillmore in season to counteract the designs of the Texans upon that post. Major Lynde, with a portion of the command from Fort McLane, was expected on the 5th instant, and I think that there are by this time eight or ten companies at that post, which will be sufficient, I think, to’resist the threatened invasion, and give time and cover for any movements that may be necessary to protect the interests of the United States in that quarter.
A command of about 300 men, regulars and volunteers, will be de’tached from Fort Union for the protection of the trains coming into this
country from the Missouri frontier. This force will be sufficient to secure them against the attacks of Indians or marauding parties, but not against a large organized force from the frontiers of Arkansas or Texas. The inclosed papers will give the General-in-Chief some idea of the state of affairs in the South, but I hope that the measures that have been taken and are in progress will be sufficient to defeat these designs. ‘
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
; ED. R. S. CANBY,
Major Tenth Infantry and Bot. Lieut. Col., Comdg. Dep’t.
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HARTS MILL, EL Paso, TEX., June 12, 1861.
. Qol. W. W. LoRING: \
My DEAR Lorine: We are at last under the glorious banner of the
Confederate States of America. It was indeed a glorious sensation of
protection, hope, and pride. Though its folds were modest and unpretending, the emblem was still there. The very Southern verdure and