J. Bankhead Magruder to E. Ktrby Smith, June 26, 1863

Lieut. Gen. E. KtrBy SMITH, Commanding, &e.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 22d instant, by courier yesterday afternoon, and, in compliance with your instructions, I have directed Colonel [P.] Hardeman, commanding First Regiment, Arizona Brigade (now en route for Bonham, Tex.), and Lieutenant-Colonel [A. H.] Davidson, commanding First Battalion, Arizona Brigade, to forward immediately to these headquarters muster-rolls of their respective commands, in order that I may transmit them at once to your headquarters. This is the only portion of the Arizona Brigade now within the limits of my command, with the exception of two companies of the Fourth Regiment, Coionel [S. M.] Baird commanding, which regiment was to have been raised in New Mexico and Arizona, but is still incomplete. Your communications relative to the shipments of cotton to the Rio Grande to pay for supplies brought by the French vessels, and containing letters from Mr. Slidell and the Secretary of War on the subject, were also received and referred to Maj. S. Hart; but nothing can be done, general, unless you give orders for the impressment of cotton. lam, &e.

gee J. BANKHEAD MAGRUDER,