Saml. Boyer Davis to and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, November 4, 1861

z Galveston, Tex., November 4, 1861.

Col. J. C. MOORE, Comdg. Military District of Galveston, Tex. :. – SIR: Commander Hunter, C. S. Navy, was ordered to report to the general commanding the Department of Texas. He has been placed on special duty, and assigned to the immediate command of the naval

defenses of the port of Galveston and the vessels in the employ of the

_ Government. Commander Hunter, as any other subordinate officer, is

subject to the orders of military superiors in this military district. The right of the general commanding, when present in person, to communicate directly with the blockading squadron on the coast it is taken for granted that Colonel Moore did not intend to question.

By order of Brig. Gen. P. O. Hébert, commanding Military Department of Texas: ;

Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General.

GENERAL ORDERS, Hpagrs. Mir. DEPT OF TEXAS, SNOT, } Galveston, Tex., November 6, 1861. From and after this date no authority shall be given to raise troops for a less period than the war. Enlistments shall be made for the war, unless sooner discharged.

By command of Brig. Gen. P. O. Hébert, commanding Military Department of Texas:

Major and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General.

November 7, 1861.

SIR: On the 29th ultimo we received information that the detachment of Captain Benavides company had been withdrawn from Carrizo,

and that a party of Mexicans from the other side of the Rio Grande