WRIGHT, Major General Commanding to Enrique A. Mejia , Brownsville, Texas, January 22, 1866

[Untitled]

Colonel: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of this date, in reference to a quantity of goods held in military custody, under orders from Major General Weitzel, but which are claimed by you as belonging to the Mexican government, of which you are the agent.

It appears from other papers in the case that the goods are claimed by other parties as their lawful property, who have asked that they be held until the question of title can be decided, and this question is one to which the United States is not a party. The military authorities are not empowered to act. Your remedy, therefore, must be found in the civil courts, or the action of the authorities at Washington, to the latter of which your communication and such other papers as I have in relation to the subject will be promptly referred.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,