CHAP.XI.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. - CONFEDERATE.

SPECIAL ORDERS,} HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, Numbers 267. } Galveston, Tex., December 16, 1861.

Colonel H.E. McCulloch, First Texas Mounted Rifles, is authorized to receive, for special service on the Rio Grande, troops for twelve months, armed and equipped with such arms as can be procured.

By order of Brigadier General P.O. Hebert:

SAML. BOYER DAVIS, Major, and Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,} HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS, Numbers 283. } Galveston, Tex., December 17, 1861

For special and immediate service on the Rio Grande, troops will be received and mustered in for six months.

By command of Brigadier General P.O. Hebert:

SAML. BOYER DAVIS, Major, and Assistant Adjutant-General.

GENERAL ORDERS,} HDQRS. ARMY OF NEW MEXICO, A.G.O., Numbers 12. } Fort Bliss, Tex., December 20, 1861.

The general command of the forces of the Confederate States, assumed by Brigadier General H.H. Sibley, in General Orders, Numbers 10,from these headquarters, and the proclamation of martial law promulgated by him, not being intended to abrogate or supersede the powers of Colonel John R. Baylor, as civil and military governor of Arizona, he will continue the full exercise of the functions of that office.

By order of Brigadier General H.H. Sibley:

A.M. JACKSON, Asst. Adjt. General , Army of New Mexico,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Austin, Tex., December 24, 1861

General P.O. HEBERT, Commanding Department of Texas, Galveston, Tex.:

DEAR SIR: Your highly esteemed favor of the 17th instant came to my hands on the 21st. Contens duly noted. I also had the honor of seeing your communication made to the adjutant-general, under date of the 21st ultimo. Owing to an error, it did not receive my attention until after the receipt of your last.

I have had, in addition to your letters, the pleasure of a communication from Colonel H.E. McCulloch, of 21st instant, in relation to the same subject-matter which I answer to-day and direct to Galveston.

It is my earnest desire to co-operate with you in the most efficient and speedy mode to concentrate troops under your orders, so that an adequate force may be thrown in the face of the enemy and his assaults beaten back, no matter in what quarter made.

As you justly remark, the irregular manner in which individuals have been authorized to raise troops has created the greatest confusion throughout the State. It is beyond the power of the State authorities to control its military force, and just when we so much need a perfect