The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 9, July 1905 - April, 1906 Page: 257
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The Texan Revolutionary Army.
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in a prominent place in the municipality. In Nacogdoches, where
there was a considerable Mexican population, the "natives" were
to be organized separately. Only two-thirds of the militia could
be employed at the same time, and for a term not exceeding six
months. When a call should be made those to be drafted would be
determined by lot, and each man mustered in was required "to
prepare himself with a rifle or musket, one pound of powder, one
pound lead, a shot pouch, powder horn, and knapsack, unless he
will swear he is unable to do so without injury to his family."
Persons drafted and refusing to serve were to be arrested, tried by
courtmartial, and punished in accordance with the laws of the
United States concerning deserters in time of war. Officers were
appointed to prepare the lists in some municipalities, and on the
15th the president was requested to call out one-third of the
militia, but before this could be done the enemy was upon them,
and the government was bound to seek safety in a wild flight to
Harrisburg. All thought of an orderly levy was then abandoned,
and the citizens, left to their own inclinations, rushed to support
Houston on the Colorado or joined the fugitives to the East and
swelled the panic of the "runaway scrape."'
9. The Army of the Campaign of 1836.
Distribution of the Forces at the Opening of the Campaign.-At
the beginning of the campaign of 1836 there was a little band of
regulars and volunteers under Travis and Bowie in the Alamo,
about a hundred men under Johnson and Grant, with headquarters
at San Patricio,2 and Fannin's division of a little more than four
-Ibid., 29, 68-69, 79.
2It is hard to determine just what was the status of Johnson's com-
mand. Some of his men-they were nearly all from the United States-
had undoubtedly enlisted regularly as volunteers before going to Bexar
(See Proceedings of the General Council, 74). After the surrender of
Bexar they claimed that they had volunteered with the express stipula-
tion that they were not to be commanded by an officer of the regular
army nor subject to regular discipline (see above, page 237). The mili-
tary committee of the general council, considering the matter, January
14, reported that while they could not advise a departure from the laws
adopted by the Government regulating the volunteer service," yet they
thought the question was "quite immaterial in effect." The auxiliary
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