The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 13, July 1909 - April, 1910 Page: 124
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Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
tives to use their influence to procure the incorporation of the
officers into the navy of the United States reciting that "they are
justly entitled to the same, as well from the construction of the '
terms . . . [of the treaty], as from their high characters, per-
sonal and professional, and the zeal, fidelity, patriotism, and valor
with which they sustained the cause of this country during her
struggle for Independence."' This effort came near being success-
ful, but like the others it finally failed. It was not until 1857 that
the few remaining Texan officers received any recognition from the
government. The twelfth section of an act approved March 3, that
year,2 reads as follows:
And be it further enacted, That the surviving officers of the navy
of the Republic of Texas, who were duly commissioned as such at
the time of annexation, shall be entitled to the pay of officers of
the like grades, when waiting orders, in the Navy of the United
States, for five years from the time of said annexation, and a sum
sufficient to make the payment is hereby appropriated . . .;
Provided, That the acceptance of the provisions of this act by any
of the said officers shall be a full relinquishment and renunciation
of all claim on his part, to any further compensation on this behalf
from the United States Government, and to any position in the
Navy of the United States.
The survivors benefited by this act8 were E. W. Moore, commo-
dore; Alfred G. Gray, Cyrus Cummings, William A. Tennison,
Charles B. Snow, and William Oliver, lieutenants; John F.
Stephens and Norman Hurd, pursers; and the widow of Lieuten-
ant A. J. Lewis. To this list must be added the name of Captain
Tod, whose pay was turned over to his estate in 1883. Another
claimant put in his appearance in 1858. This was Commander P.
W. Humphries,4 who was recognized by the Texas Legislature as
entitled to the rank of commander in the navy of the Republic from
July 3, 1839, to the date of annexation and entitled to, pay the same
'Gammel, Laws of Texas, II1, 1005; Cong. Globe, 33d Cong., 1st Sess.,
2170.
2Cong. Globe, 34th Cong., 3d Sess., App. 427.
'The list of beneficiaries is taken from Tennison's Journal, folio 296,
p. 4. I can find no list elsewhere. While this is not dated, it reads:
"Officers who received pay from the U. S. Gov't," and could only apply
to this act.
'Gammel, Laws of Texas, IV, 1152.124
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