The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 23, July 1919 - April, 1920 Page: 177
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James W. Fannin, Jr., in the Texas Revolution
or elsewhere, whether in Texas or arriving in Texas; and when the
volunteers were thus collected and concentrated, he was to report
either to the commanding general, or to the Governor and Council,
as he might prefer, agreeably to the seventh section of the ordi-
nance and decree of December 5, 1836, which provided for the
raising of an auxiliary corps to the regular army; and he was to
continue to report from time to time as the expedition progressed.
He was authorized to call upon Thomas F. McKinney, the general
agent of the commissary department, or any public agent, store-
keeper, or supplying officer of the government, for munitions of
war, provisions and transportation; to negotiate a loan of three
thousand dollars at not more than ten per cent interest; to hold
an election for a commander and other officers, agreeably to the
law regulating the auxiliary and volunteer corps. After he had
concentrated the troops, he was authorized to make a descent upon
Matamoros, if he deemed it practicable, to take Matamoros, or
such other point or points or places, as he thought proper; and
he was empowered to appoint agents as he thought necessary to
aid in the accomplishment of his object, and to delegate to such
agents powers not inconsistent with his own powers.51
The Council, now learning of Johnson's determination to make
the expedition, again conferred the authority on him, but did not
take away Fannin's authority. Houston claimed that he was being
superseded in command, and Governor Smith, anxious perhaps to
forestall the Council, ordered him to the front, for which place he
left on January 8, 1836.
The culmination of the quarrel between the Governor and Coun-
cil was brought on by a report made to Houston by Lieutenant
Colonel Neill, whom Johnson had left in charge of Bexar. This
report told of the miserable condition of the garrison at that place,
stating that the volunteers on leaving had taken with them all
available supplies. Houston sent the report to Governor Smith,
who, on reading it, was beside himself with rage. On January
10, he sent a message to the Council which contained the most
violent language, declaring that the condition of the garrison at
Bexar called forth the indignant feelings of every honest man.
He characterized the Matamoros Expedition as a predatory expe-
dition, disorganizing in its nature and ruinous in its effects. He
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