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an officer at the ferry at Washington with orders to "let no man
pass eastward who had a rifle, and to take by impressment and
forward to the army all powder, lead, and horses he could.""22
"Executive Dept. of the Republic
of Texas
"To "Washington 18th March 1836
Dr. C. B. Stewart
Sir
You are hereby authorized to receive and forward ammunition
and arms of all sorts to the army- You are requested to use all
possible diligence and energy in the execution of this trust, and
for the more effectual performance of it, you are authorized to
hire men or press horses mules oxen and waggons wherever they
can be found and to take possession of all ammunitions and arms
whatever that may be useful to the troops, and forward them to
such places as in your judgment they may be most useful- by
order of the President
"I am Sir very respectfully
"Yr. Most obt Svt
"Thos J. Rusk
"Sec of War
[Endorsed on this document by Dr. Stewart ?]: "Body in hand-
writing of 'famous' Col Potter of NC Signature of T J Rusk
himself"23
Evidently, too, Rusk stationed forces at Galveston and on the
coast for defense and ordered up the Texas Artillery; "for on the
9th of April his brother-in-law, Captain Smith, reported with the
whole of it- the two little cannons called the Twin Sisters."24
In the meantime, the continued retreat of Houston before the
Mexican army had put Texas in a state of panic. Rusk was or-
dered by President Burnet to join the army, with instructions to
see to it that Houston retreated no further, but began a campaign
against the enemy.25 Having issued a last appeal to the people
of Texas to hurry to the defense of the country,26 Rusk left Har-
risburg on April 1,27 and reached the army encamped at Groce's
ferry on the Brazos on the evening of April 4th.28
"Ibid., II, 111, Rusk to Houston, March 20, 1836.
2'Rusk to Dr. C. B. Stewart. Letter in University of Texas Library.
2"Yoakum, History of Texas, II, 123.
' Wortham, History of Texas, III, 283.
"2Yoakum, History of Texas, II, 117. Footnote: address of the Sec-
retary of War.
27Ibid., II, 117.
28Ibid., II, 492.274
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