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were to be united, and a commander chosen by the volunteers.
This was in keeping with the precedent of the volunteer army,
and with the provisions of the ordinance creating an auxiliary
volunteer corps.
Meanwhile, General Houston had finally seen fit to make a
trip to the frontier. He made speeches in opposition to the expe-
dition to the volunteers at Goliad and Refugio, with the result
that no force was large enough to venture into Mexico. He then
returned to San Felipe and was given a furlough, by Smith,
which was to last until March 1. He then proceeded to east Texas
to make a treaty with the Indians.0o When Houston returned to
San Felipe from the west he seems to have convinced Smith that
the expedition was inherently wrong. The break between gov-
ernor and Council soon rendered both impotent, and the troops
remained disunited to fall an easy prey to advancing Mexicans
in the spring of 1836.
The disruption of the government did not cause the leaders of the
Council to change their opinions concerning the expedition. The
advisory committee constantly urged that the expedition go for-
ward. The complete failure of the Texans to understand their
predicament is shown by the fact that as late as February 22,
the advisory committee was urging Fannin to advance, and seemed
thoroughly convinced that the Texans had ample time to prepare
to meet Santa Anna and his troops.91
90Barker, "The Texan Revolutionary Army," in The Quarterly of the
Texas State Historical Association, IX, 255.
91Advisory Committee to the Governor, February 9, 1836, February 15,
1836, February 22, 1836. All are to be found in Consultation Papers,
Vol. I, Texas State Library. They are of sufficient interest to justify
quotation.
Advisory Committee to the Governor, February 9, 1836:
"The advisory committee are of opinion that the paine [ ?] volunteers,
whose names are herewith, should be furnished with the enclosed articles
to be receipted for by the commander, Gennl - Sprague - and that they
be ordered to Copano there to report to the commanding officer, for orders
to join the Matamoras expedition and that they be furnished with an
order to the comdr - at Goliad, & all other places where public stores
are kept, to be furnished with the necessary and proper supplies in the
usual manner & form."
Advisory Committee to the Governor, February 15, 1836:
"The advisory Committee to the Executive appointed by the General
Council to act in that capacity in the absence of a quorum of the Council,
Are of opinion that the advices from the interior are not of so certain
and definite a character as to require a retrograde movement on the part
of Col. Fannin, or any of the troops designed for Matamoras, more espe-346
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