The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939 Page: 218
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Attached to Company K are 83 muskets with suitable ammuni-
tion, &c: and to Company M 84 muskets with abundant ammu-
nition &c.
The Hospital has been under the direction of Asst Surgeon
MlcParlin since the 3rd Dec 1854. I found it ample & in
excellent order & well supplied and managed and with a fund
of 35 dolls. This post is not considered healthy the whole year
through. There has been yellow fever here, and in 1853 fifty
seven died of that disease.
The duty of Asst Quartermaster was performed by Lt O. F.
Solomon, who keeps in his employ at the Brazos, 1 citizen clerk
at 85 dolls & a nation; 1 Express man at 30 dolls & a ration;
1 ambulance driver @C 20 dolls and a ration; 1 boatman & laborer
at 20 dolls & a ration.-And at fort Brown 1 clerk at 85 dolls
& a ration; 1 smith at 40 dolls & a ration; 1 teamster at 20 dolls
and a ration; 1 herdsman at 20 dolls & a ration. The operatives
at the Brazos attend to the preservation of all public property
at that place, & the receipt and forwarding of all supplies by
steamer or otherwise for fort Brown, and fort McIntosh direct.
flay is had at a cost of about 50 dolls per month by the use of
U.S. men & teams; and corn at 94 cts the bushel. All other
supplies come from abroad. He keeps in his employ on an average
7 extra duty men, 64 mules, 9 horses, 1 ox. His returns and
accounts were all properly kept and forwarded. There was due
the U. S. on 31st March 1059 37/100 dolls. Expended since
41 48/100 dolls. Leaving a balance, of which 372 10/100 dolls
is with the Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans, and 645 79/100
dolls in an iron safe; and the U.S. owe between 7 & 8 thou-
sand dollars.
The supplies of this Department are ample and well stored,
& the store houses & quarters at this post all sufficient and prob-
ably the best in Texas. Major Porter and Lieut Solomon accom-
panied me to Brazos Santiago which is about 40 miles from fort
Brown & 9 miles northward of the mouth of the Rio Grande,
and at the entrance to Point Isabelle. There is a new & good
wharf & abundant store houses; and the Clerk Mr. Moses had
kept up the necessary books, and entries, of all articles received
and reshipped &c; and there seemed to be no want of proper atten-
tion to the U.S property. For a sketch of the buildings &c at
the Brazos see A. hereunto appended.218
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