The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 54, July 1950 - April, 1951 Page: 432
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Guadalupe River and its tributaries in Comal and Bexar coun-
ties, "from the thefts and murders to which they are constantly
subjected by marauding bands of Indians," Pease authorized
Callahan to raise a company of mounted men to serve three
months unless sooner discharged. The company was not to ex-
ceed in number a mounted company of the United States Army,
which was composed of one captain, one first lieutenant, one
second lieutenant, four sergeants, four corporals, one farrier,
two buglers, and seventy-five privates. Officers were to be selected
in proportion to the number of men. Because of the financial
condition of the state, the members of the proposed company
would have to supply their own horses, ammunition, arms, sub-
sistence, and forage and would have to "rely upon the justice of
the Legislature to reimburse them" later.
Pease instructed Callahan to give the settlers in Comal and
Bexar counties full protection against the Indians. He continued:
It is expected that you will be actively engaged in ranging in their
vicinity unless it may become necessary to pursue any marauding
parties of Indians that may be found in the neighborhood, in which
case you are authorized to follow them up and chastise them wherever
they may be found.
I reply with confidence upon your good sense and prudence to avoid
attacking any Indians or tribes who are peacibly disposed.8
About the middle of July, General Smith promised Governor
Pease that a party of mounted riflemen would be sent to the
neighborhood where the depredations had been committed as
soon as a command returned from the duty on which it was then
engaged.9
Callahan's company of eighty-eight men was mustered into
service on July 2o, 1855. Callahan was forty years old at that
time; the ages of his men ran from sixteen to forty-four, with
about one-third of his group twenty years or younger. Seguin
furnished more men than any other town, but San Marcos and
7E. M. Pease to J. H. Callahan, July 5, 1855 (MS. in Governor's Letters, Texas
State Archives).
sIbid.
9E. M. Pease to Muncy, Maverick, Lockwood, and other citizens of Bexar County,
July 25, 1855 (MS. in Governor's Letters, Texas State Archives).432
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