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Enclosing the Lieutenant Colonel's answer and requesting the
issuance of proper orders with the understanding that it has been
impossible to secure a vecino with any aptitude for management and
accounting
No. 301o Bexar, July 7, 1818
Acknowledging receipt of the Viceroy's order which commands
him to make an immediate attack against the rebels at Cayo de
Gallardo in spite of attendant difficulties and which informs him that
the Battalion of Navarre has been ordered to Monterrey and the
dragoons of Durango to Bexar, that the commandant general [of
the Eastern Provinces] will send ioo armed, equipped, and mounted
cavalry men and the commandant general of the Western Provinces
will send two similar companies, that these forces will allow the gov-
ernor to cover Bexar and La Bahia and to drive the rebels from His
Majesty's territory; stating that this same order also informs him that
1oo new guns, 4,000 pesos in cash and ioo fanegas of corn or fifty loads
of flour are on the way; explaining that he must know the exact
number of troops coming from Durango and the Western Provinces
before he can plan the movement against Atascosito, that the com-
mandant general must realize that military strategy will be required
to dislodge an enemy firmly entrenched at a certain point and in pos-
session of artillery, especially in view of the condition and discipline
of provincial troops and the character of the enemy they will have to
face, that other serious difficulties are lack of transportation for even
one piece of artillery, the need of infantry troops to support the
cavalry operations, the long distance to Atascosito, and such obstacles
as rivers and poor pasturage
Asking again whether he is expected to lead the expedition, and
if so, who will remain in command during his absence; adding that
his health hardly permits him to discharge his duties as governor,
but perhaps when the time comes, he will be able to proceed
No. 3o2 Bexar, July 7, 1818
Acknowledging receipt of the official communication informing him
that Lieutenant Colonel Don Manuel Gual has been ordered to ar-
range for the delivery of ioo new guns to the company of Punta de
Lampazos so that they may be brought to the presidial company of
San Antonio; stating that the guns will be sent to their proper des-
tination as soon as they are received
No. 303 B6xar, July 7, 1818
Acknowledging receipt of the official communication informing
him that the governor of Coahuila has been ordered to send fifty
loads of flour or ioo fanegas of corn to the presidial company of
Bexar; offering his sincere thanks for the efforts made to aid the
province
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