The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or, the Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico--1846; including Skirmishes with the Mexicans, and an accurate detail of the Storming of Monterey; also the Daring Scouts at Buena Vista together with anecdotes, incidents, descriptions of country, and sketches of the lives of the celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker. Page: 125
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PREPARATIONS FOR THE MARCH TO MONTEBEY. 125
columns, the senior commissary of each division receipting for
the stores, and being charged with their care and management.
The senior commissaries of divisions will report to Capt. Waggaman
for this duty.
6. Each division will be followed immediately by its baggage
train, and supply train, with a strong rear-guard. The ordnance
train under Capt. Ramsay will march with the Second Division,
between its baggage and supply train, and will come under the
protection of the guard of that division. The medical supplies
will, in like manner, march with the First Division.
6. The troops will take eight days' rations and forty rounds of
ammunition. All surplus arms and accoutrements, resulting from
casualties on the road, will be deposited with Lieut. Stewart, left
in charge of the dep8t at this place, who will give certificates of
deposit to the company commanders.
7. The wagons appropriated for transportation of water will not
be required, and will be turned over to the quartermaster's department
for general purposes.
8. Two companies of the Mississippi regiment will be designated
for the garrison of this place. All sick and disabled men,
unfit for the march, will be left behind, under charge of a medical
officer to be selected for this duty by the medical director.
By order of Maj. Gen. Taylor,
W. W. S. BLISS, .ss't J.dft General.
Although the object and destination of our march had been well
understood by all, yet this was the first plain intimation, published
by the general, in which there was no mistaking the nature and
character of the service before us. As the orders were read, a
murmur of approbation ran through the long lines of infantry,
which presented a pageantry of arms seldom witnessed. After
the parade was dismissed, a buzz of gaiety and liveliness prevailed.
In the camp of the Rangers, the men were occupied parching
coffee, arranging their wallets and pack-saddles, and cleaning their
arms. That eight days' provisions were to be carried with us,
was a sufficient guarantee that we were not to make a speedy return.
Orders were received that day from Washington, announcing
the promotions and brevets for the battles of the 8th and 9th;
and among the young officers there was much joy and merry-making
in honour of the occasion.
After our usual bath in the beiutifil river, we strolled down to
the plaza, where many of the officers were walking for pleasure.
It was a lovely night, and the Mexican maidens were looking out
from the doors and windows upon the moonlight scene, while the
music of the band of the " eighth" lent additional charms to the
beauty of the scene.
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Reid, Samuel C., Jr. The Scouting Expeditions of McCulloch's Texas Rangers; or, the Summer and Fall Campaign of the Army of the United States in Mexico--1846; including Skirmishes with the Mexicans, and an accurate detail of the Storming of Monterey; also the Daring Scouts at Buena Vista together with anecdotes, incidents, descriptions of country, and sketches of the lives of the celebrated partisan chiefs, Hays, McCulloch, and Walker., book, 1859; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38096/m1/131/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.