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VIC Pos. was given 10 Gen II. Taylor, and on the
SI'h OF Aprii confidential" communication
De nnder ms command, and concludes as follows:
lou VIII take prompt measures, in the first in.
stance oy confidential officer, and subsequently,
by the ordinary mail or special expresses, as you
may deem necessary, 10 put yourself in commu.
nicaiion with the President Of Texas, in order to
inform MN OF your present position and force,
and 10 learn and to transmit to this Office (al con-
6dentiaily) whether any and what external dan.
gers may threaten that Government or its people.
should such danger be found to exist, and appear
10 be Imminent, you will collect and march the
forces above Indicated to the Sabine river but no.
proceed beyond the frontier without further in
s,rnctions, keeping in readiness, in the case sup
POSED, all necessary means of transportation, as
we'll as ample stores of subsistence and ammuni.
nor.
by these instructions il is not meant to impress
upon your mind the belief that the Government
apprehend hostility with any foreign Power
hey are given to you for the purpose of enioin-
ing circumspection and attention to the condition
OF your force. / repeat the Injunction of conf.
dence, and the full reliance reposed in your judg
ment and prudence by the Government.
write under the instructions of the War De-
par,nent, in consultation with the General-n-
Chief.
am, sir, very respectfully, your ob't serv't,
X. JONES, .9djufanf General
Brevet Brig. Gen. Il. Taylor,
Commanding Isl NIL Dep., Fort Jesup, La.
The other documents from the Navy are:
No. Letter from Mr.. Secretary Mason TO
the President, communicating certain orders Of
that department TO the commander of the home
squadron. The Secre,arysays reports have been
made TO the department Of domestic disturbances
In liayu and Cuba, which render the presence of
a ship of war necessary TO the protection of Ame-
rlcan interests. TO meet this necessity an order
has been issued TO Commander Chauncey, of the
sloop Vandalia. Similar orders, he says, will be
given to the briggs Lawrence and Truxton, IRE
paringI as soon as they are ready for sea, 10
touch at Cuba. To this letter is appended the
following list OF vessels, under orders for the
Gulf Of Mexico
List IF United States pessel, of ,oar now cruising
in, or under orders for the Guyof Merico.
Frigate Potomac, Capt. F. NJ. Newell.
Soop Vincennes, Commander F. Buchanan.
Brig Somers, Commander ]. r. Gerry, Uem-
porarly commanded by Lieutenant Il. w. Brent.)
Under orders at Norfolk, and ready for sea.
Sloop Vandalia, Commander ]. S. Chauncey.
Soop Falmouth, Commander J. II. Sands.
Steamer Union, Lieutenant Commandant Ii. III.
Bell.
Brig cambridge Commander Newman, at New
Y ork, for repairs.
All the above are attached to the home saad.
ION, Commodore David Conner.
The sloop Preble, Commander II. W. freedom.
mot attached to the home squadron,) is on tenn.
porary cruise among the West India Islands and
TO the ports in Central America, &c. and will re.
turn shortly 10 the United States.
The brig Lawrence, Commander Gardner. will
be ordered as soon as she is ready for sea- to pro-
coed to the West Indies, and report to Com.
Conner for orders.
No. ? is letter Of instructions to Commodore
Conner, as follows:
[CONFIDENTIAL.l
NAVY DEPARTMENT, April Is, 1914.
Sir:-A treaty Of annexation has been peoo.
lated between the United States and the Repub-
lc OF Texas, and will be Immediately submitted
% the Senate of the United States, now in ses
sion, for its advice and consent.
During the interval which will necessarily oc-
cur before the treaty is ratified or rejected il is
he part of prudence 10 guard against any aygres-
sion on our commerce or The rights of our cit-
Lens, which may be attempted by any foreign
Government, or 10y persons claiming TO act under
rs authority. W uwill therefore concentrate the
vessels under your command. The Vandalia.
commanded by Commander Chauncev, and the
Falmouth, Commander Sands, will without de-
ay be ordered TO join you. touching at Pensaco-
Ia, and You will leave al that place the necessary
orders. They will sail from Norfolk so soon as
some small repairs can be made.
4 on VIII, Iii your diSc!etlon, employ the veS-
sells composing your squadron in cruising i'm the
Gulf OF Mexico, so as 10 communicate frequently
with Galveston; and occasionally show Yourself
at or before Vera Cruz, with such deviaiions 10
other parts OF your cruising grounds as in your
Judgment may be best calculated 10 effect the OBJ
ects of your general and special instruction.
Iou will be cautious in committing no viola
lion OF the rights Of others, but resist and punish
aggressions on ours. If, while the question of
&c M iIpna I'LL,
EN- an invasion of Texas, you will demonstrate
with the commanding officer, and you will ac-
your reiDoDstrance with the assurance
that the President Of the United States will re-
gard the execution OF such hostile purpose to-
wards Texas, under such circumstances, as e.
vlncing most unfriendy spirit towards the Uni-
led States; and which, in the event of the treaty's
ratIhcaton, must lead 10 actual hostilities with
this country.
~ you observe any preparations for such an in
vasion' you Will without delay communicate the
Information to this department, that the President
may submit the same to Congress.
You VIII communicate, as often as occasion
may present ITSELF with the Charge d. Afraires OF
the united States at Texas, and make your des-
patches 10 The department as frequent as opporu-
mites may offer.
am very respectfully, your obrdient servant,
J. Y. MASON.
Commodore David Conner,
Commanding Home Squadron, Pensacola
NO. 3.-April Dissatisfaction 10 Com. Con.
nef 10 give passage TO G.. J.. Thompson, Chief
Engineer U. 5. Navy, to Vera Cruz, and direc,
the vessel to wait at that port for mis- return from
'he INFERIOR and convey him back to the U. S.
NO. April 24.-From Com. Conner to the
Secretary, acknowledging the receipt of instruc
iioDs.
NO. 5.--April 27.-From the Secretary t.
Lieut. Bel OF the u. S. Steamer Union, to pro
ceeo' alter taking in Goals. &C. 10 Pensacola, anC
report TO Com. Conner. If he should not b,