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HEAD QUARTERS WESTERN DlVI-
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NEW ORLEANS. May

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 NEW ORLEANS, May 2d, l8l6. SiR;-By letter which have this nor uing received, from Brigadier General Fay Tor, announcing the commencement of hos tllltes on the part of the Mexican forces near Matamoros,.l learn, that i'll addition to the sey- eral corps of mounted and other Ritlemen, which he expects soon to join him from Texas, he has requested of your Excellency four Regiments of Infantry, to embark as soon as practicable for point Isabel
 avail myself of the earliest occasion to say, that Colonel Hunt, D'y Or. NJ. General, and other officers of the general staff on du- ty at this city, are instructed to furnish promptly, every supply that may be required for the health and comfort of the four Regi- ments desired from the State of Louisana They shall receive their arms and fixed anu rtion within the next twenty four hours, when the requisite steam transportation will be ready.
 General Taylor and his Army will be much gratifed to find amongst the corps now requested, officers and men ,such as they had the satisfaction 10 find in the excellent battalion, lately commanded by Maj. Gally. am with perfect respect, your ob't serv't (Signed,) EDMUND P. GAINES, Major General U. 5. Army.
 Commanding the Western Division. To His Excelency Governor Johnson. Postscript !-I look for Battalion of Regular Troops from Jefferson Barracks in cay or two. l wish to send to Point Isabella, the Regulars with the Volunteers E. PC. HEAD QUARTERS LOUISIANA MILL
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 MAY ?, 1916. GENERAL ORDER NO. l.
 GENERAL TAYLOR. Commanding the United States Army of Occupation on the Frontier of Mexico. has announced 10 the Commander-n-Chief that hostiiies have commenced between his forces and the Mex icans-and, under the authority of the Gen. eral Government, has called upon the State of Louisiana to furnish Four Regiments of Inlaptry to join his Army.
 The General, in concluding his requisi- ton, says: ''i cannot doubt that the gallant State of Louisena will respond with aacrily to this call upon the patriotism of her sons'' The State of Louisiana has never hesitated at any call on her patriotism or spirit, and is now, as she ever has been, ready to devote her energies and her blood for our common country and the honor of its arms. Assued that the call now made will be responded to by the citizen Soldiers of the State, without resorting to draft, Four Re- giments of volunteers will be received and mustered into the service of the United States for the term oi six months, unless sooner discharged; and as fast as any regiment is organized for the purpose, the commanding officer will report to the Adulant General, at the State House, in Canal street.. Each Regiment will consist of
 l Colonel,
 l Lieut.. Colonel,
 l Major,
 Adjutant,
 Quarter-master,
 Surgeon,
 l Assistant Surgeon. And TEN Companies composed as fol lows: /
 Captain,
 ! lst Lieutenant,
 2d Lieutenant,
 Sergeants,
 Corporals,
 7 Musicians, And at least 50 Privates. It is desirable that the Companies should each be ONE HUNDRED strong.
 The Legislature, animaled by their usual patriotism and zeal, have already made an appropriation to aid in equipping the force, and the Staff Department of the U. 5 Army are prepared to furnish the Troops with the arms and equipments and camp equipage ne- cessary The Major Generals and Generals | of Brigade, are charged with the execution of this order.
 By order of the Commander-in- Chief of ,he Militia of the State.
 CHARLES N. ROWLEY,
 Adjutant and Inspector General. HEAD QUARTERS, lst DIVISION L. NJ.
 NEW ORLEANS, May 2d, l846.
 General Orders No 5. | 1st. In obedience to Order No. l, eman- alng from Head Quarters eff the Commander n-Chief, dated this-day, making requisition upon the State of Louisiana, for four Regi- nenis ef Infantry, to reinforce the Army of under General Taylor, on the