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Yoa have been. uazamd thar she assembling
a large army o1she hordEp Of TrKas. and eros
sing tbe Rio 6ra,sde wish considerable force,
will be regarded BY The Exsc1Fye here, as an
invasion ofIhe UniIed States, and The commence.
msnt Of hosiilhies. An aiIsmIf to cross that
river with such force will also be considered ;n
the same light. . In case Of war, ei-
iher declared, or male u,a,iies1 BY hostile acts,
your main 0bjeci will be the protection Of Tex
al bot the pursuit Of this object will not neces-
sarily conhne yo,r teton within the territory Of
Texas. Mexico, having thus commenced hos
u.Ilies, ven may in your discretion, should you
have sufficient force, and be in a condition 10 do
ss, cross The Rio Grande, disperse or capture the
forces assembling 10 invade Texas, defeal The
junction Of troops uniIng for that purpose, drive
them from their positions on rilher side Of that
river, and If deemed practicable and expedient,
take and hold possession Of Muamorus, and 9TH
er places in the country.
Very respectfully. your OBJ sery't,
W. L. MARCY, Scc'y War.
Brig. Gen. z. Taylor, Com. L. S. A.
These instructions, il will be observed, con.
siantly refer 10 the Rio Grande as the boundary
Of Texas. And seemingly forgetting that Mex
ico was 10 actual possession OF the left bank Of
that river, the President directs Gen. Taylor to
regard as an invasion Of the United States, the
passage, or even an attempted passage, Of Mex.
lean forces from the Mexican towns, posts and
settlements on The right bank of that stream, TO
the Mexican Towns, posts and settlements on the
left bank ofAhc same; which in the despatch of
the 9th Of July, above recited, he had been d.
Tecied by no means TO disturb or molesIl Well
might the old General infer that the administra
ton no longer regarded our right to the line Of
the Rio Grande as an open question. And if
such lrds the determination Of our government,
as military leader in command Of The army of
occupation, who was bound to obey the inslruc.
lions Of his government, though in noieise res.
poASibIe for the same, but who lcaS responsible
for the manner in which he should execute
Them, he felt bound, and was bound TO give 10
that government his professional opinion Of the
most suitable position for the troops charged
with The xecuIcn Of these orders. This heidi,
aud no military man Of common sense will de-
ny the correctness Of his advice, predicated mp.
on the determination on The part Of he Presi-
dent.
In his letter TO the department, bearing date,
Oct. 4lh. 1915, after stating at considerable
ngh, the reasons which originally induced
hun 10 fix upon Corpus Christi, for his head quar-
Iers, and which had therefore induced him 10
regard that as a most suitable location, he goes
on 10 say
For these reasons, our rposiIon thus
far has, think been the best possible; but, now
that the entire force will soon be concentrated,
umRy we'll be question whether the views Of
govt rnmenl will bo best carried out by our re-
manning at this point II is with great def
orence that mike any suggestions on topics
which may become matter of dciicule nego
tiaon; but il our government, in seuling
the question Of boundary, makes The line of
IhJ Rio Grande an ULTIMATUM, ] cannot doubt
shat the settlement will be greatly facilitated and
hasIcned by our iuking possession at once Of
one or Two suitable points on or que near that
river Mexico having as yet made
10 positive declaration Of war, or committed u.
ny overt act Of hostties, do not feel at liber.
W, under my instructions, particularly those Of
July 9, TO make u forward movement TO the Rio
Grande Without authority from tho War De.
u. TAYLOR,
Brc,et Brig. Gen. L. S. A. Com.
The Adj. Gen. Of Army, Washington. D. c.
Aud il is from this communication, made un-
der the circumstances above set tor'h' 'hat 'he
True Democrat derjys- It's authority Tor The H.
vaymen, ,bat Ocn. Taylor "udvlsed the march
;no oc -.lled forces into the neutral territory"
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