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your obedisuf servant.

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z. TAYLOR. q
Brrvft Brig. Gen. Q. s. A. Commanding.
The Adjuinu' General Of ihe Army, wsshing.
ton, ID. {.
Giving TO these Instructions Of The tlh of Iu.
Is a cnnslruciiou IN accordance with he feelings
above Indicated Gen. Taylor took the respon.
sibility of seiine hissrmy down Corpus Chs.
a, n iOwn which had tc-n in The und .rued pos
session uf Texas ever since shs took up arms in
defence Of hrr independence; und which is sit
Uavd hundred and fIiy m.lvs ihis sid5 of the
RIO Gmndc.
Fearing, apparently, ,haI his Instructions or
The 8.h ul Jolly night have TOO much influence
With 'he Gsn,ra., Mr. Marcy sends another dcs.
patch a. io.owsi
War D,Paumcni, Jolly 80, ie4j.
SiR Your icil,r from, Ngv Orleans, Of the
2O.h inst. addressed 10 lhc AdJHsul General has
been rcceiy, and laid before the Presidenr. ant
b. desires ms 10 express 10 you h.s approval Of
your movements.
He has not ih: requisite information in o..
gard 10 the country To enable him 10 give any
positive directions g. 70 Iae position you ought
TO i0ke, o. the movements which u may be ca.
pedienl 10 make. Thess mus, be governed By
circumstances. While avoiding as you have
been instructed 10 10, all aggressive measures to-
wards Mexico. hs long rs .hc relations Of peace
eXsl between lhaIrcpuo.icoud The CHlIrj Slalcs.
you ure expected 10 occupy, protect sud defend
the territory Of Texas, 10 the extent that il has
been occupied Jy the people Cl Texas. The
Rio GraBde is claimed 10 be TIC boundary bc.
tween The two countries. Huu W 10 this Jounda-
~ you are 10 extend your protection. Uny ox-
cepung any posts on the eastern side incrcof
y hich are IN the actual occupancy Of Mexican
forces, or Mexican settlements over which the
republic oi Texas did rot exercise jurisdiction
at the period Of anucxaIlon, or sborlly before
that event. Ii is expected that. in - cciirg tho
establishment Tor vour troops, you will approach
as near the boundary iinc-Ihe Rio Grapde--as
prudence will dicuie. With this view the Pres.
idenI desires that your position, for part o.
your lorcGs al ,rasl, should BE- west IT tic rlytr
Nueces. Very respectfully. &C..
4 ". l.. MARCY.
Secretary Of War.
Brig. Gen. z. T;ylcr, Commaajng the Amy
OF Occupation in Texas.
Had these instructions storpni Wuh tie dec.
laralon that Gen. Taylor was expected 10 occu.
py, protect aud defend the territory Of Texas T.
the extent lha! had been occupied BY the peopIo
Of Texas, The duty imposed upon he General
would have been plain. The valley OF the Nue.
ees was the most Western point ever 10 the pos
session Of Texas, and The army was already en-.
irenched on the western bank o' that river
But he is told that the hi0 Gr0n3C is claimed 70
be the boundary between Texas and Mexico. and
up TO that boundary. he is told he is expected To-
extend his protection, but thai in doing This, h.
must not disturb The Mexican posts and settle
ments on this side OF the Rio Grandg! Had it
been The dcsnn oflhe administration 20 -o rrrm.
these instructions as TO induce these officers in
command to march his urmy directly 10 thc
Rio Grande, and still have the means Of throw
ing the responsibility upon tho General in the
event Of collision with Mexico, and tho dis
appreciation Of Congress, they could not hayo
been more happily wordcd. But old Rough aud
Ready was as we'll prepared for the Presdcu, a.
for his friend Santa Anna. Positire orders wcr,.
obeyed with prompluess cquuIled only by tho
. skill! Of the execution. His implications weru
f all on the side of peace. Ia this desralch tho
, only positive direction given by the President
was, thai his position, fer par at least, of his
troops S''a'a te '-os, Of tie Nueces. The fol.
loving extract ron ms reE"; to the depar,nenr
VIII snow lne stStulaStOcSS Win WII-.I H. IL
hero pursued his determination to take nG -
without the unequivocal direction Of tho Pres.
dent.
Headquarters Army Of Occupation, !
Corpus Christi, Texas, August 10, l845 !
SIR: After careful examina-
tlon-ior the most part personsl-of Aransas
and Corpus Christi bays, have settled upon
this point, west of the Nueces river, as the most
favorable for the present occupation. and have
pushed forward the troops and supplies as rapid
ly as our means Of trunsporon would permit.
am gralified to find that my measures thus
far have met The appreciation Of the government,
ana Genera.in.chief, and particularly, 10 find
that | have but anticipated The wishes Of the
: President, in taking up position west OF ,ha
Nueces. ! am sir,
Very respectfully.
Your ob't scry't..
Z. TAYLOR.
BreYei Gen. L. S. A. Commanding.
The Adj Gen. OF Army, Washington, d. C.
Corpus Christi, it should be observed, is stu