Orders No. 124. S HEAD-QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Camp near Monterey, October 1, 1846. 1. The mounted troops from Texas having expressed a desire to return home during the present cessation of active service, will be mustered out of service and discharged to-morrow. The pay department is prepared to pay the regiments on presentation of proper rolls. The 1st regiment quartered in town will be mustered by Major Thomas, assistant adjutant general, with the exception of McCulloch's and Gillespie's companies, already discharged. The 2d regiment will be mustered by Colonel Belknap, and both regiments at such hours as may be appointed by the colonels and mustering officers. 2. The commanding general takes this occasion_to_express_his satisfaction with the efficient service rendered by the Texas volunteers during the campaign, and particularly in the operations around Monterey; and he would especially acknowledge his obligations to General Henderson, Generals Lamar and Burleson, and Colonels Hays and Wood, for the valuable assistance they have rendered. He wishes all the Texas volunteers a happy return to their families and homes. 3. Colonel A. S. Johnson, who has served in the campaign as inspector general of the volunteer division, is hereby honorably discharged from the service. He will receive the thanks of the commanding general for the important services rendered by him in that capacity. By order of Major General Taylor: W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. Orders No. 126. HEAD QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, 1. Lieutenant Colonel H. Clay, 2d regiment Kentucky volunteers, is announced as extra aid-de-camp of the commanding general. All orders or instructions communicated by him will be obeyed and respected accordingly. 2. Major G. A. McCall, assistant adjutant general, is assigned as chief of the staff of Major General Patterson, to whom he will report accordingly. 3. With a view to restrict the admission into the city of soldiers belonging to the division encamped without, the following regulations will be observed: No soldier, except those quartered in Monterey, will be permitted, to enter the city without a written pass for the day from his captain, countersigned by the colonel of the regiment, and not more than two such passes from any one company will be granted on the same day. When it may become necessary to send parties to the town on duty, they will always be conducted by an officer or noncommissioned officer, and in the latter case a pass will be given by the colonel as above. Individual soldiers with passes, and parties on duty, will enter the city and leave it by the road passing near the east of the citadel, and by no other, and will be required to leave the town before retreat. This order will be read at the head of every company, and will go into effect to-morrow morning. The brigadier general commanding the 2d division will establish the necessary guards and patrols its strict enforcement. All soldiers found in the city in violation of its provisions will be placed in confinement, to be released only on the application of their colonels. The commanding general calls upon officers of all grades to give their aid in carrying out measures so essential to the due preservation of order and the restoration of confidence among the citizens of Monterey. By order of Major General Taylor: Orders No. 133. W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. HEAD-QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, 1. In conformity with the provisions of "general orders" No. 41, a clothing depot for the regular troops will be established at Camargo, in addition to the one already existing at Point Isabel. The latter will be the main depot, under the charge of Thomas G. King, military storekeeper; the former will be under that of Captain L. T. Jamison, and will be supplied from the main depot. All clothing in both depots will be considered hereafter as a common supply for the army, without reference to the regiments from which received. Regimental officers receiving invoices of clothing from the north, will forward them to the clothing officer at Point Isabel, as directed in "orders" No. 70, current series. The articles of uniform peculiar to different corps will be kept distinct. 2. Requisitions from troops in the field, in advance of Camargo, will be made by company commanders on the depot at that place; from troops below, they will be made on the main depot. All such requisitions must be approved by regimental or battalion commanders, who will be careful that they are not unnecessarily multiplied, and do not exceed in amount the absolute wants of the service. Under the authority of "general orders" No. 41, the allowance of boots is increased to five pair per annum. 3. None but undress uniform will be issued or required. The dress caps, coats, &c., that may be in depot at Point Isabel will be disposed of as the chief of the quartermaster's department may direct. He will also give the necessary instructions to the officers in charge of the clothing depots in regard to their duties, and will see that, by timely requisitions on the north, the main depot at Point Isabel is kept constantly supplied with clothing for the wants of the army. By order of Major General Taylor: W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. Orders No. 135. HEAD-QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, 1. Surgeon C. A. Finley, having reported to the commanding general, is assigned to duty as medical director of the army, and will accordingly relieve Surgeon Craig with as little delay as practicable. 2. The regiments and battalions of the regular army will be mustered by their commanders on the 31st instant. The companies serving with harnessed batteries, and Captain Blanchard's company of volunteers, will be mustered as may be directed by the commanding generals of divisions, who will likewise prescribe the hour for the muster of all the corps under their command. Hospital stewards and attendants of the 1st division at hospitals in the city, will be mustered by their battalion commanders. Captain Webster will muster his company (C, 1st artillery.) 3. The Maryland and D. C. battalion of volunteers will be mustered by Lieutenant Colonel Wilson's staff officer, under his direction. The regiments of the volunteer division will be mustered by Colonel Croghan, inspector general, and Major Thomas, assistant adjutant general, under the direction of the former. Col. Croghan will call to his assistance, in making this muster, Lieuts. Hooker and Lovell, staff officers serving in the division. 4. The supply of clothing received by the last train is sufficient for the issue to each man of the regular corps of one of the following articles, viz: Wool jackets; overalls, pairs; flannel shirts; stockings, pairs; boots, pairs. Consolidated requisitions from each division for such of these articles as may now be required, not to exceed the above limit, will be made on Captain Sibley, who will issue accordingly. The forage caps, flannel drawers, camp kettles, and mess pans, will be issued according to a memorandum furnished to Captain Sibley. All articles that may be found unfit for issue, such as boots of too small size, will be returned to the quartermaster's department. By order of Major General Taylor: W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. Orders No. 136. S } HEAD-QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Camp near Monterey, November 1, 1846. The melancholy duty devolves upon the commanding general of announcing to the army the decease of Major W. W. Lear, 3d infantry, who expired yesterday of the wound received while gallantry leading his regiment in the action of the 21st September. A long and creditable service, commencing in the war of 1812, has thus been sadly but nobly closed. Kind and generous in his private relations, and, though feeble from the ravages of protracted disease, faithful, zealous, and efficient in the discharge of duty, the relations and friends of the deceased major and the service at large have sustained in his death no ordinary loss. The deceased will be interred at 4 o'clock p. m. this day, with the honors due to his rank. All officers off duty are respectfully invited to attend his funeral at the head-quarters of his late regiment, the 3d infantry. By order of Major General Taylor: W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. Orders No. 139. HEAD-QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, 1. Under instructions from the Department of War, the generalin chief of the Mexican forces has been duly notified that the temporary cessation of hostilities agreed upon at the convention of Monterey will cease and determine from the 13th instant, after which date the American forces will be free to cross the line of demarcation established in said convention. 2. Saltillo, the capital of the State of Coahuila, will be occupied by the United States troops. The following corps of the 2d division will form the garrison in the first instance, to be increased as circumstances may require: Lieutenant Colonel Duncan's battery, artillery battalion, (8 companies,) 8th infantry, 5th infantry, and Captain Blanchard's company of Louisiana volunteers, the whole to be commanded by Brig. Gen. Worth. Lieutenant Mackall's battery, the 7th infantry, and one company of the artillery battalion, (to be selected by General Worth,) will remain in Monterey under command of Colonel Smith, regiment of mounted riflemen. 3. The corps above designated for the occupation of Saltillo will march under General Worth on the 12th instant. The commanding general will march at the same time with the two squadrons of the 2d dragoons under Lieutenant Colonel May. The troops will take four rations in their haversacks. Rations of salt meat for ten days, of bread for five days, and small rations for twenty days, will be thrown forward at the same time. 4. Suitable arrangements will be made by the medical director for the care of the invalids necessarily left behind by the 2d division. They will be sent forward to their companies as rapidly as they may recover health and strength. 5. The quartermaster's department will provide the necessary transportation to carry out the above order. By order of Major General Taylor: W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. Orders No. 144. HEAD QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Camp near Monterey, November 13, 1846. 1. During the absence of the commanding general the command of all the troops in and near Monterey will be exercised by Brigadier General Twiggs. 2. The command of Colonel P. F. Smith, viz: Captain Taylor's battery, one company (E) 1st artillery, and the 7th infantry, is permanently detached from the 2d division, and will form for the present the garrison of Monterey. Colonel Smith will establish the necessary guards for the protection of the public property, and the preservation of order in the town. By order of Major General Taylor: W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. Orders No. 146. S HEAD-QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Camp near Monterey, November 27, 1846. The many outrages that have been recently committed in the city of Monterey, and elsewhere, upon the persons and property of Mexican citizens, render it necessary to restrict the extensive use of riding animals among the rank and file of the army. It is therefore ordered that all horses, mules, or donkeys, in possession of non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates, or laundresses of the various regiments, shall be sold, or otherwise disposed of, before the 1st of December, after which date none will be tolerated in their possession. The officers of the inspector general's department will see to the execution of this order, and will cause all animals found in violation of its provisions to be turned over to the quartermaster's department, to be disposed of for the benefit of the hospitals. It will be read at the head of every company. By order of Major General Taylor: W. W. S. BLISS, Assistant Adjutant General. Orders No. 149. } HEAD-QUARTERS, ARMY OF OCCUPATION, 1. The regiment of mounted riflemen being considered, under instructions from the Department of War, as cavalry troops, though now serving temporarily on foot, will be posted accordingly when in line with other corps. The companies of the regiment serving in the field will be mounted as soon as the circumstances of the service will permit. 2. Grave complaints have come to the commanding general touching depredations alleged to have been committed near Marin and Ramos, by troops and armed parties passing on the road. The general is therefore under the necessity of calling the attention of |
