Mexican troops, which, in force, as

reported of five thousand men, are

concentrating from Tampico, San

Luis Potosi and other points

upon Matamoros. Gen. Taylor does

not think it prudent therefore to

detach any portion of his forces

at the present time for the defense

of our frontier, and has

further notified me that he will

immediately dispatch an officer

to muster into the service of the

U.S. any companies I may think

proper to designate for the protection

of the said frontier. I have in

consequence designated one full comp-

any under the command of Major

J.C. Hays for the defence of Bexar,

one full company under the

command of Captain Cady for

the defence of this place and probably one other company of Artillery, one

company of thirty men under

the command of Lieut Teal

of Milam County, one company

of thirty men under the command

of Lieut Thos. I. Smith of Robertson

County and one comapny of 30

men under the command of

Lieut. John McGarra of Fannin

County for the protection of

the frontiers of those counties

respictively [sic]. Gen. Taylor's forces