| Headquarters Sub-Military District of
Houston |
| Houston, Tex. |
| September 28, 1862 |
| |
| Capt. C. M. Mason |
|
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General
|
| |
|
Sir,
|
| I have the honor to report
that I have returned to-day from Beaumont with Elmore's regiment and
the detachment of Griffin's battalion. Wilson's battery had no
transportation, but shall return to-morrow. From a reconnaissance
made personally down to near the terminus of the Sabine Pass
Railroad {Eastern Texas RR} (2½ miles
from the town), and from information received through scouts who
penetrated into the town, I have satisfied myself that
*****
|
| I have ordered the troops
I had taken with me to Beaumont to return to their stations, and to
keep in readiness to move at short notice should their presence be
required at any point of the coast. I cannot praise too highly the
promptness with which the railroad companies supplied me with means
of transportation. *****
|
| I have the honor to be, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
|
| X. B. Debray
|
| Colonel
|
| Commanding Sub-Military District of
Houston
|
|