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{ To the Ladle* «t l'fxailt;Ufl ADQUARTRH8. DlffT. TEXAS,)k *Naw Maxico 4b Aarech*, yHawklna’ Farm, on Oauey, Deo. 10, 1865,The Comuian.iing General announces to you that (20,000) twenty thousand baverracktare rttfalwdln the array, Theio ttrfc satchel ato«Ctf ftrtbes wide and 13 deep, with a flap from the topbuttoiied on lhe out «td« of the satchel tadtlAng by « b«lt okbrtho shoulder pissing Uudet tfet* tU-wi. They 'are abso lately necessary #tethe efficiency of the idldfbr In the field, and.cabno* be made by the Quitted Hdater Department ifcrwantof material.- The beat whtertillB atronu hableaotKd cotton,- but as it la Also tddre* In prfrate families they tnarbe wade Af carpeting, cur* Ltjh calloo of double thickness, tabic covcr*,‘totton Otffwooleo, or any atrong material'Whatever, And the belt passing over the shoulder tod udder Ibrkifffi He be made of the same material, doubled and ‘hemmed, •r of buckskin or leather* The fiobte exam pleWtfteki you have set of undying patriot I §m and the raoit on* selfish devotion inspires iha Ccmm-oding General wUh a hope that he doe# not call upon you lu vain when he ask* you as he.doea tofurnlaa, with the least possible delay, each as man; bavsreaok*. or eachela* of this desc lption as y.ou can make, or Induce y our friends to make. They should be sowed In the strongest possible manner, aud made of the atougeat material whicfccan t* procured ' flnootdfcy 6f the ladle* desire them t* go to particular regiment#; In which they have the most friends; by fixing1 thename of the reutment on the articles- they will he assorted by the Qaartorrnuster and forwarded according to address. .Every lady in Texas Is requested to forward as many as the can make to the Quartermaster nearest har residence, and all QuartejoyUter# east 'of the Colorado are directed to send them, as soon as a sufficient number ha* been received, to Capt; Wharton, at Houston, and those west of the Colorado to Capt. F?e«cott, Q. M. Ban Antonio.Quartermasters of Regiment*, Battalions and Detached Companion are hereby directed towsfce requisitions at once *, those east of the Colorado on Capt. Wharton, nod those west cm OapL Prescott, lor haversacks, In accordance with the- number of men pro sent with their corps.J. BANKflHAD MAGR0DER. BTaJ.Gen. declCtw3l ConptPg iiai. T., K. fei. and A,awr « m 'jt it ffc.
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Galveston Tri Weekly News
Galveston, Texas, US
Wed, Dec 23, 1863
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