| Show admy intelligence at the conference of gens scott and twiggs in re gird gard to the future disposition of tile the united to d S states ates in in texas 1 exas we learn the following 1101 ving change was agreed upon xio the majority odthe infantry coinman companies a are re 16 to be concentrated ut tit camp cooper and the remainder of this arm to bo be scattered along the el paso mail route for the protection of the mails and passengers as well as tho the numerous trains that pass in that way to chihuahua and new Al mexico exico the cavalry now in this department and three or four more companies of that arm which are to be placed under gen twi twiggs r gs command will bo be kept in tho the field on the headwaters head waters of the red Qu achita and canadian rivers to thoroughly ou ably scout all our northwestern frontier and prevent if possible any more ore forays into texas of the CO manches or their allies |
