OR, Series 1, Vol. 15, Page 814

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

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