Distribution of Troops

[General Orders No. 185.]

Headquarters Fifth Military District,

State Of Texas, Austin, Texas, October 18, 1869.

The following distribution of troops will be made by the respective post commanders, so as to enable the detachments to reach the county seat of the counties to which they are assigned by the 15th proximo. They will remain on duty as assigned until the conclusion of the election, when they will return to their proper stations, unless otherwise ordered hereafter.

All officers detailed as members of registration boards will be relieved from whatever duty they may be performing, so as to enable them to reach their respective county seats by the 15th proximo.

In counties where an officer of the army is assigned as registrar, he will assume command of the detachment for that county.

Post commanders will be held responsible for the preservation of order in the county wherein the headquarters of the post is located.

Military interference with elections, "unless it shall be necessary to keep the peace at the polls," is prohibited by law ; and no soldiers will be allowed to appear at any polling place, but the detachments will be quartered in close proximity, so that if their services are required to preserve order they can readily be procured.

The actual expenses incurred by officers detailed on duty connected with registration, over what it would have been if they had remained on duty at their proper stations, will be reimbursed them, from the reconstruction fund.

The custodian of the records of registration for the various counties in the State will turn over, upon application made by any member of the board of registrars for his county, the records, etc., pertaining to registration.

Post commanders will assume control of all detachments that this order may bring temporarily within the limits of their posts.

Post of Jefferson.—Harrison County, 1 officer, 10 men ; Bowie County, 10 men; Titus County, 10 men; Panola County, 10 men; Houston County, 10 men ; Davis County,1 officer, 10 men; Red River County, 10 men; Upshur County, 1 officer, 10 men; Rusk County, 10 men; Walker County, 1 officer, 10 men ; Cherokee County, 10 men.

Post of Nacogdoches.—Angeline County, 1 officer, 10 men ; San Augustine County, 10 men.

Post of Livingston.—Tyler County, 10 men; Liberty County, 10 men.

Post of Greenville.—Grayson County, 10 men ; Lamar County, 1 officer. 10 men; Hopkins County, 10 men : Collin County, 10 men; Fannin County, 10 men ; Wood County, 1 officer, 10 men.

Post of Tyler.—Kaufman County, 10 men : Henderson County, 10 men ; Van Zandt County, 10 men ; Anderson County, 10 men.

Post of Brenham.—Fayette County, 10 men ; Austin County, 10 men ; Burleson County, 1 officer, 10 men.

Post of Calvert.—Leon County, 1 officer, 10 men ; Brazos County, 10 men ; Grimes County, 10 men.

Post of Galveston.—Fort Bend County, 15 men ; Brazoria County, 15 men ; Montgomery County, its present force.

Post of Columbus.—Matagorda County, 10 men ; Wharton County, 10 men ; Lavaca County, 10 men.

Post of Helena.—Gonzales County, 10 men; De Witt County, 10 men; Refugio County, 10 men.

Post of Corpus Christi.—San Patricio County, 10 men; Live Oak County, 10 men ; Bee County, 1 officer, 10 men.

Post of San Antonio.—Gaudalupe County, 10 men ; Wilson County, 10 men ; Atascosa County, 10 men.

Post of Austin.—Bastrop County, 1 officer, 10 men ; Falls County, 10 men ; Milam County, 15 men ; Bell County, 10 men.

Post of Waco.—Limestone County, 10 men; Freestone County, 10 men ; Ellis County, 10 men.

Post of Fort Richardson.—Parker County, 10 men (cavalry ;) Dallas County, 10 men (cavalry ;) Tarrant County, 10 men (cavalry ;) Cook County, 10 men (cavalry.)

Post of Fort Brown.—Hidalgo County, 10 men.

Ringgold Barracks.—Zapata County, 10 men.

Post of Fort Clark.—Uvalde County, 1 officer, 10 men.
Post of Fort McKavett.—Mason County, 10 men.
By command of Brevet Major General Reynolds :

H. CLAY WOOD, Assistant Adjutant General. Official:

CHAS. E. MORSE,

Aide-de-Camp.

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