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To the People of Texas. 
 
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 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, 1 
 
 Austin, September 4th, 1861. j 
 
 The Secretary of War of the Confederate 
 States has requested the State Executive to 
 have made up, at an early day, a large quan- 
 tity of Woolen Clothing, to supply the wants 
 of the Army, to be charged to the Confeder- 
 ate Government. The Medical Perveyor has 
 also asked aid from the Executive to a plan 
 to procure Blankets for the sick and wounded 
 of the army. He suggests very wisely that 
 almost every family, with little or no incon- 
 venience to itself, can contribute a Bl&nket or 
 Comfortable to his Department. 
 
 Warmly approving these suggestions, the 
 Executive issued his Address of the 31st ult., 
 inviting the formation in every County in the 
 State of a Society, or Committee, to solicit 
 and receive heavy Clothing, Blankets, Com- 
 fortables, and other articles, which will be 
 needed by our army during the coming win 
 tor. The military stores thus furnished will 
 be paid for in the bonds of the Confederate 
 States. 
 
 To effectuate this plan, depots will be esta- 
 blished at central points, under the superin- 
 tendence of the following agents, viz : 
 
 j At Jefferson, W. P. Sauflley. 
 
 / " Henderson, J. H. Parsons. 
 
 V "^Palestine, Tnhn B VrnTen^ 
 
 J " Dallas, Dr. Saml. Pryor. 
 
 > " Sherman^ W. E. Sanders. 
 
 \\ " Waco, J.W.Speight. 
 
 n\ " Austin, W. H. D. Carrington 
 
 ^<_> " San Antonio, Vance & Br®. 
 
 §N " Victoria, Wm. S. Glass. 
 
 ^ " Houston, E. W. Taylor. 
 
 AN " Beaumont,| John J. Herring. 
 
 v"^ They will receive and forward to the pro- 
 sper destination the contributions of the oounty 
 \. associations, and of the citizens generally, and 
 whenever necessary, may furnish transporta- 
 tion, and mcur other expenses growing prop- 
 erly out of the discharge of their duties, on 
 
 the faith and credit of the Confederate States. 
 The State itself will sustain that credit to the 
 utmost limit of its resources. All valid ac- 
 counts for military stores thus famished, or 
 otherwise contracted by each agent in the 
 discharge of his duties, will be certified by 
 him to this office, where the same will be ex- 
 amined, approved and registered. 
 
 The County Societies will forward their 
 contributions to the agents at most convenient 
 or accessible depots. 
 
 Each of the agents at Henderson, Palestine, 
 Dallas, Sherman, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, 
 and Victoria, will forward his collections to 
 the most accessible depot, either at Jeffers< n, 
 Houston, or Beaumont, directed to the agent 
 at that point. General depots will bo estab- 
 lished at the latter points, from which the 
 military stores thus accumulated will be trans- 
 ported, or distributed under the directions of 
 the President of the Confederate States. The 
 agents designated for these pusposes will also 
 receive contributions from the county asso- 
 ciations private individuals, or any other 
 quarter. 
 
 The State Executive has received assuran- 
 ces from the managers of the different Kail- 
 road Companies in Texas that "they will 
 transport troops and military stores intended 
 for the defence of the country, free of charge/' 
 
 To give vigor, efficiency and life to this 
 plan, the great body of our citizens must lend 
 to it their persevering and active labors. No 
 appeal can be necessary to arouse them to 
 oarly and efficient action to prevent a fre- 
 quent recurrence among the brave youth 
 whom we have sent from our mild climate to 
 Virginia and Missouri, of the horrors of Val- 
 ley Forge. No time should be lost. Wirter 
 will soon be upon them. 
 
 WM. BYRD, 
 
 Adjutant-Gen^, al % 
 
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