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LIST OF ACCOMPANYING PAPERS. 



General Order, No. 47, December 27, 1850. 



Letter of Colonel Fauntleroy to the President, February 6, ISol, enclosinoj 

 copy of Memorial addressed to the Senate by Army Officers at Corpus 

 Christi, in December, 1845, on the subject of General Scott's letter of 

 November, 1845 : and report of Senate Committee on the said Memorial, 

 in March, 1846. 



Letter of C. M. Fauntleroy to the Secretary of War, January 19, 1851, en- 

 closing letter of J. K. "Barnes. 



Remarks of Major General Scott on Colonel Fauntleroy's letter, February 

 11, 1851. 



Decision of the President and Secretary of War, upon Colonel Fauntleroy's 

 case, February 16, 1851. 



War Department, 



Adjutcmt GeneraPs Office, 



Washington, December 27, 1850. 

 General Orders — No. 47. 



Brevet Colonel J. Plympton, Lieutenant Colonel 7th infantry, is as- 

 signed to duty according to his brevet rank while stationed at Jefferson 

 Barracks, and will assume command of the post. 



By order, 



L. THOMAS, 

 Assistant Adj. General. 



Washington, D. C, February 6, 1851. 

 To the Hon. C. M. Conrad, 

 Secretary of War. 

 Sir : — I have the honor to enclose a letter to the President of the 

 United States, on the subject of General Orders No. 47, dated "War De- 

 j)artment. Adjutant General's Office, Washington, December 27, 1850," 

 which I desire to forward through you, together with the copy of the me- 

 morial from the officers of the army from Corpus Christi, in 1845. 

 Very respectfully, your oliedient servant, 



THOS. T. FAUNTLEROY, 

 Colonel First Regiment Dragoons. 



