Correspondence Of the Tropic.

Corpus Christi. Texas. Oct- IL
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P~S ShiiSt!, eXaS, S'ct. IL, 40.


Gtntlemem:-By publishing the follows
ing statement you will ob.ige many 10 the
Army OF Occupation" and correct many
misrepresentation.


An article in the Washington Union.
explanatory Of the extraordinary course
pursued by the War Department in sending
Artillery troops into the field without their
guns. betrays gross ignorance of the facts.
or most shame less attempt to deceive. 1t
says that the Artillery troops in Texas are
but Artillery in name. and are provided
With muskets to act as Infantry; that four
companies have guns and horses, and are de-
signed 10 cooperate with the other corUs
as Field Artillery" Whether this state
ment be an ingenious one. leave to YOU
and to your readers 10 decide Beyond all
doubt, The ID Dragons. the Sd and 4th In
ianlry, and IT. Bragg's company of Artil
lery, from Charleston. were the enIy troops
originally designed for The Texan frontier.
lis we'll known that the authorities at
Washington expected an immense loss Of
lives among the troops sent. upon an active
to a tropical Climate in the month
OF July. They. therefore. ordered out the
minimum force. which they deemed COM
petent TO guard the frontier until the sickly
season was over. A war panic, got uu IN
the month of August by some wags or
stock jobbers. caused change in the orig.
inal plan. and the consequent sending of
.arge portion of the whole army to this
point. Until this period 1t Bragg's com
pany was the only Artillery force in The
fisid-ihe only Afnllery force expected in