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Hdqrs. Mil. Div. of the Mo., Chicago, Ills, Nov. 20. 1874.

Brig. General C. C. Augur, [underline in red] Commdg. Dep't. of Texas, San Antonio, Texas

General,

               The Lieut. General Commanding directs that you convene at Fort Sill, in the Indian Territory, or such other place as you may find most convenient, a Military Commission Composed of five officers of the Army, for the trial of all Indians belonging to the Kiowa and Commanche bands, or such other Indians as may have affiliated and lived with them, and who have committed murders, stolen animals, attacked or killed troops of the United States, within the last two years in the States of Texas and Kansas and in Colorado and the Indian Territory.
                I am General
                                     very respectfully
                                     Your obdt servant
                               (Sgd)   M. V. Sheridan
                                           Lt. Col. & A.D.C.
                                           Acty. Asst. Adjutant General

Official (Sgd) Colon Augur A. D. C. 500 6 D. T. '74 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hdqrs. Mil. Div. of the Mo. [underline in red] Chicago, Ills. Nov. 23, 1874.

Brig. General C. C. Augur, [underline in red] Commd'g. Dept. of Texas, San Antonio, Texas

General,

                   The Lieut. General Commanding directs that you select from among Indian prisoners now in your hands at Fort Sill, or other places, or who may hereafter come into your hands by surrender or capture, such individual Indians as are most [strike] not amenable to trial by the Military Commission ordered, but who have been ringleaders in the late troubles and in aiding and abetting the parties committing depredations and murders, for the last two years.
        The Lieut. General proposes sending these Indians to some of the military posts on the seacoast, and in this action he is informed that the President, Mr. Delano, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of War coincide.
                                I am General