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330. Hd. Qrs. Dept of Texas,

                                                                           San Antonio, Tex., April 19, 1872.

MO.MIL.DIV. Colonel James B. Fry Asst. Adjutant General, Mil. Div. of the Mo. Chicago, Ills.

Colonel:

                     I have the honor to enclose you herewith a copy of the Report of Capt. Edward S. Meyer, 9th Cavy., detailing his operations in breaking up a Camp of armed Mexicans, twelve miles above his post, Fort McIntosh and the capture of seven Mexican Officers and thirty seven Privates with a portion of their arms and Equipments.
                     Colonel Valdez, the reported Commander of this force, is the same who recently crossed with his command from Piedras Negras, and surrendered it with their arms to the Commanding Officer Fort Duncan.  That force was, in pursuance to orders from the Lieut. General, disbanded.
                    The command broken up by Capt. Meyer was - I am informed - made up mostly from the force disbanded at Fort Duncan, with addition of men from this place and points on the Rio Grande.  The alleged assertion of Colonel Valdez, that he was acting with the knowledge and approval of the Dept. Commander, is of course erroneous.  Col. Valdez was expressly told by the Dep't. Commander, that if he attempted to return to Mexico with an armed or organized force it would be in violation of our soil, would make trouble and that he must not attempt it.   Col. Valdez and the captured officers report themselves as belonging to the Regular Mexican Army and to be acting in the interest of the Mexican Government.  Querazo, who commanded the Revolutionists, along the Rio Grande frontier is - I am informed - one of the Mexican Generals who were in the french interests in Mexico, that his hostility to the Government is due entirely to his personal hostility to the