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decide to fight it out, Gen Sheridan will surely do so on this line if it takes all Winter and by the 15th of Jany. we may be in the vicinity of the Hd waters of Red River or out upon the Staked Plains Under orders from Gen Sheridan I am concentrating Companies "E D S & M" of the 10th Cavalry at this point in readiness for the Field and in addition to this force which will be about 300 effective men I will have about 200 friendly Indians - making in all a force of 500 under my command - with which I will not hesitate to march to Mexico if ordered so to do - I am more than [ ? ] glad that I made the trip I did last summer