routes to Monterey, through Cerralvo and China, having been reconnoitred and the former selected as the more advantageous, the first brigade of regular troops, under Worth, was sent forward August 19th, and occupied Cerralvo without opposition. The army concentrated at Camargo for the movement on Monterey numbered a little over 6,600 officers and men. This force was divided into three divisions, under tho commands of generals Twiggs and Worth, and Major-general Butler,[1] the third division being composed of volunteers to the number of nearly 3,000.[2] The remainder of the volunteer force, amounting to over O 6,000 men, was left in camp and garrison at Camargo and other towns on the Rio Grande. On September 5th Taylor left Camargo and pro-
- ↑ The different divisions were composed as follows: Regulars: 1st Division, Brig.-gen. Twiggs.
2d Dragoons, Captain May 250 men Ridgely's and Webster's batteries 110 " 1st, 3d, and 4th infantry regiments, Captain Shiver s company of Texas volunteers, and Bragg's battery 1,320 " Baltimore battalion 400 " Total 2,080 " 2d Division, Brig.-gen. Worth. Duncan s and Taylor s batteries 100 men Artillery battalion 100 " 5th, 7th, and 8th infantry regiments 1,500 " Blanchard s company of Louisiana volunteers 80 " Total 1,780 " Volunteers: 3d Division, Maj.-gen. Butler. 1st Brigade, Brig.-gen. Hamer. 1st Kentucky regiment, 540 men, 1st Ohio regiment 540 " 2d Brigade, Brig.-gen. Quitman. 1st Tennessee regiment 540 " 1st Mississippi regiment 690 " Texas Division, Maj.-gen. Henderson, 1st and 2d regiments mounted volunteers 500 " Total 2,810 " Id., 417-18; Mansfield's Mex. War, 57. Taylor s return of the actual number of his force before Monterey as 425 officers and 6220 men. His artillery consisted of one 10-inch mortar, two 24-pounder howitzers, and four light field-batteries of four guns each. U. S. Govt Doc., Cong. 29, Ses. 2, H. Ex. 4, p. 88.
- ↑ In a paragraph of Orders, no. 108, Taylor assigns as his reasons for not taking a larger number of the volunteers into the field, limited means of transportation, and the uncertainty in regard to the supplies that may be drawn from the theatre of operations. U. S. Govt Doc., Cong. 30, Ses. 1, H. Ex. 60, p. 500.
