Office of Home Subsistence, Department of Texas February 1858
| Page | Date | Entry Contents | To; Signed | Unit | Location | Comment |
| 274 | February 1, 1858 | There now lie at Fort Mason Texas Subsistence Store for Camp Colorado of the gross weight of nineteen hundred pounds... with little delay as possible. Some 1100 lbs of them are of hard bread of which the troops at Camp Colorado are likely to be for need | The Chief of the ? Dept | Dept of Texas | San Antonio, Texas | |
| 274 | February 1, 1858 | I have request... transportation of the subsistence stores to Camp Colorado… | Lt J.L. Shaaff; W.B.B. | Fort Mason | ||
| 275 | February 2, 1858 | Recommended increase in beef compensation | Lt. John P. Sherbourne; W.B.B... | 1st Infantry | Camp Lancaster | El Paso Route |
| 275 | February 2, 1858 | Your requisition for "Commissary Property" is ordered to be filled | Lt A.P. Porter; W.B.B. | 2nd Comp A.A.C.P. | Camp Colorado | |
| 276 | February 2, 1858 | Returned property | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 276 | February 8, 1858 | I have the hour to transmit herewith a contract and bonds in duplicate... to the troops at Camp Cooper | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 277 | February 8, 1858 | Contracts for flour Camp Cooper | Lt J.E. Harrison; W.B.B. | 2nd Comp A.A.C.P. | Camp Cooper | |
| 277-278 | February 9, 1858 | Will you please purchase and ship to the A.A.C.P. here | ||||
| 200 bbls pork | ||||||
| 60,000 lbs bacon | ||||||
| 6000 lbs rice | ||||||
| 12,000 lbs coffee | ||||||
| 7000 lbs sugar | ||||||
| 2800 gallons of vinegar | ||||||
| 4,500 lbs candles (sperm) | ||||||
| 12,000 lbs of soap (Billand's) | ||||||
| 200 bush salt | ||||||
| 1200 gallons Whiskey | ||||||
| 30 bbls crushed sugar | ||||||
| 2 bbls java coffee | ||||||
| 20 bbls dried fruit | ||||||
| I will be glad if you can ship the above named stores as to reach Indianola from the 13th to the 22nd of March, by which time trains will be there to give them immediate dispatch to this place. | Capt J Bowen; W.B.B. | C.P. US Army | New Orleans, La | |||
| 278 | February 9, 1858 | General, I have the honor to report that I have today called upon the C.P. in New Orleans to forward to this depot the quantity of 290,000 rations with such alteration as the state of the supplies on hand requisitioned; being for issues for the troops provisioned from here for four months from June 1st next | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 279 | February 10, 1858 | Furnish Bat.Maj. GF Paul 7th Infantry with Subsistence Stores as he may require to complete the command until it arrives at Ringgold Barracks. | Lt J.E. Harrison; W.B.B. | 2nd Comp A.A.C.P. | Camp Cooper, third Commanding Officer | Copy furnished to Commanding Officers Fort Belknap |
| 279 | February 10, 1858 | Acknowledge flour contract sent by Lt T.A. Washington | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 280 | February 13, 1858 | Cover by print Acknowledges receipts for Fort Lancaster | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 280 | 4 1/2 by 6 3/4 black and white print titled "On The Tiptoe of Expectation" A little girl with a bow in a dark dress looking over a table on her tiptoes. Painted clay cat on floor | |||||
| 280 | February 15, 1858 | Forwarding contracts and bonds for fresh beef to the troops at Fort Mc Kavett for one year | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 281 | February 12, 1858 | Forwarding contracts and bonds for fresh beef to the troops at Fort Chadbourne for one year | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 281-2 | February 22, 1858 | Stationary and beef contract Chief 2uarter Master | Lt C.W. Thomas; W.B.B. | 1st Infantry A.A.C.P. | Fort Chadbourne | |
| 282 | February 23, 1858 | A company of the 2nd regm of Cavalry to occupy Fort Belknap... with sufficient guard | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 283 | February 24, 1858 | Explanation of provisions | Lt John P Sherbourne; W.B.B. | 1st Infantry | Fort Lancaster | El Paso Route, via Fort Clark |
| 284 | February 27, 1858 | Fresh beef contract Fort Duncan | Major General Geo. Gibson: W.B.B. | Commanding General Subsistence US Army | Washington D.C. | |
| 284 | February 27, 1858 | Unforeseen accident has reduced our supply of Flour to the lowest condition… forward 150 bbls | Capt J. Bowen; W.B.B. | C.P. US Army | New Orleans, La | |
| 285 | February 27, 1858 | Special provision for 150 bbls of Flour.. Greatest possible dispatch | Lt. L.G. Williams; W.B.B. | 1st Infantry A.A.C.P. | Indiannola, Texas |
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