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Written on border: "Oct. 1857" Printed on border: "In March, 1853, Congress appropriated thirty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the War Department, 'in the importation of camels and dromedaries, to be employed for military purposes;' and also to test their adaptation to the climate and country of Texas and our southwestern frontier, as beasts of burden or of rapid passage, for the expeditious transmission of intelligence. Accordingly, to Major Henry C. Wayne of the army, and Lieu…" |
