Texas. Adjutant General's Dept.

On November 13, 1835, the Texas Consultation created the office of Adjutant General, as one of five heads of departments under the Commander-in-Chief of the Texian Army (the other offices being Inspector General, Quartermaster General, Surgeon General, and Paymaster General). On December 20, 1836, the 1st Congress passed an Act to organize and fix the Military establishment of the Republic of Texas, which in addition to the aforementioned bureaus, created a Commissary General of Subsistence, a Commissary General of Purchases, and a Colonel of Ordnance, all of whom answered to the Secretary of War. On December 18, 1837, the 2nd Congress passed--and later passed again over President Sam Houston's veto--an act making the Adjutant General a position elected by the Congress; the first man so elected was Hugh McLeod. This arrangement lasted less than two years, however, with subsequent Adjutants General--beginning with McLeod on January 30, 1839--being appointed by the President. The 4th Congress combined the offices of Adjutant General and Inspector General on January 28, 1840, and the 5th Congress technically abolished this position on January 18, 1841. Yet Peter Hansborough Bell served as Adjutant General of Militia soon thereafter; and in legislation of February 1842, there is a reference to an Acting Adjutant General.

From the guide to the Army papers, 1835-1846, (Repository Unknown)

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