Yours to Command: The Life and Legend of Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald

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The records of the adjutant general’s office of the state of Texas contain five important sources for the study of Ranger history: l) a file of general correspondence —incoming mail from military and Ranger personnel and other people—in chronological order; 2) Letter Press Books of outgoing communications from the various adjutant generals; 3) service records of Ranger personnel; 4) the muster and pay rolls for the Ranger organization; and 5) a separate section of Ranger materials, including the Letter Press Books of outgoing messages of the quartermasters and the monthly returns of the companies in the field. For several decades the records of the adjutant general have been filed and refiled. Thus, any citations to folders and boxes are not always accurate. Abbreviations and Short Titles Used in the Notes AGR – Adjutant General Records (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). AHR – American Historical Review AQ – American Quarterly AW – American West ETHJ – East Texas Historical Journal GC-AGR – General Correspondence, Adjutant General Records (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). GR – Governor’s Records (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). JAH – Journal of American History JNH – Journal of Negro History { 3 0 7 } Notes  JSH – Journal of Sport History JW – Journal of the West LPB-AG-AGR – Letter Press Books, Adjutant General, Adjutant General Records (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). LPB-Q-RR-AGR – Letter Press Books, Quartermaster, Frontier Battalion or Ranger Force, Ranger Records, Adjutant General Records (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). McDonald, “RBO” – William J. McDonald, “Report of the Brownsville Outrage ,” General Correspondence, Adjutant General Records (Archives Division , Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). MP – Mason (Madeline Mason Manheim McKesson) Papers (Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas). MMWH – Montana: The Magazine of Western History MPUS-1 – Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report from the Secretary of War, Together with Several Documents, Including a Letter of General Nettleton, and Memoranda as to Precedents for the Summary Discharge or Mustering Out of Regiments or Companies. 59th Cong., 2nd Sess., Senate, Doc. No. 155, Pt. 1 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907). MPUS-2 – Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Letter from the Secretary of War Containing Additional Testimony in the Brownsville Case. 59th. Cong., 2nd Sess., Senate, Doc. No. 155, Pt. 2 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907). MRCB – Monthly Returns of Company B for the Years 1886-1907, Ranger Records, Adjutant General Records (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). MVHR – Mississippi Valley Historical Review NMHR – New Mexico Historical Review Paine, McDonald – Albert Bigelow Paine, Captain Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger: A Story of Frontier Reform (New York: J. J. Little & Ives, 1909). PHR – Pacific Historical Review PJF – Publius: The Journal of Federalism PP – Albert Bigleow Paine Papers (Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California). PWW – Arthur S. Link, ed., The Papers of Woodrow Wilson (Princeton, N.J., 1966–1987). RAGST – Reports of the Adjutant General of the State of Texas, 1889–1906 (Austin, 1890–1907). N O T E S { 3 0 8 } RC-RR-AGR – Ranger Correspondence, Ranger Records, Adjutant General Records (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). RC-WP – Ranger Correspondence, Walter Prescott Webb Papers (Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collections, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas). RR-AGR – Ranger Records, Adjutant General Records (Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas). RRVHR – Red River Valley Historical Review RSRA – Reports of the State Revenue Agent, 1906–1912 (Austin, 1908–1912). SHQ – Southwestern Historical Quarterly Seymour, IPCH – Charles Seymour, arr., The Intimate Papers of Colonel House (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926). SLJ – Southwestern Law Journal Sullivan, Twelve Years in the Saddle – W. J. L. Sullivan, Twelve Years in the Saddle for Law and Order on the Frontiers of Texas (1909; repr., New York: BuffaloHead Press, 1966). TCHC – Texas Correspondence, E. M. House Collection, in Ramsdell Collection (Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collections, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas). TSCR-M-7747 – Case File M-7747, W. A. Dunklin & Co. v. W. J. McDonald et al., Texas Supreme Court Records, Archives Division, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas. TLR – Texas Law Review VLR – Virginia Law Review WHQ – Western Historical Quarterly WP – Walter Prescott Webb Papers (Eugene C. Barker Texas History Collections , Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas). WTHAYB – West...