April 16, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia)
The Texas Pioneer says Gen. Magruder has ordered that, if the militia, which have been called for the defense of the State, will organize into companies, and have their arms, ammunition, equipage, &c., boxed and sent to the Ordnance Office at Houston, they may be disbanded and allowed to return home. They will be required to muster once a week, in order to go into action whenever called upon; but the “arrangement is made in the hope and expectation that the militia will not be called away again from their industrial pursuits.”