It was Cos, Cos the breaker of oaths.

With him was another officer whose uniform indicated the general.

Ned learned later that this was Sesma, who had been dispatched with a brigade by Santa Anna to meet Cos on the Rio Grande, where they were to remain until the dictator himself came with more troops.
The music ceased presently and one of the men said to Ned: "What company ?" Ned had prepared himself for such questions, and he moved his hand vaguely toward the left.
"Over there," he said.
They were fully satisfied, and continued to puff their cigarritos, resting their heads with great content upon pillows made of their saddles and blankets.

For a while they said nothing more, happily watching the rings of smoke from their cigarritos rise and melt into the air.

Although small and short, they looked hardy and strong.