will take more than the headquarters and two companies of the First Cavalry. It is possible, however, that the two companies of the Fourth and one of the Sixth Infantry may reach here in time. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Maj. R. C. DRUM, G. WRIGHT, Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Ter- Waw, November 29, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific: SIR: In accordance with the direction of the general commanding, I have the honor to report my arrival at this post on the 14th of November and its occupation by Company C, Fourth Infantry. The post was turned over to me on the 20th of November by Capt. L. C. Hunt. I found upon my arrival at Crescent City that the weather would not permit the steamer to land near the wharf. I was compelled to land iny company in small boats under a heavy expense of $2 per man; and also the transportation from Crescent City to the mouth of the Klamath River of a small portion of my camp equipage cost me 8 cents per pound. I am pleased with the post and hope to give satisfaction. I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN H. MAY, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, COMDG. OFFICER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles, Cal.: SIR: The general commanding the department desires you to select one company of infantry from the command near Warner's ranch and direct it to proceed to Fort Yuma. You will also detail from the cavalry battalion three officers and fifty picked men for service at the same post. This latter force will not proceed to its destination until evidence of the arrival of the forage at Yuma has been received. The general has this day directed two 18-pounders, with implements complete and a liberal supply of ammunition, and sixty tons of barley to be shipped to Fort Yuma. You will be duly notified when these stores leave this city. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, RICHD. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, His Excellency ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Sacramento, December 1, 1861. President of the United States: SIR: Pursuant to the requirements of the act of Congress of March 2, 1803, which requires the adjutant-general of the militia of each State to make the return of the militia of each State to which he belongs, with the arms, accouterments, and ammunition, to the President of the United States annually, on or before the first Monday in January of each year, I have the honor to transmit herewith an abstract of the annual return of the militia of the State of California for the year 1861. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. C. KIBBE, Adjutant-General State of California. Abstract of the annual return of the militia of the State of California for the year 1861. Adjutant-General of the Militia of the State of California. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, December 1, 1861. WM. C. KIBBE, 6 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, His Excellency J. W. NYE, Governor of Nevada Territory, Carson City: SIR: I have given instructions to the commanding officer of Fort Churchill to transfer to you such amount of flour and bacon or pork as you may deem necessary for issue to the Indians along the Overland Mail Route. The commanding officer at Fort Churchill has been directed to keep a supply of subsistence for his present command suffi cient to last until the end of July next. Although I am not authorized by the regulations to dispose of these provisions except for cash, yet under the pressing circumstances of the case I have not hesitated about having them placed at the disposal of Your Excellency as superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory, and if you are without funds of the Indian Department, the transfer can be made at Washington, which I doubt not will be approved by our Government. It is probable that the quantity of flour and meat which can be spared at Fort Churchill will amount to at least 60,000 rations of the former and 40,000 of the latter— possibly more. With great respect, I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, G. WRIGHT, Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding Department. Maj. R. C. DRUM, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT Of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., December 2, 1861. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: I have been informed by Captain Magruder, First Cavalry, since his arrival at this place that the orders for the recall of the detachment of the Ninth Infantry with Lieutenant Mullan were received at Walla Walla on the 18th of October; that having endeavored in vain to obtain the services of an express, he had on the 20th fallen in with a Mr. Owen, an Indian agent, who was about proceeding to his station some distance beyond Lieutenant Mullan]'s camp, and who took charge of the letter, promising its delivery on his arrival there. Mr. Owen left Walla Walla on the 21st, and it was probable that he would lose no time on his trip, as his train had left Walla Walla two or three days before, and it was necessary that he should overtake and go with it. It is a fair presumption that the orders did not reach Lieutenant M[ullan]'s camp until after the 1st of November. As far as I can learn from private sources Lieutenant M[ullan] was in winter quarters, and deemed it impracticable for the detachment to get to this place this season. I look for the companies here from Fort Colville some time next week in time for the steamer of the 17th, they having started, as I learn privately, about the 18th ultimo. The companies of the First Cavalry under command of Captain Magruder will leave on or about the 7th instant for San Francisco. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, A. CADY, Lieutenant-Colonel Seventh Infantry, Commanding District. Capt. RICHARD C. DRUM, HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, December 3, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific: CAPTAIN: I have received from Col. James H. Carleton, lately commanding Southern District of California, a copy of a dispatch, dated department headquarters, November 18, recalling me to Los Angeles. The officer assigned to relieve me at this post, Maj. Edwin A. Rigg, First Infantry California Volunteers, will reach here on the 7th instant, when I will immediately comply with the department order. You will be good enough to say to the general commanding that the position of this post is becoming daily more assured by work upon the defenses and by perfecting means of acquiring intelligence of any contemplated movement upon it. For the present there seems little prospect of the latter, as I lately advised the district commander. Respectfully, your obedient servant, J. R. WEST, Lieut. Col. First Infantry California Volunteers, Comdg. Post. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Capt. E. A. ROWE, Second Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry, Commanding Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.: SIR: After setting aside a sufficient number of rations to subsist your command to the 1st of August next, the general commanding the department desires you to turn over to the Governor of Nevada Territory, ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs, out of the surplus rations, such quantities of flour and pork or bacon as the superintendent may deem necessary for issue to the Indians along the Overland Mail Route. Should the superintendent be without funds, the acting commissary of subsistence will take receipts in duplicate for the stores he turns over. The actual cost with the transportation added will be stated both on the invoices and receipts to facilitate the settlement of these accounts in Washington. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, RICHD. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Lieut. Col. A. CADY, Seventh Infantry, Commanding District of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: The general commanding the department has this day directed Col. Justus Steinberger to repair to Fort Vancouver and commence raising and organizing the regiment of infantry authorized by the Secretary of War. The general wishes you to give the colonel in the performance of these duties the aid of your experience. You will give Colonel Steinberger the use of any quarters which may be needed at Vancouver, and furnish him with any supplies of clothing, arms, equipments, &c., which may be available at that post or the depot, on the requisitions of the colonel, without further reference. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, RICHD. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General. SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, No. 225. I. Col. Justus Steinberger having been mustered into the service of the United States and specially authorized by the Honorable Secretary of War to raise and organize a regiment of infantry in the Territory of Washington and the country adjacent thereto, he will repair to Fort Vancouver and take prompt measures to carry out the instructions from the War Department dated October 18, 1861. II. The commanding officer of the District of Oregon will afford Colonel Steinberger every facility in his power to enable him to organize his regiment. III. Colonel Steinberger will, by frequent reports to the assistant adjutant-general at department headquarters, keep the commanding general fully informed of the progress he is making in recruiting his regiment. By order of Brigadier-General Wright: RICHD. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General. Col. J. H. CARLETON: FORT YUMA, December 4, 1861. SIR: I reached this place last evening, and am pleased to find everything wearing the appearance of activity and preparation for whatever may occur in the unsettled condition of our country. I shall be compelled to remain here two or three days in order to recruit my riding animal, so as to get in over the desert. I met Mr. Fecunda Gonzales (the proprietor of the ferry below the line) at Carriso, on his way to Los Angeles. He was accompanied by his family. I shall take a trip along down the river probably as far as the ferry, as I was informed by a man of Gonzales' party that I could get over the river there by the assistance of the Indians, and that my horse could be crossed (probably by swimming). There has been no information up to this date at this place from Carrillo, who went to Tucson. I regret to hear that you have been called to San Francisco. Hoping, however, that you will be able to do more for the peace of California from that point than at Los Angeles, I must submit, and I trust that you have been appointed to the command of at least the Military Department of California. As I have nothing of pressing importance to communicate, I will defer any account of my trip until my return to Los Angeles. Wishing you health and rapid promotion, but to remain in California, I remain, truly, yours, J. J. WARNER. |