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[Special Orders No. 180.-E: tract.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA,

Portland, Oreg., December 28, 1872.

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2. The chief commissary of subsistence will transfer to First Lieut. John M. Ross, Twenty-first Infantry, commanding detachment of troops en route to the Modoc country, fifty dollars, subsistence funds.

3. The chief quartermaster will transfer to First Lieut. John M. Ross, Twenty-first Infantry, commanding detachment of troops en route to the Modoc country, fifty dollars, from the appropriation for transportation of the Army.

By command of Brigadier General Canby:

Official:

H. CLAY WOOD, Assistant Adjutant-General.

H. CLAY WOOD. Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Special Orders No. 181.-Extract.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA,

Portland, Oreg., December 30, 1872.

3. The public exigencies requiring the immediate delivery of the articles-there being none on hand for issue-the chief quartermaster is authorized to purchase in open market for the use of troops in the field, operating against the Modoc Indians, two paulins, sixteen pounds rope, and one ax and helve.

By command of Brigadier-General Canby :

Official:

H. CLAY WOOD, Assistant Adjutant-General.

H. CLAY WOOD, Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Special Orders No. 4. J

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA,
San Francisco, January 9, 1873.

I. Batteries M (Throckmorton's) and A, (Thomas's,) Fourth Artillery, now at Presidio, will be at once put in readiness for immediate field service in Oregon. They will be as lightly equipped as is consistent with efficiency, (the baggage being arranged for pack-animals,) and take two hundred rounds of ammunition. The post commander at the Presidio will see that everything is in readiness for these two batteries to move as soon as notified, by rail, to Reading, and to march from that place, via Yreka, to their destination.

The quartermaster's department will see that the necessary transpor tation is in readiness, and the subsistence department that the necessary subsistence is in readiness.

The medical director of the department will provide a competent medical officer to accompany this command.

II. Troop K, (Biddle's,) First Cavalry, will be at once put in readiness for field-service in Oregon, being equipped as lightly as is consistent with efficiency, (the baggage being arranged for pack-animals,) and provided with two hundred rounds of ammunition. The post commander at Camp Halleck, Nevada, will see that it is immediately put in readiness to move, as soon as notified, by rail, via Marysville, to Reading, and march from that place to their destination, via Yreka, Cal.

The quartermaster's department will have the necessary transporta tion in readiness, and the subsistence department will provide the nec essary subsistence.

By command of Brigadier-General Canby:

Official:

SAM'L BRECK, Assistant Adjutant-General.

WM M. WHERRY.

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Special Orders No. 10.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA,

San Francisco, January 20, 1873. Batteries M (Captain Throckmorton's) and A, (Captain Thomas's Fourth Artillery, under the command of the senior officer, will, as early to-morrow morning as possible, proceed to report for duty to Lieut. Col. F. Wheaton, Twenty-first Infantry, commanding District of the Lakes and now on the eastern side of Link River, Jackson County, Oregon. The route to be taken will be by rail to Redding, and marches via Shasta and Yreka.

The arrangements heretofore ordered in regard to medical officers transportation, forage, and subsistence will be carried out. By command of Brigadier-General Canby:

SAM'L BRECK, Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Special Orders No. 11.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA,

San Francisco, January 20, 1873.

Company G, Twelfth Infantry, now at Angel Island, California, will join the batteries of the Fourth Artillery, now under orders to report to Lieut. Col. F. Wheaton, Twenty-first Infantry, commanding District of the Lakes, at the Oakland Wharf, to-morrow morning.

The subsistence department will provide the additional subsistence necessary for the command en route and at Yreka, and the quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.

The post commanders will see that the company is properly armed

and equipped, and provided with shelter-tents, two hundred rounds of reliable ammunition per man, and three days' cooked rations. By command of Brigadier-General Canby:

Official:

SAM'L BRECK,

Assistant Adjutant General.

WILLIAM M. WHERRY,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Special Orders No. 13.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA,

San Francisco, January 20, 1873.

Company E, Twelfth Infantry, (Captain Parker's,) with Lieutenants Wright and Kingsbury, will proceed, without delay, to report for duty to Lieut. Col. F. Wheaton, Twenty-first Infantry, commanding District of the Lakes, now in the field on the west side of Link River, Jackson County, Oregon.

The post commander will see that the company is provided with ammunition, the necessary subsistence, shelter-tents, and in as light marching order as is consistent with efficiency. The route taken will be, if practicable, via Salmon River and Scott River Valleys to Yreka, and follow the other troops ordered up from San Francisco. Subsistence supplies and ammunition will be at Yreka. If this route is not practicable, and no other in this direction, then the company will go via Eureka, San Francisco, Marysville, and Redding. The necessary pack-animals, with one guide and one packer, may be hired.

The chief commissary of subsistence of the department will provide. 1,600 rations for this command at Yreka, and 10,000 rounds of ammunition will also be provided at that place for this command. By command of Brigadier-General Canby:

SAM'L BRECK, Assistant Adjutant-General.

Official:

WILLIAM M. WHERRY, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Special Orders No. 11.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA,

Portland, Oreg., January 20, 1873.

1. First Lieuts. Edward R. Theller and William L. Sherwood, with all the effective men of Company I, Twenty-first Infantry, will proceed as rapidly as possible to the vicinity of Linkville, Oreg., reporting to the commanding officer, District of the Lakes.

The staff departments will furnish the necessary transportation and supplies.

2. Capt. Marcus P. Miller, Fourth Artillery, with the effective strength of Battery E, will proceed, via Portland, as rapidly as possible to the vicinity of Linkville, Oreg., reporting to the commanding officer, District of the Lakes.

Captain Miller will see that his battery is fully equipped, and will take two hundred rounds of ammunition.

The staff departments will furnish the necessary transportation and supplies.

3. The commanding officer, Fort Cape Disappointment, will send a detachment of his battery to Fort Stevens to relieve temporarily Battery E, ordered into the field.

Until First Lieut. Samuel R. Jones joins, Capt. Smith will be responsible for the public property at Fort Stevens, and will receipt for it to the officers now in charge.

4. The commanding officer, Vancouver arsenal, will invoice to the ordnance officer, District of the Lakes, for the troops in the field oper ating against the Modoc Indians, the following ordnance stores, and transfer the stores to the commanding officer, Company I, Twenty-first Infantry, for transportation to Linkville, Oreg., or its vicinity, viz:

Twenty thousand (20,000) rounds center-primed metallic cartridges. caliber .50; five thousand (5,000) rounds cartridges for Spencer carbine. and two thousand (2,000) rounds cartridges, caliber .44, for Remington and Colt's revolving pistols.

5. The commanding officer, Vancouver arsenal, will invoice to Capt. Marcus P. Miller, Fourth Artillery, commanding Battery E, Fourth Artillery, the following ordnance stores, and transfer the stores to the Quartermaster's Department for transportation to Portland, Oreg., viz: Twelve thousand (12,000) rounds center-primed metallic cartridges, calber .50.

By command of Brigadier-General Canby:

Official:

H. CLAY WOOD, Assistant Adjutant-General.

H. CLAY WOOD, Assistant Adjutant-Genera'.

[Special Orders No. 14.-Extract.]

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC,

San Francisco, Cal., January 21, 1873.

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1. Batteries A and M, Fourth Artillery, and Companies E and G. Twelfth Infantry, ordered via Yreka to the Modoc country in the Department of the Columbia, will report for orders to Lient. Col. Frank Wheaton, Twenty-first Infantry, commanding officer, District of the Lakes. Supplies required by these companies will be furnished from the division depots.

By order of Brigadier-General Canby :

Official:

J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.

WM. M. WHERRY, Acting Assistant Adjutant-Genera'.

[Special Orders No. 16.]

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC,

San Francisco, Cal., January 23, 1873.

1. Colonel Alvan C. Gillem, First Cavalry, is hereby assigned to the command of the troops in the Modoc country, and will proceed without delay to the headquarters of those troops, reporting by letter to the commanding officer of the Department of the Columbia.

By order of Brigadier-General Canby:

Official:

J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.

WM. M. WHERRY,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

[Special Orders No. 23.]

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, Cal., February 3, 1873.

1. First Lieutenant Henry N. Moss, First Cavalry, joining his company in the Modoc country, from leave, will conduct to the command of Colonel Gillem the enlisted men at the Presidio, and at Angel Island, and Benicia Barracks, for Battery E, Fourth Artillery, Companies B and I, Twenty-First Infantry, and Troops B, H, and K, First Cavalry. These men will be armed, equipped, supplied with two hundred rounds of ammunition per man and with shelter-tents, for service in the field. Three days' cooked rations will be furnished from their posts and ten days' from the depot.

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation, by rail and stage, as far as Yreka. By order of Brigadier-General Canby :

Official:

J. C. KELTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.

WM. M. WHERRY,

Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.

[General Orders No. 2.]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE COLUMBIA, Portland, Oreg., March 4, 1873. Colonel Alvan C. Gillem, First Cavalry, having reported to the department commander, in compliance with Special Orders No. 16, current series, from division headquarters, is assigned, from the 8th ultimo, to the command of the troops operating in the Modoc country, including the District of the Lakes as extended in paragraph 1, Special Orders, No. 112, series of 1872, and any sub-depots that have been or may be established for the supply of the troops in the field. By command of Brigadier-General Canby:

Official:

H. CLAY WOOD, Assistant Adjutant-General.

LOUIS V. CAZIARC,

First Lieutenant Second Artillery, Aid-de-Camp.

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