A. Cady to James P. Major, November 25, 1861

MAJOR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt by this morning’s mail of your letter of the 15th instant, and to state, in reply thereto, that the telegraphic dispatch referred to appears to have been received at this place on the 7th of October, and that orders were issued the same day by the commander of the district (Colonel Beall)

for the recall of the detachment with Lieutenant Mullan in terms as follows:

III. The detachments from companies of the Ninth Infantry on duty as escort to

Lieutenant Mullan’s wagon-road expedition will be relieved and forthwith join their respective companies.

el have no means to show in what manner the orders were sent to Lieutenant Mullan, nor when they were received by him, as no official

“Seo Drum to Carleton, November 18, p. 729.

report thereon has been received from him. Lieutenant Wildrick, Third Artillery, acting assistant adjutant-general at the time the orders were sent, and who is now at San Francisco, can furnish full particulars in regard to the transmission of the orders both to and beyond Walla Walla.

I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,