B. L. Beall to Notify the regular troops in the District of Oregon to be in readiness, October 1, 1861

JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
October 1, 1861.
No. 22. San Francisco, October 1, 1861. Lieut. Col. Edwin B. Babbitt, deputy quartermaster-general, having reported at these headquarters, is announced as chief quartermaster on the department staff. Lieutenant-Colonel Babbitt will accordingly relieve Capt. Ralph W. Kirkham, of the same department, in the discharge of these duties. By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:

Assistant Adjutant-General.

San Francisco, October 1, 1861. Lieut. Col. GEORGE A. H. BLAKE, First Cavalry, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. : SIR: The general commanding the department directs me to inform you that all the regular infantry and cavalry on this coast have been ordered to New York. The general desires you to have your command in readiness to be relieved by volunteer troops. The horses pertaining to the First Cavalry company will be, in addition to their horse equipments, turned over to the quartermaster’s department at that post. Should the detachment sent to Ruby Valley not join you at the time the relief arrives, you will leave at Fort Churchill the necessary instructious for Lieutenant Baker with his detachment to follow you to this city without delay.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Assistant Adjutant- General.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 1, 1861—3 p.m
Col. B. L. BEALL,
First Cavalry, U. S. Army, Comdg. Dist. of Oregon,
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. :
Notify the regular troops in the District of Oregon to be in readiness
to be relieved by volunteers. Recall the detachment now with Lieutenant Mullan. All the regulars go to New York.
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