Ben. C. Cutler to George W. Bowie, March 25, 1862

Fifth Infantry California Vols., Comdg. at Camp Latham, Cal. :

COLONEL: The colonel commanding directs that you turn over to

First Lieutenant Shinn, Third U. S. Artillery, such quantity of canister shot for 12-pounder mountain howitzers as you may have on hand; also twenty-nine rounds of spherical-case shot for 12-pounder mountain howitzers, and sufticient powder from your blank cartridges to enable these rounds of howitzer ammunition to be fired from field pieces. Lieutenant Shinn will receipt to you for these articles, and you can replace them by making a requisition on the ordnance officer at Benicia. Lieutenant Shinn goes to Camp Latham on an experimental trip with his battery. He will not attach himself to your camp, but you can furnish him with the fuel, forage, and subsistence stores he may require, for which Lieutenant Hammond will receipt to your quartermaster. The colonel commanding also directs that you at once send all of your teams to Los Angeles to haul to Camp Latham all of the barley stored in the depot at Los Angeles, as the depot is to be given up by the Government on the 31st instant.

very respectfully, your obedient servant,