Bernardino, Cal., August 6 1, 1861 to Carleton, August 3, 1861

SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
August 3, 1861.
No. 139. } San Francisco, August 3, 1861.

1. Capt. Frederick Myers, assistant quartermaster, will relieve Capt. Ralph W. Kirkham, assistant quartermaster, at Fort Walla Walla, and Captain Kirkham will assume the duties of chief commissary at these headquarters, relieving Captain Drum, assistant adjutant-general.

3. The commanding officer at Alcatraz Island will have in readiness and turn over to the commanding officer of Benicia Arsenal, when called for, 10,000 stand of muskets, without equipments.

6. Capt. Winfield S. Hancock, assistant quartermaster, will be relieved without delay from duty at Los Angeles by an officer to be designated by the commanding officer at Camp Fitzgerald. He will then immediately repair to these headquarters and report for duty in connection with the movement of volunteers upon the Overland Mail Route.

By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:

Assistant Adjutant-General.

Near Los Angeles, Cal., August 5, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: I have the honor herewith to inclose a letter written to me by some of the leading citizens of San Bernardino, Cal., and my reply thereto. I am, major,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Brevet Major, U. $. Army, Commanding.
[Inclosure No. 1.]
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., August 6 [1], 1861,
Major CARLETON,
Commanding U. K. Troops at Los Angeles, Cal.:
SIR: We have heard within the last few hours from, as we believe, a
reliable source that a band of some forty or fifty desperadoes are now