Order

Brigadier-General Wright to R. Drum, March 8, 1862

GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

No. 8. } San Francisco, Cal., March 8, 1862.

I. The public interest requires that all officers and soldiers should be at their posts. Accordingly, all leaves of absence or furloughs for a longer period than seven days are prohibited. ‘

II. At the posts and camps in the vicinity of San Francisco commanders will not grant leaves of absence or furloughs for a longer period than forty-eight hours, without previous reference to department headquarters. i

By order of Brigadier-General Wright:

R. ©. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN California,
March 8, 1862.
Lieut. Col. JOSEPH R. WEST,
Commanding Camp Wright, Cal. :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗