C. D. Douglas to E. A. Rowe, March 22, 1862
Capt. E. A. ROWE, y Commanding Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.:
No troops will be sent to Owen’s River.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
No. 1. Fort Anderson, March 22, 1862.
The Fort Anderson Military District comprises all that region of country lying between Redwood Creek on the south and Klamath River on the north.
ler of C. D. Douglas, captain commanding: age ¿e P. B. JOHNSON,
Second Lieutenant and Post Adjutant,
948 i OPERATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. [Caar. LXI.
No. 2. Fort Anderson, March 22, 1862.
All officers, guides, and men of this command are strictly prohibited from killing or wounding any Indian unless in self-defense, in action, or by order of a superior officer. Any disobedience of this order will subject the offender to immediate arrest and trial by court-martial at Fort Humboldt, the penalty being death. All whites residing in the Fort Anderson Military District who shall wantonly kill or maim any Indian will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law, military and civil.
By order of C. D. Douglas, captain commanding:
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN California,
No. dl; } Los Angeles, Cal., March 23, 1862.
I. Colonel Bowie, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, will order
Wright, Cal., on Monday, the 24th instant. The company will be prepared for field service, agreeabiy to General Orders, No. 3, current
series, and to a letter of instructions dated the 20th instant, both from
these headquarters. The transportation will be two of the wagons sent