Colonel Wright, June 10, 1861
No. 8. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 10, 1861.
I. Captain Dent with his company (B, Ninth Infantry) will move without delay from Fort Walla Walla to Fort Cascades, and relieve Captain Wallen, Fourth Infantry, in command of that post.
II. Captain Wallen, after being relieved by Captain Dent, will proceed with his company by first steamer to San Francisco and report to the general commanding the department.
III. Captain Archer with his company (I, Ninth Infantry) will march without delay from Fort Colville and take post at Fort Walla Walla.
IV. The quartermaster’s department will furnish the necessary transportation to insure the prompt execution of the movements above ordered. Captain Dent’s company will be sent down from Old Fort Walia Walla by water.
By order of Colonel Wright:
First Lieut., Third Artillery, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.