Order
D. Buell to E. V. Sumner, U.s. Army, May 23, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
May 23, 1861.
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} San Francisco, May 23, 1861. The name of the quartermaster’s brig Floyd is changed to the General Jesup. By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
No. 88. San Francisco, May 23, 1861. 1. The several stations in this harbor, viz, Fort Point, Alcatraz Island, and the Presidio will in future be independent of each other. * * * * * * *
By command of Brigadier-General Sumner:
D. ©. BUELL,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
Olympia, May 23, 1861.
Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U.S. Army,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
Olympia, May 23, 1861.
Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U.S. Army,
Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.:
SIR: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a copy of a proclamation issued on the 10th instant for the enrollment and organization of the militia of this Territory. The number of public arms now
on hand here is very small, and to meet any emergency I have respectfully and earnestly to request that you will direct as many of the arms
at the various military posts within this Territory as can be spared,
SIR: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a copy of a proclamation issued on the 10th instant for the enrollment and organization of the militia of this Territory. The number of public arms now
on hand here is very small, and to meet any emergency I have respectfully and earnestly to request that you will direct as many of the arms
at the various military posts within this Territory as can be spared,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: D. Buell requests Brig. Gen. Sumner to allocate spare arms from military posts in Washington Territory to support militia enrollment amid limited local weaponry in 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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