ED. R. S. Canby to Nineteenth Infantry, Commanding Department, September 8, 1861

September 8, 1861.

Santa Fé, September 8, 1861. His Excellency GOVERNOR OF COLORADO TERRITORY, Denver City, Colo. : SIB: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication (without date) in relation to the.volunteers called for by me under my requisition of July 6, and to arms, equipments, and ammui A Tg e T SAP SPA IRR SO TRE ee ee

ior Y po LER a N^ RP nition in your Territory. I have just been advised by a telegraphic dispatch that two additional regiments of volunteers have been ordered for this Territory. In my judgment they cannot be raised here, and it may be necessary to ask your excellency to organize four or six companies in Colorado Territory. The specific orders will be received by the next mail, and I wili lose no time in communicating with you after they have been received. If the necessity should arise, your suggestions will be met by sending a mustering officer and the necessary arms to the plaee of rendezvous. In order to lose as little time as possible, it is suggested that the rendezvous may be established at some intermediate point. There are at present no more arms in the department than are necessary to arm the troops that have been called for within the department. I will send your excellency’s communication to the commanding ` . geueral of the Western Department, with the recommendation that

arms, &c., may be sent to you direct from the Fort Leavenworth Arsenal. Fort Garland is the only post in Colorado Territory that is within the limits of this command, but your excellency may rest assured . that I will not hesitate to furnish you this assistance as far as the means under my control wil permit. In the mean time, should any emergency arise, the commanding officer at Fort Laramie would probably be able to supply you to a limited extent with both arms and ammunition.

Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,

Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Commanding Department.