Order
Edwin V. Sumner to Richd. C. Drum, May 15, 1861
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
May 15, 1861.
No. 6. y San Francisco, May 15, 1861.
I. Neither commanding officers of posts who avail themselves of leaves of absence of seven days, nor officers to whom such leaves are granted, will go to such distance from their posts that they cannot in the usual mode of travel rejoin their posts by the expiration of the leave. No leave will be extended at these headquarters, when this order is in the slightest degree violated.
II. All officers charged with the care of public property will hold themselves in readiness at all times to protect it at every hazard. No public property will ever be surrendered in this department.
By command of Brigadier-General Sumner:
RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
'eee HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO,
Any citizen in the employment of the Army in this department who
Assistant Adjutant-General.
'eee HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO,
Any citizen in the employment of the Army in this department who
is opposed to the Union will be instantly discharged.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 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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