First California Volunteers, October 20, 1861

GENERAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
October 20, 1861.
No. 28. San Francisco, October 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner having been recalled for duty in the East, the command of this department, in obedience to the instructionsof the General-in-Chief, devolves on Col. George Wright, of the Ninth Regiment of Infantry. E By order of Colonel Wright: R. ©. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant- General.

Los Angeles, Cal., October 20, 1861. Messrs. F. J. MAGUIRE, CHARLES E. HUSE, CHARLES E. Coox, and

Santa Barbara, Cal. :

GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 18th instant asking for troops to be stationed at Santa Barbara to prevent trouble between Union men and those who openly sympathize with the South. At the present moment, in consequence of movements that have to be made to enable the regular troops to come in to the coast preparatory to their embarking for New York, it is impossible to send any of the volunteer force under my command to Santa Barbara. I will forward your communication to department headquarters for the consideration and orders of the general. Meantime I beg you will rest assured that I have at heart the welfare and safety of all good Union men in your county.

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Colonel First California Volunteers, Commanding.
FORT CHURCHILL, NEV. TER., October [20], 1861.
The ADJUTANT,
Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. :
SIR: I have the honor to report that in obedience to orders from
headquarters Fort Churchill, dated September 21, 1861, I left this post
on the 23d of September with Company A, First Cavalry, and arrived
in Ruby Valley on October 5. I saw the chief of that valley, who is also