First California Volunteers to Char. Lxii.} Correspondenceunion And Confederate. 1057, May 7, 1862
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
May 7, 1862.
No. 6. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 7, 1862. The following itinerary of the marches from Fort Yuma to Pima Villages, made by Lieutenant-Colonel West, is published for the information of all concerned:
Dice Marches To— tance. Tecom: Remarks. ` mended. Miles.
Cla IOIty ss 17.56 1 No grass, wood; camp on the river. Mission Camp.-.. 11.49 2$ Wood, water, and a little grass at Mission Camp. Wood and Filibuster Camp 6 $ a water at Filibuster Camp; grass tonr miles Tariner on ae
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By order of Colonel Carleton: BEN. €. CUTLER, First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
Fort Yuma, Cal., May 7, 1862. Capt. JOHN BD. SHINN, Commanding Light Battery A, Third Artillery, Present :
SIR: In addition to the amount of ammunition now in your caissons— that is to say, 50 rounds of 6. pounder shot, 40 rounds of 6-pounder case-shot, 10 rounds of 6 pounder canister shot, 40 rounds of 12-pounder case-shot, 30 rounds of 12-pounder shells, 8 rounds of canister for howitzers—I desire that you will select from the ammunition which has been shipped from Benicia Arsenal to your address the following articles, together with a due proportion of fuses, &c., to make your battery effective—that is to say, 252 rounds of 6-pounder shot, 196 rounds of 6-pounder case-shot, 84 rounds of 6-pounder canister shot, 200 rounds of case-shot for 12-pounder howitzers, 150 rounds of shells for 12-pounder howitzers, 80 rounds of canister shot for the same. This will leave remaining at Fort Yuma the following ammunition pertaining to your battery, viz, 148 rounds of 6-pounder shot, 104 rounds of 6-pounder case-shot, 216 rounds of 6-pounder canister shot, no spherical case shot for howitzers, 250 rounds of shell for 12-pounder howitzers, 316 rounds of canister for 12-pounder howitzers. The ammunition before enumerated, which you are to select to be transported on wagons, I desire to have weighed and placed by itself to-day ready for loading on the train.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Colonel First California Volunteers, Commanding.
Fort Yuma, Cal., May 7, 1862.
Commanding Advance Guard, California Volunteers,
Pima Villages, N. Mex.:
COLONEL: In case you should wish to move on Tucson, as authorized
in my letter of the 2d instant, but desire to leave a stronger force than