GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS, March 22, 1862

March 22, 1862.

No. 2. Fort Anderson, March 22, 1862.

All officers, guides, and men of this command are strictly prohibited from killing or wounding any Indian unless in self-defense, in action, or by order of a superior officer. Any disobedience of this order will subject the offender to immediate arrest and trial by court-martial at Fort Humboldt, the penalty being death. All whites residing in the Fort Anderson Military District who shall wantonly kill or maim any Indian will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law, military and civil.

By order of C. D. Douglas, captain commanding:

P. B. JOHNSON, Second Lieutenant and Post Adjutant.