Geo. A. H. Blake to R. C. Drum, September 22, 1861

> 1 Capt. R. C. Drum, Asst, Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I have the honor to state for the information of the general commanding the department that forty men, all that were disposable of Company A, First Dragoons, under the command of Second Lieut. h i . ; A E. M. Baker, First Dragoons, this day left this post en route for Ruby Valley, according to instructions from department headquarters of September 17, 1861. I would also state that I have been compelled to relieve a number of the men from extra duty in the quartermaster’s department, for the purpose of guard duty, which will seriously impede the work on the soldiers’ quarters and the shelter for the animals, and will render it almost impossible to get the work of building finished before the winter sets in with the force under my command. I am, sir,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,