HEADQUARTERS COLUMN FROM CALIFORNIA, May 27, 1862

Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter., May 27, 1862.

Commanding District of Southern California, Fort Yuma, Cal. : COLONEL: I find that when I start for the Rio Grande it will not, in my opinion, be necessary for the time being to have over two companies stationed at this post and three in other parts of this Territory; so if Captain Thayer’s company, of your regiment, has not already left Fort Yuma to join me please retain it at that post. If it has left, and is not over three marches up the Gila, I beg you will recall it. Let me impress upon your mind the great importance of having the clothing asked for sent forward with the greatest possible dispatch. The suffering for the want of shoes on the hot deserts will be terrible. Pray urge the general, as well as the depot quartermasters at Camp Drum and Fort Yuma, to admit of no delay in this matter. The weather is getting very hot in this part of the country. The Indians have already commenced to harvest their wheat. h

E olone ry respectfu A AD AMES H. CARLETON,

Colonel First Infantry California Volunteers.

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