HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, December 19, 1861

Los Angeles, Cal., December 19, 1861.

Commanding at San Diego, Cal.: SIR: Have your company got in perfect readiness for important field service connected with the re-establishment of Fort Mojave and of Fort

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Baker at Las Vegas, on the Salt Lake road. Have a drill atthe target, three shots per man a day for ten days, commencing at 100 yards and increasing ten yards each day. Have also two hours’ drill each day at skirmish drill. Make a tabular report of every shot to me. Be careful of your clothing; have it carefully mended, particularly the men’s shoes. Respectfully, &e., JAMES H. CARLETON, Colonel First California Volunteers, Commanding.