James H. Carleton to George W. Bowie, April 10, 1862

Col. GEORGE W. BOWIE, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, or – The COMMANDING OFFICER AT CAMP WRIGHT, CAL.:

SIR: Direct Major Coult, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, with Captain Roberts’ company (E), First Infantry California Volunteers, and Captain Ford’s company (E), of the Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, to proceed without delay to Fort Yuma, Cal. Captain Roberts’ company will leave Camp Wright one day in advance of Captain Ford’s company; thus by the time Captain Ford’s company will be ready to move, two wagons laden with hospital stores which left New San Pedro, Cal., en route for Fort Yuma, on the 6th of April, 1862, will have come to Camp Wright. These must pass the desert under the protection of Captain Ford’s company. These companies will have for transportation as many of the wagons which went with your own (Colonel Bowie’s) command as may be necessary. The two howitzers and all the articles pertaining to them will be sent on to Fort Yuma by Captain Ford. The companies will be furnished with two tents apiece. Hospital tent, poles, &c., which were sent forward with Colonel Bowie’s command will also be forwarded to Fort Yuma. The companies will each take 5,000 rounds of ammunition in boxes, and each man will be furnished with twenty rounds to be carried in his cartridge-box. In all other respects the companies will be fitted out according to General Orders, No. 3, current series. You will have every article that goes upon the wagons weighed upon the scales, so as to be sure that the teams are not overloaded. The rest of the wagons which went with Colonel Bowie’s command will be loaded with forage and provisions and sent forward to Fort Yuma.

very respectfully,