James H. Carleton to R. W. Kirkham, April 1, 1862

Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Assistant Quartermaster, San Francisco, Cal. :

CAPTAIN: If you will consider that the horses and mules now here, or to be fed from here, without including those cavalry horses in advance of Fort Yuma, consume 22,000 pounds of barley per day, you will readily see that unless you ship more to New San Pedro at once the supply on hand will be exhausted, and we shall have none to take with us on the road. We should have ahead the number of pounds indicated as being necessary at New San Pedro in my estimate made in December last. When may I expect the money? The teamsters will all quit soon unless they are paid at least a part of their wages. Abd-elKadir said with a plenty of barley he could cross any desert. So can I.

respectfully, j