Joseph R. West to B. C. Cutler, November 7, 1861
Post Adjt., Southern District of California, Los Angeles, Cal.:
LIEUTENANT: In compliance with Revised Army Regulations, 1861,
Ï have the honor to submit the annexed journal of the march of a detachment of the First Infantry California Volunteers from Camp Latham, Los Angeles County, to Fort Yuma, Cal., October 16 to November 3, 1861, pursuant to Orders, No. 4, from headquarters Southern District of California, dated October 14, 1861. In explanation of the fact that it is not returned in the form prescribed by the Revised Regulations, I have to state that a copy of that work was first received by me when half the present march was accomplished, and under circumstances that did not admit of its examination during the remainder.
Your obedient servant,
[Inclosure.]
Journal of the march of Companies E, G, and H, First Infantry California Volunteers, commanded by Lieut. Col. Joseph R. West, from
Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, Cal., to Camp Wright, at Warner's
October 14, 1861:
October 16, 1861.—Left Camp Latham at 11 a. m. by road to the right
of the cienega; crossed the swamp two miles east of the road to Los