Pima Villages, August 23, 1861 to George Andrews, August 27, 1861

SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
August 27, 1861.
No. 156. San Francisco, August 27, 1861. * * * * * * *

2, The companies raised for the regiment of infantry and battalion of cavalry California volunteers, for the service on the Overland route, will hereafter be mustered into service at Camp Downey, Contra Costa,

By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:

RICHD. ©. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant- General.

Fort YUMA, CAL., August 27, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, U.S. Army, Los Angeles, Cal. : SIR: You will please telegraph the substance of the inclosed communication to the commanding general of the department and request him to send at least two companies of infantry to strengthen this point as soon as practicable. I would respectfully suggest they be sent by steamer to the mouth of the Colorado River, on account of it being the. most expeditious, besides there being a scarcity of water on the desert. You will please forward the inclosed communication to department headquarters.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Lieutenant-Colonel Sixth Infantry, Commanding Post.
[Inclosure.]
PIMA VILLAGES, August 23, 1861.

Sixth Infantry, Commanding Fort Yuma:
SIR: Inclosed please find Mesilla papers, containing full accounts of
the proceedings of the rebels in Eastern Arizona. You will see that
they have possession of the entire Territory. Twenty of their troops