SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, April 27, 1862

No. 51. } Indian Well, Cal., April 27, 1862. After this date companies of troops and Government trains will pass the Yuma Desert in the night, starting from Carriso Creek at 4 p. m., going eastward. Cavalry and quartermaster’s trains must be so divided as to not have over eighty animals leave Carriso Creek twenty-four hours in advance of the next eighty. Thus the supply of water at Indian Well, the Alamo, and Cooke’s Wells will each afford a supply for eighty animals. By order of Colonel Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen,

NotE.—The above order does not apply to Shinn’s battery, which leaves Carriso Creek April 30 at 4 p. m.