SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, March 30, 1862

No. 37. Los Angeles, Cal., March 30, 1862. Capt. Sylvester Soper, Company H, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, will report with his company without delay to Lieut. Col. Joseph

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R. West, First Infantry California Volunteers, commanding at Camp Wright, San Diego County, Cal. By order of Colonel Carleton: BEN. C. CUTLER, First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRs. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, No. 38. } Los Angeles, Cai., March 30, 1862.

II. Col. George W. Bowie, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, will direct one of the companies of his regiment now serving at Camp Latham to march to Camp Drum, uear New San Pedro, and there await further orders. The company will be equipped in all respects agreeably with General Orders, No. 3, from these headquarters (series for 1862), All tents and other property not needed for field service will be turned in to the depot quartermaster at New San Pedro. Each soldier will be furnished with one day’s rations and twenty rounds of ammunition. The officers will be allowed to have only eighty pounds of baggage apiece, including their bedding, mess furniture, and clothing.

III. The acting regimental quartermaster Fifth Infantry California Volunteers wil! furnish the necessary transportation.

By order of Colonel Carleton:

First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.