Unknown to H. L. Scott, U. S. Army, June 3, 1861

Col. H. L. Scott, U. S. Army, New York:

Concert with Col. William B. Franklin, Brevoort House, and Colonel Tompkins, quartermaster, to arrest General A. S. Johnston, on his arrival in New York, perhaps by sending by means of the pilot-boat.

HEADQUARTERS, June 3, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST: (Care Maj. S. Williams, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Saint Louis, Mo.) The Secretary of War directs that you arrest General A. S. Johnston,

if he returns from California by overland route. : WINFIELD SCOTT.

San Francisco., June 3, 1861. First Lieut. J. MCALLISTER, Ordnance Department, Commanding Benicia Arsenal, Cal.:

Str: The guns for San Diego referred to in your letter of the 18th instant [ultimo] are to be mounted on siege carriages, not as for a permanent battery.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,