Letter
Unknown to James H. Carleton, August 31, 1861
BENICIA ARSENAL
BENICIA ARSENAL, August 31, 1861.
Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Headquarters California Volunteers, San Francisco:
SIR: Your telegraph of the 26th instant has been complied with. The ammunition for your command is nearly ready. Any change in the arm with which you are furnished would render it necessary to commence the manufacture of it ab initio. You wrote me under date of 26th instant to send down the arms, &c., for cavalry, invoicing the same to Lieutenant-Colonel Davis, which, as far as the stores at this arsenal would allow, has been also complied with. I would
respectfully
recommend that this arrangement be continued, and that Colonel Davis
take a receipt in form from the captain of each company for the arms
and equipments he receives for his entire company. We will then
charge the stores to the company commanders. These company receipts
take a receipt in form from the captain of each company for the arms
and equipments he receives for his entire company. We will then
charge the stores to the company commanders. These company receipts
are to be made out to Theodore J. Eckerson, military store-keeper of
ordnance. Colonel West has adopted this plan, and it is much the
simplest, I sent down to Colonel Davis a traveling forge and a set
of saddler's tools on Saturday with some horse equipments. I send
ordnance. Colonel West has adopted this plan, and it is much the
simplest, I sent down to Colonel Davis a traveling forge and a set
of saddler's tools on Saturday with some horse equipments. I send
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: BENICIA ARSENAL.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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