Unknown to Maj. J. S. Rinearson, June 30, 1862
No. 28. j Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 30, 1862. I. Maj. J. S. Rinearson, First Oregon Cavalry, with Company © of the same regiment, will proceed without delay and take post at Camp Baker, near Jacksonville, Oreg. II, The quartermaster’s department will furnish the necessary transportation for the prompt execution of this order.
Colonel First Washington Territory Infantry, Comdg. District.
Canada del Oro, Ariz. Ter., June 30, 1862.
LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report the following changes in the location of the troops under my command, viz: On the 28th instant Companies D and E, First Cavalry California Volunteers, Lieutenant Thompson’s artillery detachment, the quartermaster’s and commissary stores, left Fort Stanford and arrived at this camp at 2 p. m. the same day. The next day I returned two wagons for Company A, First Cavalry California Volunteers, which arrived here to-day at 3 p.m. Grass is abundant here, but water very scarce. In fact, in the course of a day or two there would not be water enough for one company of cavalry, as the holes and springs in the bed of the creek are fast drying up. I am, lieutenant,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
P. S.—It will require four more wagons to move the command, as the
teams I now have are almost entirely broken down.
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Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. :
Sir: I have the honor to report that in reply to my communication
on the subject the superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon has represented the urgent necessity of a military force near Jacksonville for