Unknown to R. C. Drum, May 17, 1862
Maj. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. :
MAJOR: I have the honor herewith to inclose the last advices from Lieutenant-Colonel West.* I shall oceupy Forts Breckinridge and Buchanan and Tucson this month, and after gathering in what forage I can, and after setting the tires of our wagons and making other
*See West to Cutler, May 13, p. 1070.
essential repairs, we shall move on to the Rio Grande. The kind of Indian goods in the way of manta, &c., and the small mill recommended to be purchased and sent to the Pima Villages, I trust will be gotten at once. The mill will be of importance to the Government at that point, in all our operations, even after this rebellion is crushed out. Captain Kirkham can tell exactly what kind of a mill would be best, with bolting cloths, &e. The mill, if possible, should be sent from San Pedro to save time. I am, major,
respectfully, your obedient servant,
CoTTONWOOD SPRING, May 17, 1862.
[Lieutenant-Colonel EYRE:]
DEAR COLONEL: I have your note of yesterday. The two letters
for whom he is much alarmed. He is chary of other information, probably distrusting his messengers. You did right to open them. Pray
do so with others that can by any possibility be official. So Hunter
staid at Tueson until the 14th. When Carpenter was over there Hunter was playing bopeep in the neighborhood. I suspect that he is doing