W. H. Gardner to G. WRIGHT, U.S. Volunteers, February 1, 1862

Brig. Gen. G. WRIGHT, U.S. Volunteers, San Francisco, Cal. : Your designation of Company A, Third Artillery, for the light battery is approved. Acknowledge receipt of this by telegraph. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General.

COMMANDANT’S OFFICE, NAVY-YARD, Mare Island, Cal., February 1, 1862.

Commanding Department of the Pacific:

SIR: Your letter of the 30th ultimo is received informing me of a conversation held with Major Leonard, who recently visited this yard, on the subject of the guard of artillery now stationed here. The guard as they are, without an officer, are, as you say, of very little, if any real service in the protection of the public property, but as they were ordered here at the request of the Honorable Secretary of the Navy, I must beg leave to decline any recommendation as to the removal of the detachment from the island. Iam satisfied, however, that a force could be placed upon the island in sufficient time for all purposes of its defense.

With great respect, I have the honor to be, general, your most