Order
Wright to R. Drum, March 8, 1862
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
March 8, 1862.
No. 8. } San Francisco, Cal., March 8, 1862.
I. The public interest requires that all officers and soldiers should be at their posts. Accordingly, all leaves of absence or furloughs for a longer period than seven days are prohibited. ‘
II. At the posts and camps in the vicinity of San Francisco commanders will not grant leaves of absence or furloughs for a longer period than forty-eight hours, without previous reference to department headquarters. i
By order of Brigadier-General Wright:
R. ©. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
March 8, 1862.
Commanding Camp Wright, Cal. :
Assistant Adjutant-General.
March 8, 1862.
Commanding Camp Wright, Cal. :
COLONEL: You will not order Captain Ffrench’s company from San
Diego to Camp Wright until further instructions on this point from
these headquarters. If after the arrival of Captain Roberts’ company
atCamp Wright you can spare your teams for that purpose, it is important that they return to San Diego for subsistence stores for your command. Every pound you can get from there will save hauling from
Diego to Camp Wright until further instructions on this point from
these headquarters. If after the arrival of Captain Roberts’ company
atCamp Wright you can spare your teams for that purpose, it is important that they return to San Diego for subsistence stores for your command. Every pound you can get from there will save hauling from
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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