CHAP. XI.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
nition in your Territory. I have just been advised by a telegraphic dispatch that two additional regiments of volunteers have been ordered for this Territory. In my judgment they cannot be raised here, and it may be necessary to ask your excellency to organize four or six companies in Colorado Territory. The specific orders will be received by the next mail, and I will lose no time in communicating with you after they have been received. If the necessity should arise, your suggestions will be met by sending a mustering officer and the necessary arms to the place of rendezvous. In order to lose as little time as possible, it is suggested that the rendezvous may be established at some intermediate point. There are at present no more arms in the department than are necessary to arm the troops that have been called for within the department. I will send your excellency's communication to the commanding general of the Western Department, with the recommendation that arms, &c., may be sent to you direct from the Fort Leavenworth Arsenal. Fort Garland is the only post in Colorado Territory that is within the limits of this command, but your excellency may rest assured that I will not hesitate to furnish you this assistance as far as the means under my control will permit. In the mean time, should any emergency arise, the commanding officer at Fort Laramie would probably be able to supply you to a limited extent with both arms and ammunition.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
ED. R. S. CANBY, Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Commanding Department.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe, N. Mex., September 8, 1861.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Western Dept., Saint Louis, Mo.:
SIR: I have the honor to report that the defensive works at Fort Craig are nearly completed, and will be in readiness to turn over to the volunteers by the 9th or 10th instant. That post and Fort Union can then be easily held against a greatly superior force, and will leave the regular troops available for offensive operations. The organization of the volunteer force makes very little progress, as only two companies have been added to it since my last report. In the hope of completing it as soon as possible, Governor Connelly will call out the militia of the Territory, and then force the people to do what they seem indisposed to do voluntarily. There is nothing of interest to report since my communication of the 1st instant.
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
ED. R. S. CANBY, Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Commanding Dept.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe, N. Mex., September 8, 1861.
His Excellency GOVERNOR OF NEX MEXICO, Santa Fe, N. Mex.: SIR: I have the honor to state for the information of your excellency that the volunteer force required from the Territory of New Mexico is as follows: Two regiments of infantry, 2,092 officers and men, and two regiments of cavalry, 1,632 officers and men. The term of service, both
