HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, November 2, 1861.

Brigadier General GEORGE WRIGHT,

San Francisco, Cal.:

Send by telegram condition of your troops. Report by letter fully and frequently.

GEO. B. McCLELLAN,

Major-General, Commanding U. S. Army.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Numbers 207.
San Francisco, Cal., November 2, 1861.

A detachment, to consist of one sergeant, two corporals, and fourteen privates, will be selected by the commanding officer, from the companies stationed at Alcatraz, for service at Mare Island Navy-Yard. The sergeant will be instructed to report to the commandant of the yard. Captain Kirkham, assistant quartermaster, will provide the necessary transportation.

By order of Brigadier-General Wright:

RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

San Francisco, Cal., November 2, 1861.

Colonel JAMES H. CARLETON,

California Vols., Commanding Dist. of Southern California,

Los Angeles, Cal.:

SIR: I am directed by the general commanding the department to say that the suggestions contained in your letter of the 27th ultimo relative to the removal of the camp from Warner's ranch are approved. When the troops were sent to the ranch it was not the intention of the general to keep them there during the winter. After the troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Andrews have crossed the desert and marched on San Diego, and you are assured that Fort Yuma is not danger, the general desires you to withdraw the troops from the ranch and place them in camp either at Oak Grove or Temecula, as in your judgment may be best suited for a winter camp.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

RICHD. C. DRUM,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Numbers 52.
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 2, 1861.

I. Captain Crowninshield's company (E, Fourth Infantry California Volunteers) will take post at Fort Steilacoom, Wash. Ter., to which place it will proceed by the steamer Pacific about the 11th instant, and relieve the present garrison.

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III. On being relieved by the company of volunteers, Captain Woodruff, with Companies D and F, Ninth Infantry, will embark on the steamer, on which he will continue until its arrival at San Francisco.