GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Numbers 6.
Fort Yuma, Cal., May 7, 1862.

The following itinerary of the marches from Fort Yuma to Pima Villages, made by Lieutenant-Colonel West, is published for the information of all concerned:

To - Distance Marches Remarks.

. recommen

ded.

Miles.

Gila City. 17. 56 1 No grass, wood; camp on

the river.

Mission Camp. 11. 49
2 Wood, water, and a little

grass at Mission Camp.

6
Wood and water at

Filibuster Filibuster Camp; grass

Camp. four miles farther on.

Antelope Peak. 9. 14
3 Grass within three-

quarters of a mile of

Antelope Peak. The camp

is at the station; no

12. 83
grass. camp on the river,

at Mohawk Station.

Mohawk

Station.

Texas Hill. 10. 98
4 A littlegrass on the hill.

Station half a mile back

5
from the river. Lagoon

Lagoon Camp. Camp, fine water, wood,

shade, and grass.

Grinnel's 11. 13
5 Very dusty and disagreeale

ranch. at Grineel's. Men or

3
anumals cannot recruit

Grassy Camp. much. At Grassy Camp they

do much better.

Burne's 6. 43
6 A very poor camp at

Station. Burke's, and little better

at Oatman Flat; no grass

11. 22
at either.

Oatman Flat.

Kenyon 13. 48
7 Poor camp at Kenyon

Station. Station; no grass. At

10. 10
Shady Camp all good.

Shady Camp.

Gila Bend. 4
8 At Fila Bend, wood and

water, but no grass;

21. 82
thence to Maricopa Wells

Desert good road, but destitute

Station.
of water and grass. At

7. 42 the wells abundance of

water, but brackish. Some

The Tanks. salt grass.

11. 15

Mericopa

Wells.

Pima Villages 11. 35 9 Road fair, with some

sloughs.

Total. 184. 10

By order of Colonel Carleton:

BEN. C. CUTLER,

First Lieutenant, First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. General

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
Fort Yuma, Cal., May 7, 1862.

Captain JOHN B. SHINN,

Commanding Light Battery, A, Third Artillery, Present:

SIR: In addition to the amount of ammunition now in your caissons - that is to say, 50 rounds of 6-pounder shot, 40 rounds of 6-pounder case-shot, 10 rounds of 6-pounder canister shot, 40 rounds of 12-pounder case-shot, 30 rounds of 12-pounder shells, 8 rounds of canister for hoitzers - I desire that you will select from the ammunition which has been shipped from Benicia Arsenal to your address the following articles, together with a due proportion of fuses, &c., to make your battery effective - that is to say, 252 rounds of 6-pounder shot, 196 rounds of 6-pounder case-shot, 84 rounds of 6-pounder canister shot, 200 rounds of case-shot for 12-pounder howitzers, 150 rounds of shells for 12-pounder howitzers, 80- rounds of canister shot for the same. This will leave remaining at Fort Yuma the following ammunition pertaining to your battery, viz, 148 rounds of 6-pounder shot, 104 rounds of 6-pounder case-shot, 216 eounds of 6-pounder canister shot, no spherical case shot for howitzers, 250 rounds of shell for 12-pounder howitzers, 316 rounds of canister for 12-pounder howitzers. The ammunition before enumerated, which you are to select to be transported on wagons, I desire to have weighed and placed by itself to-day ready for loading on the train.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAMES H. CARLERON,

Colonel First California Volunteers, Commanding.