HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, Cal., May 30, 1863.

Lieutenant Colonel S. C. DREW,

Oregon Cavalry Volunteers, San Francisco, Cal.:

SIR: The department commnder desires you to rejoin your command with the least practicable delay. Governor Gibbs, of Oregon, has recently given orders withdrawing from Camp Baker the unattached recruits of the Oregon cavalry. As these men have beeen mustered into the service, they are no longer under the command of the State authorities. The general directs that they will remain with your command.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

R. C. DRUM,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

CAMP DOUGLAS, May 31, 1863.

(Received 8. 10 p. m.)

Lieutenant Colonel R. C. DRUM:

I arrived last evening from the north. All quiet.

P. E. CONNOR,

Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
Brigadier-General.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

San Francisco, Cal., June 1, 1863.

His Excellency ADDISON C. GIBBS,

Governor of Oregon, Salem:

SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's communication of the 26th of May. For some time past I have been making arrangements for the establishment of a post at the Klamath Lakes. Everything is in readiness, and Lieutenant-Colonel Drew will move as soon as he can return to Jacksonville. It is indispensably necessary that we have two companies for the new post and the detachment to be left at Jacksonville. Under these circumstances I have directed that the recruits enlisted at Jacksonville be retained there to form a part of the new company. I regret that I did not before inform Your Excellency of my design to station another company in Southern Oregon. I believe the balance of the company can be raised in that section of the State if Your Excellency will be pleased to appoint the officers.

With great respect, I have the honor to be, Your Excellency's obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT INDIAN AFFAIR,

Salem, Oreg., June 1, 1863.

Honorable W. P. DOLE,

Commissioner, &c., Washington, D. C.:

SIR: Soon after entering upon the duties of this office I directed my attention to the Snake or Shosbone tribes of Indians, and having collated such facts in relation to them as are obtainable, I submit the following for your consideration: The word Snake appears to be a general