886 Series I Volume L-II Serial 106 - Pacific Part II
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DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Lieutenant Colonel JAMES F. CURTIS.
DRUM BARRACKS, CAL.
Lieutenant Colonel JAMES F. CURTIS.
2nd California Cavalry, Company D.
Native California Cavalry Battalion.
Company D.
4th California (three companies).
FORT YUMA, CAL.
Captain EDGAR W. HILLYER.
4th California, Companies E and F.
SAN DIEGO, CAL.
Captain ALFRED S. GRANT.
4th California, Company G.
SANTA BARBARA, CAL.
Captain ALEXANDER W. COPELY.
4th California, Company A.
SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CAL.
Captain BENJAMIN R. WEST.
4th California, Company C.
FORT MOJAVE, N. MEX.
Captain CHARLES ATCHISON.
4th California, Company I.
FORT TEJON, CAL.
Captain JOHN C. SCHMIDT.
2nd California, Company B.
CAMP BABBITT, CAL.
Captain JAMES M. ROPES.
2nd California Cavalry, Companies E and G.
EN ROUTE.
2nd California, Company G,* Lieutenant John E. Hill.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, July 1, 1864.ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF THE ARMY,
Washington, D. C.:
SIR: I have to report my arrivat at this place on the 29th ultimo, and that I have this day assumed command of the Department of the Pacific.
Very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
IRVIN McDOWELL,
Major-General, Commanding Department.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Numbers 31.
San Francisco, Cal., July 1, 1864.1. Pursuant to General Orders, Numbers 201, from the War Department, Major General Irvin McDowell this day assumes command of the department.
2. Brigadier General George Wright will continue in command of the District of California, headquarters at Sacramento.
3. The detachment staff will until further orders remain as at present, with the exception of Lieutenant Colonel E. B. Babbitt, deputy quartermaster-general, chief of the quartermaste's department, who has been relieved by Special Orders, Numbers 195, current series, from the War Department. He will be succeeded by Major R. W. Kirkham, who is announced as chief of the quartermaster's department, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
4. The following officers are aides-de-camp to Major-General McDowell, viz: Captain Franklin Haven, additional aide-de-camp; Captain James D. W. Cutting, additional aide-de-camp.
By command of Major General Irvin McDowell:
R. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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* En route from Fort Tejon to Fort Yuma, Cal.
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