[Appendix M.]

Approximate amount of stores on the plains.

NORTHERN ROUTE.

Station. Number From- To- Remarks.

of men.

1865. 1866.

Salt Lake. 2,500 July 1 July 1 Small rations

. sent 4,000

men. Requisi

tions and es

timates called

for full ra

tions for

5,000 men, but

were reduced

to 2,500 Au

gust 2.

Fort 500 July 1 July 1

Bridger. .

Fort 1,050 July 1 July 1 Requisitions

Laramie. . called for

2,500 men, but

were reduced

to 1,000.

Powder 500 July 1 July 1 Stores for

River. . Powder River

were shipped

to Laramie.

Requisitions

called for

supplies for

1,000 men, but

were reduced

to 500 in Au

gust.

Fort 250 July 1 July 1

Halleck. .

Camp Col 250 July 1 July 1

lins. .

Denver. . 2,750 July 1 July 1 This includes

all dependen

cies and is

principal de

pot for sup

plies for Col

orado. Requi

sitions were

cut down here

800 men. One

hundred thou

sand pounds of

this amount

was stopped at

depot at Fort

Leavenworth;

the excess is

being trans

ferred to

Laramie to

fill deficien

cy there.

Junction. 500 July 1 July 1

.

Julesburg. 1,500 July 1 July 1

.

Cottonwood 1,250 July 1 July 1 Large amount

. . of stores was

taken from

here to

Laramie to fit

out General

Connor's expe

dition,

contractors

failing to

deliver sup

plies in time.

Fort 1,080 Nov. 1 September Requisitions

Kearny. . 1 were made for

2,500 men, but

were reduced

August 2 by

Major-General

Dodge to

1,000.

SOUTHERN ROUTE. *

Fort 900 Nov. 1 September Beans for

Larned. . 1 2,040 men;

coffee for

1,190.

Requisitio

ns were

made for

3,000 men

for six

months.

Fort 1,000 Nov. 1 September Sugar for

Riley. . 1 1,600 men;

beans for

1,400.

Requisitio

ns were

made for

9,000 men

for six

months,

but cut

down in

August.

Fort Ly 670 Nov. 1 September Requisitio

on. 1 ns were

. made for

1,500 men

for one

year.

Fort Gar 230 July 1 July 1

land. .

Fort Fill 230 July 1 July 1 This post

more. . has been

broken up

and its

stores

removed or

disposed

of.

*Stores at depots on this roue supply the new posts at Big Creek, Pond Creek, and Monumentso.

[Appendix N.]

FORT LEAVENWORTH, July 29, 1865.

Brigadier General P. E CONNOR,

Fort Laramie:

Major Mackey, of Fort Laramie, estimates for subsistence stores for Fort Laramie for 3,000 soldiers, 250 citizens, 400 Indians, 100 officers, &c., nearly doubling the estimates heretofore sent and reported to you my letter of June 13. Estimates therein stated called for stores for 2,000 men for Laramie and 900 for Powder River for one year. This appears to me sufficient. My letter of June 13 shows that estimates have been received for 17,000 men; 1,500 have been added to that for Utah. Is this not stores enough, and more than we shall need for the ensuing year? If some posts as short, theirs must have a surplus, which can be transferred as they are needed. This winter our force will necessarily be reduced, and we do not want to pile up stores that cannot be used. The estimate up to June 13 and from Salt Lake makes 18,000,000 pounds for subsistence stores alone. This is as much as we can get transportation for, and is 8,000,000 more than is contracted for, and in addition thereto are quartermaster's and ordnance stores that are en route.

G. M. DODGE,

Major-General.