IV. It is specially enjoined upon all officers in command of troops in the district to enforce the most rigid discipline, pursuing a regular course of theoretical and practical instruction with their officers and men.

V. The special objects to be accomplished by the U. S. troops in this district, and to which the attention of commanding officers will be directed, are to afford peace, protection, and security to the inhabintants residing within its limits, and to maintain the supremacy and due observance of the Constitution and laws of the United States, as well as of the State of California.

VI. The undersigned, having served for more than nine years on the Pacific Coast, appeals with confidence to the patriotic, Union-loving citizens of Southern California for their cordial assistance and co-operation in preserving their beautiful country from the horrors of civil war.

G. WRIGHT,

Colonel, U. S. Army, Commanding.

[Inclosure No. 2.] SPECIAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, No. 2.
Los Angeles, October 7, 1861.

I. Colonel James H. Carleton, of the First Regiment California Volunteers, will march as soon as practicable with his entire regiment to Warner's ranch and establish a camp at that place of four companies, under the command of a field officer. Colonel Carleton will then move with the residue of his regiment to Fort Yuma and relieve the garrison of regular troops at that place.

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III. Until further orders the headquarters of the Fourth Infantry, with Company H, of that regiment, will be established in this city. The acting quartermaster will furnish quarters for the officers and men.

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G. WRIGHT,

Colonel, U. S. Army, Commanding.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
Los Angeles, October 7, 1861.

Lieutenant Colonel G. ANDREWS,

Sixth Infantry, Commanding Fort Yuma, Cal.:

COLONEL: Herewith you will receive my orders assuming command of this district, and also the order for the movement of Colonel Carleton with six companies of his regiment to Fort Yuma. * By the return express I will thank you for a report of the stores on hand at Fort Yuma-subsistence, quartermaster's, ordnance, and medical. I am specially anxious about the amount of subsistence you may have on hand, as the command of Colonel Carleton will much exceed your present strength.

With great respect, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,

Colonel, U. S. Army, Commanding.

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*See next, ante.

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