Abstract from returns of the Department of New Mexico, Brigadier General James H. Carleton, U. S. Army, commanding,* for the month of September, 1863; headquarters, Santa Fe, N. Mex.

Present for duty

Command Officers Men Aggrega Aggrega Pieces

te te of field

present present artiller

and y

absent

Department 20 ..... 20 21 .....

staff

Fort Marcy, N. 1 45 60 65 .....

Mex. (Captain

H. R. Selden),

Fifth U. S.

Infantry

Fort Union, N. 6 167 260 318 ......

Mex.

(Lieutenant

Colonel W.

McMullen),

Fifth U. S.

and Seventh,

U. S.

Infantry;

First

Infantry,

California

Volunteers;

First Cavalry,

California

Volunteers.

Fort Union ...... 15 15 15 .....

Depot. N. Mex.

(Captain W.

R. Shoemaker,

military

storekeeper),

company of

ordnance.

Fort Sumner, 4 75 109 137 .....

N. Mex.

(Captain J.

Updegraff),

fifth U. S.

Infantry;

Second

Cavalry,

California

Volunteers.

Fort Stanton, 4 37 85 194 .....

N. Mex. (Captain

E. B. Frink),

Seventy U. S.

Infantry;

First Cavalry,

New Mexico

Volunteers;

Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers.

Fort Wingate, 6 136 189 329 .....

N. Mex.

(Captain R.

Chacon), First

Infantry,

California

Volunteers;

First Cavalry,

New Mexico

Volunteers

Albuquerque, 4 69 101 173 4

N. Mex.

(Captain W.

H. Lewis),

Third U. S.

Artillery;

Fifth U. S.

Infantry

Los Pinos, N. 4 35 56 93 .....

Mex. (Captain

S. Archer),

Fifth U. S.

Infantry

Fort Basom, N. 2 84 108 112 ......

Mex. (Captain

P. W. L.

Plympton),

Seventh U. S.

Infantry;

First Cavalry,

New Mexico

Volunteers

Fort Craig, N. 10 240 282 382 17

Mex. (Colonel

Ed. A. Rigg),

First and

Fifth U. S.

Infantry;

First Cavalry,

California

Volunteers

Franklin, Tex. 5 62 89 94 .....

(Colonel

George W.

Bowie), Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers

Fort West, N. 3 100 128 200 ......

Mex. (Captain

J. W.

Whitlock),

First and

Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers

Fort Bowie, 2 40 56 56 2

Ariz. (Captain

T. T. Tidball)

Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers

Tucson, Ariz. 4 40 95 120 ......

(Lieutenant

Colonel T. A.

Coult), Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers

Las Cruces, N. 1 60 110 210 ......

Mex. (Captain

T. P.

(Chapman),

Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers

Fort McRae, N. 2 67 75 77 2

Mex. (Captain

H. A. Greene),

First

Infantry,

California

Volunteers

Fort Canby, N. 11 335 379 687 .....

Mex. Major F.

P. Abreu),

First Cavalry,

New Mexico

Volunteers

En route to 6 233 229 229 .....

New Mexico,

First Cavalry,

California

Volunteers;

Fifth

Infantry,

California

Volunteers

(three

companies).

Grand total 95 1,830 2,446 3,512 25

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*Brigadier General Joseph R. West, commanding District of Arizona.

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, October 1, 1863.

Major-General FRANKLIN, Camp Bisland:

GENERAL: The within telegram* was received at 7 p. m.

You will perceive that it was dated yesterday. I have answered that General Washburn reported himself to-day ready to move, and has been ordered to advance within half a day's march of the Nineteenth [Corps], and hold that distance, following Franklin's marches, unless otherwise ordered by Franklin, who, if he needs or wishes him nearer, can order it.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

[CHAS. P. STONE,]

Brigadier-General, and Chief of Staff.

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*Not found.

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