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Show l .,_.. ., \b. COLONEL DREW'S REPOIT. .1 ACKSoNVIi.l.E, Oregon, } J auuary 12th 1865. SIR :-I have the honor to tlon or t.he r~uaeltMAC~, y.-a Jilll rotCH'O to J.'or\ &l•m~tb, reporUua. h& wrlUQi tQ tb!• omce. Sueb addlUoual lr•n•pcnt~\toa N may be abtoluttlv n«tntJ7ll wHl be bfl"C(\. Ver1 Reepectfullyyour Obeileut lenuat, (Signed] R. C. DROM. Aulat"n t Adjutant General. submit the following report of 'rhe gr.eatest dilftculty uader which I Ia· the expedition under my com- bored· before etarting oat wu fn obtalolog Uland, the orderR authorizing the requisite mean• or transportation. · Tb.e~ it being as follows : character of the coantry to be e:tplortd Hun Qv4nrERII D~s:P.ART»a::sr oF Tnt:} was believed to be aaeb as wGuld rencJ.er PAcn·•c. t:;an J.'ranclsco, California pock mules iodispeoaible, and there were lfarcb 18th, 1864. no trainl of thae in thil nrlol or coaptry Lit~~Un~uu ~ntl C. S. DrtVJ, Fir~!. Urt· to be hired on government account. Tb,e gon .CGvalry, Camp Baur, Orer~· Columbia river and "Northern Miael" Ia ad 81& :- In Teply to your letter ef tb• 9th beea, and still were, the point or attractioll Jnlltant, making certain recommendatlooa for the owoers of all tbat mean~ of ti'&DI· relatin to tbe moveJlt'llt or troopa from Jo'ort Xi amatb, tlte General commanding tbe port•tioa which had 'been formerl7 emptor Department direct• roe to aay \bat be wlftbell ed lo tbla Tictohy, and traina from remote you to tako all your wen back to Fort Kl~- · h · .... 1 math 88 soon aH tho route 18 prMtlcable, reg1ona "ere aatemug ~o b.e same ucrD-thure leulng a ttumctont Duntber or men at ti•e field or oper .. t iona. The trafDJ fiDafly that pMt to -.r~ly guard tbe publie proper· procured were purebued ia aueb numbe"' t1 .and protect it from any Indian aLtaek. '\ ou wlll go wiLh " detachment aer0 14,. the and at 1ach timee and pta~ a• ton1d be country to tile Owyh~. After tb~ CQJfl\lle· fouad, here 1MJft i~ ~uJ!fgtnJI;"MI tl ... |
