Show ARMY intelligence CI the following is the gramme pro of the alie expedition against the indians of northern texas brevet ma major or E earl I 1 van dorn ad cavalry with his depot dear ot of provisions at camp on otter creek choctaw nation guarded by capt bartons company F infantry reynolds eynolds El com commanding marding is to uso use the cavalry portion of his cammann in scouting all that portion of country on the head bead waters of the canadian washita and red rivers as far as the degier deo iee of west longitude and to the south as far ar as the line li e of the memphis overland mail route to california major van dorns command will be constituted as follows companies A B C F G and H ad cavalry and company F infantry brevet major earl van dorn rapt 24 cavala cavalry y commanding surgeon james simons medical department assistant surgeon wm H babcock medical department acting assistant surgeon burgeon J 11 II de captain edmund K smith ad cavalry captain james oakes ad cavalry captain william R bradfute ad cavalry caa airy captain nathan G evans ad cavalry captain richard W johnson ad cavalry captain seth M barton 1st ast infantry first lieu kenner gerrard ad cavalry first walter H jenifer ad cavalry first william B royall ad cavalry first robert nelson eagle ad cavalry first samuel 11 II reynolds infantry first george B crosby ad cavalry second james B witherell ere 2 ad cavalry second charles W phifer ad cavalry second james F harrison Har ad cavalry second A parker porter ad caa aly second fitzhugh leend lee ad cavalry second client manning M kimmel ad cavalry captain albert G brackett ad car alry airy will vill about the pr e cablish cablish a depot in in the vicinity of the horse head crossings of the pecos and will vill scout dur during nm the summer the country along the comanche CoL trail from the rio grande to the llano estacado estocado Esta cado his com command mand will be constituted as follows follow s companies E and 1 I ad cavalry and company D alst 1st infantry captain george stoneman ad cavalry captain albert G brackett ad cavalry commanding assistant surgeon charles T alexander medical department bat ad wm win 11 echols echol topographical engineers captain daniel Huston jr 1st ast infantry first joseph H mcarthur ad cavalry first charles IV field ad caval ry first samuel B holabird 1st ast infantry second henry C woods 1 st infantry liput wesley owens ad cavalry the following officers rece recently aptly relieved from the recruiting service are ordered to join their respective regiments regiment B brevet r evet captain T seymour first artillery J A DL agnel second artillery A Af merchant erchant second artillery and G IV carr ninth infantry leave of absence has been granted to the following officers maj 11 brew erton corps of engineers for one year capt G H evans second cavalry for eight months and J P major second cavalry for four months |