Show reinforcements for the utah espe 1 t va TE D i quarters pr PF THE 1 i j ariy anit tit 1 1 yx t 1 j TEW YOEK J jau jan ail all 8 Q 15 j j i graf no 1 phi iiii isit is it 1 ti 4 if ti 11 tile the general in chief with the a approbations department directs the lilo ario i 11 ments str sal 1 I the aimy army of utah will be reinforced we its soon fis racha abie able by the thie av alry airy oth ardd arid ath regiments bof 1 infantry 1 J ceisl I 1 d light companies A and M ad artillery artile 3 i seyl 11 II fon smith washita aan and ana d B Bellr e ile ilk tp zip il be abandoned for the present pre sint md alf alt th the trog crog troops comprising their theirs garrison except tle the t ance anee sergeants will atthe at the earliest possible di deyp tal tyl proceed pro ceef to jefferson Jt fferson barracks the th e c 0 5 at fort tort smith by the arkansas and alha Ti mlp trio frio sis sippi rivers those at forts washita Arbuck hi and belknap by the he red and maissl mississippi nver if transportation on the former river can be ob obb bained without too great a delay otherwise by br F fort ort mith arid and the arst first named hamed rivers T ill lii the ath regiment of artillery now pow la lit kansas will wili take post as follows head headquarter 9 guarter quarter bor t e I 1 wf wish h two compan companies ies les at fort riley Ril rii eythe the L ii alpi ene en 1 tenant Colonel calou el with four tour companies at fort ime 1 amie the jimdar major with four co Companie apan 1 I es sati a tl I 1 fort kearney and two companies at fort leas denworth ven veu worth the companies in each case to be bb do d sigda signa signaled ted by the file colonel I 1 this aregim regiment nt eilf willbe bili beli put in march for its several stations sta litins by abo aba Com madin g general ral rai of the department of tw tho west as eai eab early 1 af a practicable 1 IV an officer of rank being necess necessary y a S fort kearney the junior major of df the ath ar ai tillery will at once proceed thither and assume command of the post V indue endue in due time further orders will be given for the tha march of the he reinforcements across thep laina 1 un and d preliminary measures will be comal at once by the several staff departments and lofb cers cars concerned for preparing tile the troops and th thir thia supplies for the tho VI measures will also be taken for filling filli up the regiments and companies to the he maximi standard and arid also for furnis furnishing hing bing r recruit recruits s for tho the other troops compo composing sinz the army orvii of istah litah VIL the several departments of the will tako take pr prompt i pt measures to secure the public property proper ty at the posts to be abandoned by com commard malid of lieutenant genera geneta IRVIN mcdowell assistant adjutant general fineral 1 the following are the he numbers which make inake up the different regiments compi ased krithis iri in this 0 arderi i raer A of dragoons 15 commissioned offices officers and enlisted men A regimen of cavalry 35 commissio commissioner ned oer ceo cers cere and enlisted men A regi regiment mela meiA of infantry 34 dom eom commissioned officers office rs and enlisted mea inea and a company of ligha artillery 4 commissioned officers offices laiad and 86 men the aggregate number of this reinforcement commissioned officers arid and enlisted ineil men bouls would amount arno aino as us authorized unauthorized to 2726 0 but 0 owing wg id it to various causes which attach fo to alit all army movements ments frien ts aliis is subject to great reductions redactions so that the actual force which will nill probably be sent N w obedience obedi ence enca to this ibis order will not e eferd c i eed 2 2000 mim mio men all told tile tiie first expedition to utah wab was greatly K mi nihed by desertions while white passing through nebraska oil on account of a promise made to e ema era r ploy lle ile he fie soldiers in kansas and the fears feats of ehi efi en countering the hardships bards hips bips of a wirter wirier campaign Cam on the plains from fort indea independence enden ce tile the progress of thearty is only about twenty miles in I 1 as PW per I 1 day oay the regular habits of the army while oa on this march keep them in health but bat soon they hey go into comp an ail unfavorable charig chang generally occurs ill lii in the health of the soldiers ol 01 diels and bed ani much precaution is necessary to aitho lh spread of dise ae aze as scurvy dj dysentery ac f N Y jan 11 j |