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march and for any service by the 5th
proximo.
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Very respectfully ,
Your obedient servant ,
S. W. KEARNEY ,
Colonel First dragoons.
Brig.-Gen. E. Jones ,
Adjutant-General , U. S. army ,
Washington , D. 0.
11.
Headquarters Camp Kearney , near the )
junction of Table creek and the >
Missouri , May 80 , 1846. )
Sir : I have to report that the
strength of my command has been re
duced by the departure of forty-five
men of Company C , First dragoons ,
ander the orders of the captain. They
left here this morning for Fort Leaven-
worth , agreeable to instructions from
the colonel of the First dragoons , and
are designed , I learn , for distant service.
I am thus left with thirty-nine enlisted
men ( some on the sick report ) and
seven citizen mechanics to erect the
quarters , defences , &c. , for the fort con
templated at this point , and to furnish
the necessary camp guard. Eight
privates were reported "for duty" this
morning , that is for guard duty and
incidental fatigue duty. Very respect
fully , Your obedient servant ,
O. WHARTON ,
Major First dragoons ,
Commanding.
Brig.-Gen. Jones ,
Adjutant-General , U. S. A.
Washington , D. C.
12.
Headquarters Third Military Dept. , (
ST. Louis , Mo. , Juno 1 , 1846. J
Sir : Since I had made the enclosed
communication to Colonel Kearney , I
have been advised of the arrival of
twenty-five recruits for the First infan
try , which will be sent up the Missouri
at once , and will also direct that Lieut.
Smith and detachment of Moore's troop
will return to Fort Leavenworth and
join their company.
I would respectfully recommend that
Prince's company at the new post , fall
back on Fort Leavenworth , bringing
with them all the materials for the new
work , awaiting a more propitious period
for its construction. I have the honor
to be , Very respectfully ,
Your mostObedt. Servt. ,
GEO. M. BROOKE ,
Brig. Genl. U. S. A. ,
Commanding.
Brig. General R. Jones ,
Adjutant General of the Army ,
Washington , D. Q.
13.
Head Qrs. Third Military Dept. ,
ST. Louis , Mo. , June 1 , 1846.
Colonel :
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I hope to receive orders to stop the
new work on Table creek , so that you
can take the whole of Moore's troop and
not leave any part of it at the new post ,
as I have understood you intended to re
tain Lieut. Smith and some ten or twelve
Dragoons at that place , and that Lieut.
Prince may bo directed to return to Fort
Leaveuworth , bringing with him all the
lumber and materials to bo perserved at
the latter place , for future use. Prince's
command , oven if his company wore
full , is entirely too small to effect any
salutary object and would in the event
of any excitement among the Indians ,
bo placed in a very delicate position , it
not being under any Icind of protective
work or in the reach of ready assistance.
I am , very respectfully ,
Your Obedt. Servt. ,
GEO. M. BROOKE ,
Brig. General U. S. A.
Colonel S. W. Kearney ,
First Dragoons ,
Commanding Fort Leavenworth.
14.
Headquarters Camp Kearney ,
June 4 , 1846.
Sir : I desire to correct an error I
made a few days ago in the report of
the strength of my command. In speak
ing of the number of sick , I stated there
were thirteen sick. This was wrong for
I thereby included those sick in Com
pany O , First dragoons , most of whom
went hence with the company. This
morning's report exhibits a total strength
of thirty-seven enlisted men certainly
too few to erect this post. Not less than
two full companies should be kept here
for that object and for the police of this
frontier. I can mount but one sentinel
and provide the men for the service of
the quartermaster's department. Should
less than two companies be retained
here , I suggest to the general whether
Fort Leavenworth would not be a more
appropriate station for me in the ab
sence of Colonel Kearney than this ,
where I see no early prospect of there
being oven a captain's command.
I find the post route to this place a
veiy tedious one. I recommend there
fore that communication for this com
mand be sent to Fort Leavenworth with
orders to send thorn thither by express.
I have not a single horse for duty , nor
to follow a trespassing party of Otoes.
Respectfully , N Your Obedt. Servt. ,
C. WHARTON ,
Major First Dragoons ,
Commanding.
Lieut R. B. Garnott ,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General ,
St. Louis , Mo.
15.
Headquarters of the Army , )
Adjutant General's Office ,
WASHINGTON , Juno 16 , 1846. )
General Orders No.
The country west of the 100 of longi
tude west from Greenwich , and north
of the 82 of north latitude , within the
United States , or Which may be con
quered by their forces , until further
orders , will constitute a department
within the Western division , to be desig
nated the Ninth , to the command of
which Colonel S. W. Kearney , First
Dragoons , is assigned.
By command of Major General Scott.
16.
A. G. O. , WASHINGTON , Juno 22,1846.
General : Your letter of the 1st in
stant has been received , and as recom
mended by you tho. now work at Table
creek will bo suspended for the present.
You will accordingly please to order the
troops to fall back to Fort Leaveuworth ,
with such instructions to the command
ing officer as may bo necessary.
lam , general , &c. ,
R. JONES ,
Adjutant-General.
Bvt. Brig.-Gon. G. M. Brooke ,
Commanding Western Division ,
Jefferson Barracks , Mo.
17.
Headquarters Fort Leavenworth , )
July 18 , 1846. \
Sir : I have to report that Company
A , First infantry (58 ( , aggregate ) under
the command of First Lieutenant
Prince , First infantry , arrived here this
morning from Table creek.
I avail myself of this occasion to say ,
with a view to keep you advised of matters -
tors connected with the march upon
Santa Fo , that not a company of the
regiment authorized to bo raised by the
Hon. Sterling Price has yet reached here ,
nor do I know positively that any portion
of that force is on the march. I have
been shown a letter stating that he had
accepted as many companies as ho re
quired. Mr. T. L. Price , who was ex
pected to raise a separate battalion , I
learn has abandoned the intention of
making the attempt. No news from
Colonel Kearney. Respectfully ,
Your obedt. servt. ,
0. WHARTON ,
Major First dragoons ,
Commanding.
Brig.-Gen. Jones ,
Adjutant-General ,
Washington , D. C.
18.
FORT ARBUOKLE , O. N. )
August 6 , 1858. J
General : I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt , yesterday , of
your communication of the 16th of July
last , in reference to the purchase of the
reservations at old Fort Kearney.
In the early part of 1846 I left Fort
Leavenworth , with General Brooke ,
Colonel Kearney and Major Wharton ,
for the purpose of establishing a new
post at or near the mouth of Table
creek.
The day after our arrival the site of
old Fort Kearney was selected and
General Brooke , anticipating important
dispatches from Washington in relation
to the war with Mexico , left the same
day witli Colonel Kearney for Fort
Leavenworth , leaving Major Wharton
to construct the work ; having for this
purpose Mooro's ' company of the First
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