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respectively by sappers and dragoons; Mr. Simpson to report upon all loose mules, all mules 
ridden by persons of his party, including that of the cook of his mess and those driven in the 
carts. The other reports to be rendered by messes, the chief of each to report concerning the 
horses and mules ridden by persons of the mess, including cooks and attendants, and excepting 
any which are to be accounted for by other persons. 4. The persons in charge, or who render 
the above reports, are also held responsible for a compliance, both in camp and on the march, 
with all the orders in reference to animals. 5. The quartermaster will, in the evening, after 
receiving the above reports, state in general terms their substance to the senior officer present. 
III. Extra issues of flour are not to be made, except in reference to the chief of the expedition, 
or, inhis absence, to the senior officer present. 
IV. No changes will be made in the employment of persons, or in the use of animals which 
come under the charge of the quartermaster, except by his permission, and he will report any 
such changes to the senior officer as soon after they are made as practicable. The quarter- 
master will also report to the senior officer prior to the abandonment of any portion of the train, 
or in cases of a similar nature which may arise. No changes will be made in the employment 
of persons, or in the use of the animals not under the direction of the quartermaster, except by 
permission of the senior officer present. 
V. While in camp, no person will fire within one hundred yards of the line of wagons and 
tents. No person will fire while on the march without special permission of the senior officer 
present. All persons are required to keep within at least a quarter of a mile of the wagon 
train, except those who belong to the cart train, which is generally separate, unless they leave 
for the performance of some duty, or by special permission. This requires that all persons 
should halt when the train does, and leave camp, and halt, at the same time with it. 
VI. Every one riding, or having charge of horses and mules, is required to take every pre- 
caution for preserving them in good order and condition, dismounting at halt, taking the bits 
from the animals’ mouths when occasion offers for grazing, and resting them by walking some 
portion of every day’s march. So much of the order now in existence as requires the walking to 
take place immediately after the noon halt is, for the present, suspended. 
On account of the danger of losing animals by Indians, the greatest vigilance is required on 
the part of guard and sentinels, and the greatest care on the part of those who have charge of 
picketing the mules and horses. 
VIL. The foregoing—partly new orders, partly orders already in existence—are here published 
in order that every one may know what is required of him, and what restrictions are adopted 
for the safety and good order of the train while in camp and on the march. 
A. J. DONELSON, 
Lieutenant Engineers, Senior Officer. 
ENDORSEMENTS ON THE ABOVE. 
This order, which is no more nor less than a salutary and reasonable restriction, imposed for 
the general good on every person of the command, must hereafter be obeyed. As a matter of 
course, the senior officer present with the train is responsible for the orderly march thereof. 
Every person having the command, assimilated or otherwise, of a body of men, is responsible 
that they obey orders, and all persons who are not under the command or charge of any second 
person, are directly accountable for a compliance with existing orders to the senior officer actually 
present with the train. 
A. J. DONELSON, 
Lieutenant Engineers, Senior Officer. 
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