14 PURCHASE OF CAMELS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 



During your absence from the United States on this duty, the 

 usual allowances of mileage and commutation of quarters and fuel at 

 Washington rates will be made to you. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



JEFF'N DAVIS, 

 Secretary of War. 

 Major Henry C. Wayne, 



U. S. Army, Washington. 



War Department, Washington, May 16, 1855. 



Sir : I herewith furnish, for your information and guidance, a copy 

 of the instructions this day given to Lieutenant D. D. Porter, United 

 States navy, who is associated with you in the duty of carrying into 

 effect the law making an appropriation for the importation of camels, 

 &c. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



JEFF'N DAVIS, 



Brevet Major H. C. Wayne, 



Quartermaster U. S. Army, New York City. 



Secretary of War. 



War Department, Washington, May 16, 1855. 



Sir : The Secretary of the Navy having detailed you for the com- 

 mand of the storeship Supply, for the purpose of co-operating with 

 the War Department in carrying out the law making an appropriation 

 for the importation of camels, the following instructions are given for 

 your guidance : 



Major Henry C. Wayne, who goes out under instructions of this 

 department to purchase the camels and obtain information on the 

 subject, will join yoii at Spezzia, or some neighboring point. In as- 

 sociating Major Wayne and yourself in this duty, the department 

 expects you will consult freely together, and having placed at your 

 disposal all the facilities you have asked for, will look to you for the 

 success of the enterprise. 



The best point for you to proceed to at first will be Smyrna, where 

 you can obtain such information as will guide your future operations. 

 In Salonica, it is said, the camels are of a superior character, and it 

 may be desirable to examine the different points along that coast. If 

 you think the camels at Salonica will suit the purpose, you had better 

 make arrangements to have a number collected there by the time of 

 your return. From Salonica you will proceed to Constantinople, pro- 

 vided there are no serious obstacles in the way, owing to the war in 

 that quarter ; and to expedite your voyage it is desirable that you 

 should make arrangements by which you can obtain steam towage 



