46 ORDERS. 



No. IV. 



[OrxDER No. 5.] 



CAMP PIERCE, June 5, 1853. 



Arrangements will be made to move camp on Monday morning, and every exertion will be 

 made to reach Sank rapids on Friday, and cross the river on Saturday. 



The officers and gentlemen of the scientific corps will take the boat at the Falls on Monday, 

 which will enable them to reach Sank rapids on Tuesday evening; one wagon, and the riding- 

 mule of each person of the party, will accompany them. 



An astronomical and magnetic station will be established west of the Sank rapids. 



ISAAC I. STEVENS, 

 Governor of Washington Territory, in Command of Expedition. 



No. 18. 

 [ORDER No. 6.] 



CAMP DAVIS, near Sank Eapids. 



There will be an inspection of camp at 10 o clock this morning. This will include an inspec 

 tion of personal baggage and camp equipage, and property of all descriptions. 



The officers of scientific corps, the dragoon detachment, and the quartermasters, will be 

 drawn up. 



Lieutenant Du Barry will make the necessary arrangements, and give the proper notifi 

 cations. 



ISAAC I. STEVENS, 

 Governor of Washington Territory, in Command of Expedition. 



No. 19. 

 [ORDER No. 7.] 



CAMP DAVIS, June 13, 1853. 



For purposes of convenience in detailing guards, and to give a military organization to the 

 entire expedition, the following gentlemen are appointed to the grade of lieutenant: Isaac T. 

 Osgood, J. M. Stanley, A. W. Tinkham, F. W. Lander, A. Eernenyi, Gr. W. Stevens, John 

 Lambert. 



The following assimilated to the grade of non-commissioned officers: Joseph F. Moffett, 

 James Doty, James Evelyn, James Gear, B. F. Kendall, Thomas Adams, M. Strobel, Yekel- 

 foleusy, Simpson, Higgins, E. Evans. 



The remainder will be detailed with artificers, and privates of sappers and miners, and pri 

 vates of dragoons. 



The medical (Dr. Suckley s) position is assimilated to that of an assistant surgeon in the 

 army, and dates from the period of his joining the expedition. 



The parties organized under the several chiefs will, on coming together, preserve their dis 

 tinctive organization ; the chief of the expedition in his absence the senior officer present 

 regulating the general mode of encampment, police, and supervising the details of guard. The 

 principle of the foregoing encampment must be complied with. 



It is considered of great consequence that the several trains should not be intermingled ; and 

 the dragoons attached to the several parties will continue with them, camping and working with 

 them, receiving their orders only from their particular chiefs, even when the whole force is 

 brought together. 



ISAAC I. STEVENS, 

 Governor of Washington Territory, in Command of Expedition. 



