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for the prompt and efficient assistance "which Captain 

 Dupont, his officers, and crew have rendered us. 

 I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, 

 CHAS. IIEYWOOD, 

 Lieutenant U. S. Navy, com'g., San Jose. 

 Lieut. Col. Henry S. Burton, 

 V. S. Army, comg. troops in Lower California. 



W. T. SHEBMAN, 

 First Lieutenant 3d Artillery, A. A. A. General 



H. 



United States Barracks, 

 La Paz, California, April 13, 1848. 



Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt 

 of your letter of March 1, 1848, and to report the 

 arrival of the army storeship " Isabella" at this place 

 on the 22d of March, 1848, with Captain Naglee's 

 company (D) New York volunteers, and one hundred 

 and fourteen recruits for the detachment of New York 

 volunteers stationed at this place. 



The rescue of the prisoners of war on the 15th ultimo 

 caused great excitement among the enemy, and tended 

 very much to disorganize their forces, and the import- 

 ant arrival of the reinforcements to my command 

 determined me to take the field as soon as possible ; 

 accordingly, I left this place on the morning of the 

 26th instant with two hundred and seventeen officers 

 and men ; Lieutenant Hal leek, United States en- 

 gineers, acting chief of staff, and Passed Midshipman 

 Duncan, United States navy, temporarily attached to 

 the mounted portion of Captain Naglee's command. 



