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ORDERS AND INSTRUCTIONS. 



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WAI; llKi'AiriMENT, OFFICE OF THE Cinr.i SICNAI. 



W.<ih;>i!ttii, 1>. C.. June LM, 1881. 



[Extract.] 



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IV. r.y direction of the Secretary of War, the following named officers, civiliiins, and enlisleil 

 men are assigned to duty as the expeditionary force to I'oii.t I'.arrov.. Alaska Territory, vi/. : First 

 Lieut. P. Henry Kay, Eighth Infantry, Acting; Signal Oflieer; Acting Assistant Surgeon, (icor^i-. 

 Scott Ohlniixon, U. S. Army,: Sergt. -lames Cassidy, Signal Corps, I". S. Army, observer; Si-rgt. 

 John Mnrdocli, Signal Corps, U. 8. Array (A. M., Harvard!, naturalist and observer; Sergt. 

 Middleton Smith, Signal Corps, 17. S. Army, naturalist and observer; ('apt. K. 1'. Hrrcndcni, 

 interpreter, storekeeper, etc. ; Mr. A. C. Dark, astronomer and magnetic observer (Coast Sur- 

 vey); one carpenter; one cook ; one laborer. 



V. First Lieut. P. IT. ]fay. Eighth Infantry, Acting Signal Ollieer, is hereby assigned to tlio 

 command of the <-xpedition, and is charged with the execution of the orders and instructions given 

 below, lie will forward all reports and observations to the Chief Signal Ollieer, who is charged 

 with the control and supervision of the expedition. 



VI. As soon as practicable, Lieutenant l!ay will sail with his party from San Francisco for 

 Point Barrow, latitude 71- _!7' north, longtittide loG l.V West (Bccchey). and establish then- ;i 

 permanent station of observation, to lie occupied until the summer of 1.SS1, when he will return lieie. 

 unless other orders reach him. On the way out and back, a stoppage of a few days only will be. 

 made at Plover Bay (latitude (\\~ '1' 0" north, longtitude 17?P L'l' 32" west), for the purpose of 

 determining the error and sea rate of his chronometers. The vessel conveying him to his destina- 

 tion will not be detained at the permanent station longer than is necessary to unload the 8twe>. 



W. I 1 ,. I1A/F.N, 



I>riritlicr uml Jlrccct Major dt'itcrttl. Chief Mr/nal 0{lin'i: I'. ,V. Army. 

 Official: 



Louis V. CAZIAUC, 



Firxt Lieutenant, Second Artillery. Acting Signal Officer. 



[InstructioiiK No. 70.] 



WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICE n, 



Wiittliiiiffton, l>. C., June 1M, 1881. 



The following general and detailed instructions will govern in the establishment and man 

 ment of the expedition organi/.ed under Special Orders No. KK.'. \\'ar Department. Ollice of tlio 

 Chief Signal Officer, Washington, !). C., dated June 1M, 1SS1. 



' The permanent station will be established at the most suitable point in the vicinity, and, if 

 practicable, at or in the immediate, neighborhood of Point IJariow. Alaska Territory, ilatitudo 

 71 27' north; longitude 15IP lit' west, as determined by licechey). 



