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VI. 



Northern Division. 

 Adjutant-General's Office, 10th Feln-uary, 1810. 



(division order.) 



Major-General Macomb, commandant of the oth military de- 

 partment, will, without delay, concentrate at Detroit the 5th regi- 

 ment of Infantry, excepting the recruits otherwise directed by 

 the general order herewith transmitted. As soon as the naviga- 

 tion of the Lakes will admit, he will cause the regiment to be 

 transported to Fort Howard ; from thence, by the way of the Fox 

 and Wisconsin Kivers, to Prairie du Chien, and, after detaching 

 a sufficient number of companies to garrison Forts Crawford and 

 Armstrong, the remainder will proceed to the moiith of the Kiver 

 St. Peter's, where they will establish a post, at which the head- 

 quarters of the regiment will be located. The regiment, previous 

 to its departure, will receive the necessary supplies of clothing, 

 provisions, arms, and ammunition. Immediate application will be 

 made to Brigadier-Greneral Jesup, Quartermaster-General, for funds 

 necessary to execute the movements required by this order. 



By order of Major-General Brown. 



(Signed) JOHN E. WOOL, 



Lispector- General. 



VII. 



Assistant Adjutant-General's Office. 

 Detroit, April 13, 1819. 



(Department Order.) 

 The season having now arrived when the lakes may be navi- 

 gated with safety, a detachment of the 5th regiment, to consist 

 of Major Marston's and Captain Fowle's companies, under the 

 command of Major Muhlenburg, will proceed to Green Bay. Sur- 

 geon's mate E. M. Byrne, of the 5th regiment, will accompany 

 the detachment. The assistant deputy quartermaster-general 

 wiU furnish the necessary transport, and will send by the same 

 opportunity two hundred barrels of provisions, which he will draw 

 from the contractor at this post. The provisions must be exa- 

 mined and inspected, and properly put up for transportation. 

 Colonel Leavenworth will, without delay, prepare his regiment to 



