APPENDIX. 
« With the best wishes for the success of the Expedition, and the 
safe return of yourself and your companions, 
"I am, very respectfully, &c, 
(Signed) "Jas. K. Paulding, 
" Secretary of the Navy. 
"Navy Department, August 11th, 1838." 
(Signed) Charles Wilkes, 
Commanding Exploring Expedition. 
XII. 
GENERAL ORDER. 
All the officers of the Exploring Expedition will be required to 
conform to the rules and regulations of the service, by keeping a 
journal during the cruise, which he will send to the commander of 
the ship to which he may be attached, weekly. 
This journal will contain the daily reckoning, distances, bearings, 
&c, of the ship when at sea; also, a full record (with such observa- 
tions and remarks as may present themselves) in relation to all 
occurrences or objects of interest, which may, at the time, be 
considered even of the least importance, and which may come under 
the observation of the officers, whether on board ship or on shore, and 
may tend to illustrate any transaction or occurrence which may take 
place, or afford any information in regard to the manners, habits, or 
customs of natives, and the position and characters of such places as 
may be visited. The journals required by this order will be disposed 
of agreeably to the directions of the Honourable Secretary of the 
Navy, and it is expected that they will be as full and complete as 
possible. 
(Signed) Charles Wilkes, 
Commanding Exploring Expedition. 
I). S. Ship Vincennes, 
At Sea, September 13th, 1838. 
