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APPENDIX. 
We are very far from arrogating to ourselves the right of discuss- 
ing the propriety of any course you may think proper to adopt, with 
regard to those gentlemen; but, when we consider the youth and 
inexperience of the parties, we are convinced that the affair was 
entered into without proper reflection upon the ill effect that such 
conduct would have upon the reputation and efficiency of the service 
upon which we are engaged, and that the decided expression of your 
displeasure will be sufficient to deter others from the commission of a 
similar error ; and we respectfully assure you that it would be the 
source of great gratification to all of us if you could render it con- 
sistent with your duties and responsibilities, as the commander of the 
Expedition, to overlook the offence against the discipline of the 
service, of which those officers have been guilty, and restore them to 
their duty. 
We have the honour to be, very respectfully, 
(Signed) Robert F. Pinkney, Lieutenant-Commandant. 
Overton Carr, Lieutenant. 
James Alden, Lieutenant. 
A. Ludlow Case, Lieutenant. 
O. H. Perry, Lieutenant. 
John B. Dale, Lieutenant. 
James H. North, Acting-Master. 
Augustus A. Baldwin, Acting-Master. 
George F. Emmons, Lieutenant. 
Thomas A. Budd, Lieutenant. 
Samuel R. Knox, Acting-Master. 
William Spieden, Purser. 
George F. Sinclair, Acting-Master. 
Joseph A. Underwood, Lieutenant. 
H. J. Hartstein, Lieutenant. 
GENERAL ORDER. 
Having received a strong application from all the officers of the 
squadron, in behalf of the young officers lately engaged in a duel, 
and believing that so remarkable a circumstance as the unanimous 
call of all their seniors, with their pledges that the reputation of the 
Expedition shall not suffer from the repetition of a like occurrence, 
and feeling also, assured as I do, that nothing of the kind will again 
occur during the cruise, to cast a stigma upon the reputation of the 
