HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA, 
Whipple Barracks, Prescott, March 11, 1885. 
Special Orders \ 
No. 25. I 
( Extract. ) 
1 i n compliance with Division General Orders No. 4, cur¬ 
rent series, the 3d Cavalry, except as therein prescribed, will 
march to Bowie Station, A. T., leaving their present stations in 
time to reach that point not later than the 13th proximo, and 
thence to Deming, N. M., as directed by said order. The troops 
at Forts Apache, San Carlos, Thomas and Grant will unite, in 
the order of posts named. 
Regimental, troop and officers’ baggage will be shipped as 
directed in paragraph 4? General Orders No. 11, current series, 
Headquarters of the Army. Supplies will be furnished from this 
Department to Deming, and for the 10th Cavalry, from that 
point to stations as assigned. 
The Chiefs of the Quartermaster's and Subsistence Depart¬ 
ments will provide necessary supplies for the troops at convenient 
points contiguous to the line of march between the posts in this 
Department and Deming, N. M. Posts will supply transporta¬ 
tion as follows, to be assigned to service by the Chief Quarter¬ 
master : 
Whipple Depot.—4 six-mule teams.—1 ambulance. 
Fort Verde.—1 six-mule team. 
Fort Apache.—2 six-mule teams.—1 ambulance. 
Fort Thomas.—4 six-mule teams.—1 ambulance. 
San Carlos.—1 six-mule team. 
Fort Grant.—7 six-mule teams.—1 ambulance. 
Fort Bowie.—2 six-mule teams. 
Fort Huachuca.—3 six-mule teams. 
2 Captain C. W. Williams, assistant quartermaster, will 
proceed to Bowie Station, prior to the arrival there of the 3d 
Cavalry, and thence to Deming, N. M., for the purpose, under 
instructions of the Chief Quartermaster and Commissary, of 
superintending the transportation and supply of the troops from 
and to their posts. Upon completion of these duties Captain 
Williams will rejoin his station. 
The journeys as directed are necessary for the public service. 
