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ORDERS. 
Camp No. 59, September 8, 1853. 
The within orders not having been carried by the orderly to all the persons concerned, they 
are now sent around again. Attention is called to the paragraph in reference to firing on the 
march. While no objection exists to hunting or shooting game where those wishing to do so 
are, hy permission or on duty, away from the line, it is manifestly injurious to the service that 
the march of a line of 80 men and 192 animals should he exposed to accident or delay hy per¬ 
sons firing indiscriminately at game which may come near the train, particularly when there 
are hunters whose duty it is to kill and bring in fresh meat. 
No. 25. 
[Order No. 15.] 
Camp No. 60, September 5, 1853. 
To-morrow morning, before starting, and after the mules are hitched to the wagons, all 
the horses and mules which are ridden, as well as all loose horses and mules, will be arranged 
in a line for being inspected. The team mules and oxen will be inspected while they are 
harnessed up. The cooks will be awakened at daybreak ; the animals will be turned loose to 
graze at the same time ; breakfast will be at 5^ o’clock, tents struck and teams harnessed at six. 
A. J. DONELSON, 
Lieutenant Engineers , Executive Officer. 
No. 26. 
[Order No. 16.] 
Camp Dobbin, near Fort Benton, 
September 9, 1853. 
In obedience to the assignment of the chief of the expedition, as expressed in instructions 
dated the 7th instant, and received this day, the undersigned hereby assumes charge of the 
party for the survey of the railroad route from this point, through Cadotte’s Pass, to the St. 
Mary’s village, as designated in said instructions, or in others of a similar nature. This party 
consists of the following persons, viz : 
Lieutenant A. J. Donelson, in charge; Dr. George Suckley, surgeon and naturalist; Mr. A. 
W. Tinkliam, estimating engineer; Mr. G. W. Stevens, astronomer; Mr. John Lambert, in 
charge of odometer survey; Mr. Joseph F. Moffett, meteorologist, &c. ; Mr. James Doty, assist¬ 
ant astronomer; Mr. Thomas Adams, assistant artist; Mr. B. F. Kendall, assistant to quarter¬ 
master; Mr. P. Higgins, wagonmaster; Mr. James Simpson, pack-master and in charge of 
loose mules; Mr. Henry Pierson, assistant wagonmaster; Mr. French, in charge of loose horses ; 
Mr. West, carrying chronometers ; Sergeant Collins, sapper, assistant in odometer survey; Artisan 
Davis, sapper, assistant to meteorologist; Artisan Lynt, sapper, assistant to meteorologist; 
Artisan Smith, sapper, second assistant on odometer survey; Private Broadwell, sapper, assist¬ 
ant to meteorologist; Private Horner, sapper, assistant to Dr. Suckley; Private Roche, sapper, 
assistant to Mr. Stevens; Private Wilson, sapper, assistant to Mr. Doty; Sergeant Lindner, 
dragoon, commissary sergeant and assistant guide; Corporal Roaster, dragoon, assistant com¬ 
missary sergeant and assistant guide; Corporal Coster, dragoon, in charge of howitzer; Cor¬ 
poral Lake, dragoon, in command of roar guard; Corporal Chowming, dragoon, in charge of 
pitching and striking tents; Private Magruder, dragoon, on detail for tents; Privates Ashcroft, 
Dittman, Otes, Hoggins, Smith, Don avail, Goerkey, Gauss, Flinn, Magakran, and Maxfield; 
Teamsters McGee and Wilson, Lieutenant Donelson’s team; Teamsters McGinnis, Bell, and 
Monroe, Mr. Osgood’s team; Teamsters Gear and Agnew, instrument wagon; Teamsters Davis, 
Bracken, Saint Louis, Dume, Winn, and Mitchelle; Saddler, Michelback; Blacksmith, Bashall; 
