, 1856-03-21
GeneraI Orders--No. 4.

lst The 2nd Regiment of Washington Territory
Volunteers called into the service Of the United States
against the Yakima and other hostile Indian tribes
will be organized into three Battapns to be desgna
ted respectively the Northern the Central and South
ern Battahons.
and. The Northern battalion includes Company G.
commanded by Captain Van Bokkelin; Company l.
Captain Howe !; a detachment Of Company n Cap
tain Peabody, and will be commanded by Major, 10
be elected by the command upon ts concentration.
Sd. It will receive supplies and transportation from
Quartermaster and Cominissary Robinson, and move
Immediately up the river 10 the SnoqualInie Falls.
9TH. TIE Central Battalion commanded by Major
Gilmore Hays, will comprise Company B, Captain
Rabbeson Company @, Captain Henness, (MOlnted
Rangers y the Train Guard, Captain Shead, and the
Pioneer Company, commanded by Captain White,
with detachment Of Scouts, commanded by Captain
Swindall, Of Co. and be Supplied BY puarPrmaster
and Commissary Weed, at the post Of Olympia.
9Th. This Battalion will marth 10 the Muckleshdpt
PRine-establishing BlockHUases at the Yelm Pralr-
le, 81 dtMontgOmerye station and the crossing Of the
Puyallup River and forming q JUNCTION with the
Regulars erect Depot, Hospital and Block House at
or near the forks Of White and Green Rivers.
9th. The Southern Battalion, commanded by Lieu
tenant Colonel Shaw, will organize from the cOnpan
les now forming by Captain haxen, Achilles, Higgins
and Pearson upon the Columbia River, and will march
to the Walla-Walla Valley, as soon as possible,
9Th. The Southern Battalion viii be supplied by
Vancouver. .aHr. !
sth. oaicers commanding BattaIons, will appoint
9th. The Battalion Adjutant will conduct the Mill
tary Correspondence, make the necessary Reports to
this ofiee, and keep the papers Of the Battalion.
their Reports 10 QuaTteuhaster and CommssaFy Cen
eral Miller, a. Olympia. 1 I.1mIH-a llaf El,
llth. Lieutenant Colonel Lander, commanding
post at Seattle, viii organize Company A, Of the I'd
Regiment Of Washington Territory Volunteers, with
as many friendly Indians as may report 10 him. ana
make war upon the hostile savages nfestlng the fur
ests between Euiott Bay and the country lying ad
now in the Bay Of Seattle, and viii be supplied by
Quartermaster and Commissary p. Mnahias. tlH =
18th. Jared s. Hurd and H. r. 0rushia, No., arr
appointed Aids 70 the OOmmAnderinChief with the
18th Eubtis Huger Is appointed acting Adjutant
70 the "a Regiment W. T.Voluuteers, with the rank
.llth. Sidney s. Ford, jr, Is appointed q Captain,
and detached for the special servico Of organizing
force Of friendly Indians Of the Chehalis and CoEz
tribes for operation upon the Puyallup. N
18Th. Capt O. W, Riley with the force raised in
will build 6rt aa a Lone Tree Point =
north o the mouth Of the Puyallup and occupy that
post until further orders. ! RI - d.If, y M
lsth, Warren Cove is appointed Quartormaster
and oommlssaTE e. the PCst sfs.eiss0em.
aud Oommissary o. subsistence at the Dalles N
18th. g. X. Willard 10 be Snrgeon and purveyof |
Of medicine and medical stores at Head Quarters.
igth. N. 7. Burns "a appointed Surgeon IN the
"a Regiment, and ordered for duty with the Central
Battalion. Lit .t--l ~ III
a 1Csh; Or: R. NJ Big'l0w, Surgeon for the North
talon win appOintA surgeon for his command And
report his name to this Ofcei that commission may
i2d. Edward Furs.e is appointed Chief clerk %
the QuartermAster and Commissafy General
Esd. james Roberts Is appointed Military Clerk
10 the Office Of the Commander-in- Chief
2Ath, In all service Of combined volunteer and In
dian military forces the military officer will take com