The weekly Butte record., 1866-11-17
SUMMIT LAKE.-A friend who has been prospec-
ting up North, writes from Camp McGary. Summit
Lake, as follows:

SUMMIT LAKE.-A friend who has been proSpec-
ting up North, writes from Camp McGary, Summit
Lake, as follows:
The troops stationed here have inst finished two
sets OF quarters for the two companies. composing
the Garrison The quarters built of stone. the
walls two feet thick. IS bs % feet each, single
roof, and are without question the most conforta-
Die and warm quarters / ever saw They are built
By the labor OF the troops and except the cost Of
the lumber, which by the way is very heavy. the
expense IS rat TO the government They have also
substantial bakery, for baking the bread of the
troops, in operation, and the lanndresses Of the
command are comfortably fixed for the winter
The hospital is now receiving its finishing touch
e. This building is of stone, walls two feet thick
IS BY Is feet. They are now plying all their en-
ergies al the officers quarters. Each officer except
the commanding officer is 70 have two rooms each
II feet square, big enough at least to swing cat
in What do regular army officers want to swing
a cat for II they swing around the circle" with
the Cammanderin-Chef they viii do all that can
be required of them The President will swing
them If they don't. and Congress viii Swing them
if they do.-Ed REcoRDl They will be built of
stone ike the rest, walls two feet thick. The COM
handing officer is TO have three auts, each fifteen
feet squire There is already log house here -
by r. built by Capt. Mears, when he was in com
mand This, with the three rooms or huts com
bined, will make no small house. You see this is
one OF the beauties of the service. An energet
ic officer is sent empty-handed on the frontier
he scfdpes q covering tpgetheT over Ills hedd be
incurs unjusty, the dislike of Mcdowell, when the
latter sends an officer TO rank him, and he, of
course. under the rules of the service, takes his
Juniors quarters, sending him back TO his old
tent, and TO go TO work TO build again. with the
like chances Detailing him. They have a stone
house up. loo by 80. OF lumber not sufficient COW
ering for all their stores All the hav will be ex.
posed 10 the element, and when all in there will be
800 ton. A large amount of this will of course be
ruined. The store # barley consists of 500 900
lbs. This hay and barley is one years supply
The fiscal year ends with army people on the Both
OF June. The post is garrsoned as follows: Bre-
vet Col. A. G. Bracket, Major First O. S Cavalry,
commanding Camp and District. Co."H' sixty
men Offered as follows: Brevet Ma or Frederick
Mears, Capt. Ninth U, S. Infantry COMMANDING
First Lieutenant, Timothy Connolly. on Detached
Service at San Francisco recruiting for the Eighth
Regiment of L. S. Cavalry; Just arrived from the
East Second Lieutenant, g. F. Foot under orders
to JOIN his company Company .'B y First q. S.
Cavalry, eighty men. Differed as follows Capt
James A. Hall. Commanding: First Lieutenant. A.
Clarke, on detached service at West Point as In
structor. This company has no Second Lieutenant.
Or. Biggers is the medical attachment. They are to
have farm here, that is to say, a Government
farm TO raise barley and hay on. In accordance
with the rule of chow not to do it, The authori-
ties in San Francisco sent them the farming tools
month ago for operations next Spring While
the stores, their immediate and pressing necessity
have not vet arrived. We have had two or three
bitter cold spells so far, and considerable snow
but am in hopes the stores will arrive about the
time to put in the barley merit Spring.
The mill at Black Rock it is said will begin
crushing rock in two or three weeks, and then we
shall see what we shall see. OF course all are in
hopes of good results.