The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-29
WESTERN SURVEYORS AND sAvAeEs.

The Pioneering Parties or the Northern
Pacific Railroad To BE Protected by
United states TrOOps-Tho OmciaI
Orders. ot
WASHINGTON, April %, 1873
An expedition will be organized, to be assembled
at and in readiness to depart from, Fort Rice, Dar
kota Territory, on the 18th of June next, for the
protection OF the engineering parties OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad ia making surveys
for the location OF the line OF that road
between the Missouri River and the Rocky
Mountains. The expedition will be const-
tuted as follows First, q battalion OF
ten companies Of the Seventh cavalry, under COM
mand Of the Lieutenant Colonel Of the regiment.
Second, a battalion Of ten companies Of infantry,
four OF the Eighth regiment and six OF the Ninth
regiment, undef command Of Lieutenant Colonel
L. 7. Bradley OF the Ninth regiment. THIRD, :
| infantry, under command OF the senior captain
two of these companies to be drawn from Fort
| the respective post commanders; Fourth, bat
talon q four companies OF the seventeenth in
antr two IRON Tort Knee 2ne un9er Of
Major h. +. A. Croiton, Of Inc SeVeneeehNa 'n-
FWsh-The detachment OF seventy.fve Indian
scouts authorized by special orders No. so, currene
SERIES from the Department OF Dakota, and. in
addition five scouts eac from Forts Totten am. and
Commanders from those OF their commands who
accompanied last years Yellowstone expedition.
q. StLG-~n us.xCnin.aU hI.nlSry RuIHgie4G
| to man two Rodman fined guns, TO
| be commanded by an officer selected and
detailed by the commander Of the expedition. The
no .tali~n OF the Seventeenth or Twenty-second
infant, =. hereinbefore designated as portion Of
&C Colonel d 8. Stanley, Of the Twenty-second In
fantry is ASST ned to the command OF the expedi-
ton Exceptino' such STAFF officers as may here
after be assigned to him. ne will select the requ-
site STAFF from his command. The expe-
dition will leave Foit Rice with sixty
days. subsistence and forage. SuDsequens
arrangements will be Loade Tor the lur-
ther supply OF the command citner rom depot
to be established on the Fellows tone or rom Fort
Buford. Over two hundred skim uie Teams WI az y.
company the expedition and authC T.y = gwen 70
hire such number OF private teams S may 90 re-
CURED the OF the sick Of the c, nano' MI
less than five ambulances will De 'anen, in ~
special order also prescribes the all, 'wance Oh
clothing for the infantry to be carried In ue snap
sack; authorizes the supplying OF portable iviEes'
coal, $500 horseshoes and the employment y m,e
chanics, and is specific In detail as to the we
ments OF the expedition, subsistence and OF uei
necessaries for its comfort and safety The Al "
munti0n allowance is fixed at 200 rounds per NAH
OF the cavalry and Infantry 40 rounds to be carried
habitually in the cartridge boxes, the remainder in
bulk in the wagons. The commanding officer will
determine the amount OF artillery ammunition
to be taken. The expedition VIII remain in
the field until the 18th of october, If its
services are required for that length OF time and
may, at the discretion of the commanding oificer
be kept out until the 1st OF November but later.
This expedition has been organized by General
Terry, commanding the Depa, tment OF Dakota,
under the instructions OF tine General Of the Army