Sketches of the campaign in northern Mexico : in eighteen hundred forty-six and seven / by an officer of the First Regiment of Ohio volunteers.

46 ORDER OF MARCIH.
vided with a siege train, and with scarcely transportation
enough at the command of his Quarter-Master for a single
division. But in Taylor's hands, enterprises of great pith
and moment were not to be balked by ordinary obstacles.
When the number of troops intended for the reduction of
Monterey was made known, a strong desire was manifested
by the volunteers to learn which of the regiments would be
selected for that honorable service, as all were averse to an
indolent garrison life on the frontier. That interesting question was not decided until after our arrival at Camargo; nor
were the volunteer troops organized into divisions and brigades until we reached that place. The following communication, however, which was received at Camp Belknap early
in August, indicated with tolerable clearness to some anxious
spirits that they were not to be included in the glorious six
thousand. Being an im portant order, it is quoted in extenso,
as it will explain not only the disposition first made of the
volunteers, but may also serve to inform the reader of the
numbers, commanders, and States of the various regiments
in the field.
Orders eiacd- Quarters, Army of Occddpcption,
No. 93 Af./clctmnzoros, ~Jdy 30, 1846.
1. The commanding General being about to leave for Cad
margo, the following arrangements for regulating the movements of the troops, and the service generally, in the rear,
are announced for the government of all concerned.
2. Four companies of artillery, under the command of
Brevet Major Brown, now under orders for Camargo, will be