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Daily Gazette And Comet
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana
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The New York Journal of Commerce reports on November 6 that troops from New York and Newport are being transferred westward to fill deficiencies in the 4th and 9th Infantry and 3d Artillery in Washington Territory, Oregon, and California. About 280 men will depart New York on the 20th.
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The New York Journal of Commerce, of the 6th, says:
The transfer of troops ordered from this station and Newport, for the department of the West, is not intended for special service, but only to fill up deficiencies in the 4th and 9th Infantry, and the 3d Artillery, scattered about Washington Territory, Oregon and California. Two hundred and eighty men, divided into four companies, are called for, of whom about one hundred and fifty will be supplied from Fort Columbus, and the others from New York. They will leave this city on the 20th inst.
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New York
Event Date
6th Inst.
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two hundred and eighty men to be transferred to fill deficiencies in western regiments.
Event Details
Transfer of troops from New York and Newport stations to the department of the West, not for special service but to fill up deficiencies in the 4th and 9th Infantry, and the 3d Artillery, in Washington Territory, Oregon and California. About 150 from Fort Columbus, others from New York, departing on the 20th inst.