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Head Quarters Military Division of the Pacific San Francisco, Cal., September 6th, 1867 Brevet Major General J.C. Davis, Present, General: 1. You have been appointed commander of the Military District of Alaska, which included all the Russian-American territory ceded to the United States by the treaty of March 30th, 1867. You will, therefore, assume command of the two companies designated, in Special Orders, No. 141, current series, from the Head Quarters, for the garrison of Sitka, as soon as the same are ready to embark on the transport chartered for that purpose. 2. In accordance with instructions from the General-in-Chief of the Army, the Military District of Alaska will, until further orders, be attached to the Department of California. You will, therefore, report directly to the Head Quarters of that Department, at San Francisco, California. 3. Should you reach Sitka before the arrival of the commissioners appointed to transfer and receive formal possession under the provisions of the Treaty, you will retain your command on the transport until such formal transfer is made. If, however, the commissioner on the part of the United States should request you to take part in the formal proceedings of the transfer, you will do so, either personally, or with your command. If, by any accident, the vessel carrying the commissioners should be unduly delayed, you will arrange with the Russian authorities for landing your troops, and putting them into winter-quarters, prior to any formal transfer--this being provided for in the Treaty.