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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.