HEADQUARTERS FORT INDEPENDENCE,
January 10, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor to report that I embark with my command this afternoon on board the steamer Joseph Whitney for Fort Jefferson, Fla. Orders of the General-in-Chief by telegraph. Strength of command, four commissioned officers and sixty-two enlisted men.
Names of officers: Bvt. Maj. L. G. Arnold, commanding; Surg. A. N. McLaren, First Lieut. Henry Benson, First Lieut. H. M. Blunt, A. A. Q. M. and A. C. S.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. G. ARNOLD,
Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Commanding.
Lieutenant-Colonel THOMAS,
Asst. Adjt. Gen., U.S. Army, New York City.