FORT PICKENS, FLA., January 10, 1861.
SIR: I have the honor to report that on this date, I removed my command from Barrancas Barracks, Fla., to Fort Pickens, under special instructions received the previous day from the General-in-Chief.
……….I am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
A. J. SLEMMER, ……….
First Lieutenant, First Artillery, Commanding Post.
Col. S. COOPER, Adjutant-General U.S. Army.