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From the _Ohio Statesman_ of March 3, 1843.
The War Department made the following responses to the inquiries of
Prof. Joseph Schafer for information as to provision of military
escort in 1843 for body of emigrants going to Oregon:
First indorsement.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington_, _September 5, 1902_.
Respectfully submitted to the Chief of the Record and
Pension Office, War Department.
No information touching the matter of escort for emigrants
from Fort Leavenworth to Oregon in the year 1843 has been
found in this office.
J. PARKER,
Major of Cavalry, Assistant Adjutant General.
Second indorsement.
RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE,
WAR DEPARTMENT,
_Washington_, _September 10, 1902_.
Respectfully submitted to the Quartermaster General of the
Army.
The records on file in this office show that J. M. Shively,
of St. Louis, Missouri, stated under date of March 25, 1843,
that his party would start for Oregon on April 20, 1843; and
that he desired a company of troops. The records also show
that the communication of Mr. Shively was charged to the
Quartermaster General.
Nothing additional has been found bearing on this inquiry.
---- ----,
Chief, Record and Pension Office.
[Name signed not decipherable.]
Third indorsement.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE,
_Washington_, _October 6, 1902_.
Respectfully returned, by direction of the Quartermaster
General, to Mr. Joseph Schafer, No. 311 Park Street,
Madison, Wisconsin.
No record of any correspondence with Captain E. Steen, 1st
Dragoons, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, during the year 1843,
bearing on the matter of a military escort for emigrants is
found, nor is there any record of the communication of J. M.
Shively referred to in the second indorsement hereon.
S. F. LONG, (?)
Major and Quartermaster, United States Army.
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From the _Ohio Statesman_ February 24, 1843.