Detatchment Orders
Camp River Dubois, Febr. 20th.
1804.
The Commanding officer directs that During the absence
of himself and Capt. Clark from Camp, that the party
shall
consider themselves under the immediate command of Sergt.
Ordway, who will be held accountable for the good
poliece
and order of the camp during that period, and will also see
the subsequent parts of this order carried into effect.
The sawyers
will continue their work untill they have cut
the necessary quantity of
plank, the quantity wanting will be
determined by Pryor; during the days
they labour they shall
recieve each an extra gill of whiskey pr. day and be exempt
from guard duty; when the work is
accomplished, they will
join the party and do duty in common with the
other men.
The Blacksmiths will also continue their work untill they
have completed the articles contained in the memorandom
with which I
have furnished them, and during the time they
are at work will recieve
each an extra gill of whiskey pr. day
and be exempt
from guard duty; when the work is completed
they will return to camp and
do duty in common with the
detatc[h]ment.
The four men who are
engaged in making sugar will continue
in that
employment untill further orders, and will recieve
each a half a gill of
extra whiskey pr. day and be exempt from
guard
duty.
The practicing party will in futer discharge only one round
each pr. day, which will be done under the direction
of Sergt.
Ordway, all at the same target and at the
distance of fifty yards
off hand. The prize of a gill of extra whiskey
wil1 be recieved
by the person who makes the
best shot at each time of
Practice.
Floyd will take charge of our
quarte[r]s and store and be
exempt from guard duty untill our return, the
commanding
Officer hopes that this
proof of his confidence will be justifyed
by the rigid performance of the
orders given him on that
subject.
No man shal absent himself from
camp without the knowlege
and permission of
Sergt. Ordway, other than those who
have obtained
permission from me to be absent on hunting
excurtions, and those will not
extend their absence to a term
by which they may avoid a tour of guard
duty, on their return
they will report themselves to Sergt. Ordway and receive his
instructions.
No whiskey
shall in future be delivered from the Contractor's
store except for the legal ration,
and as appropriated by
this order, unless otherwise directed by Capt. Clark or myself.
Meriwether Lewis Capt.
1st U. S. Regt.
Infty.
Sergt. Ordway will have the men paraded this evening and
read the inclosed orders to them.
M. Lewis
[Indorsed:] to Floyd
