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Detatchment Order
Camp River Dubois, April 1st. 1804.

The Commanding officers did yesterday proceed to take the
necessary inlistments, and select the Detachment destined
for the Expedition through the interior af the Continent of
North America; and have accordingly seelected the persons
herein after Mentioned, as those which are to Constitute their
Perminent Detachment. (Viz).

                         

William	Bratten	John	Ordway
John	Colter	Nathaniel	Pryor
John	Collins	John	Potts
Reubin	Fields	Moses B	Reed
Joseph	Fields	George	Shannon
Charles	Floyd	John	Shields
Patrie	Gass	John B.	Thompson
George	Gibson	Richard	Winser
Silas	Goodrich	William	Werner
Thomas P.	Howard	Peter	Wiser
Hugh	Hall	Joseph	Whitehouse
Hugh	Mc. Neel	Alexander	Willard
John	Newmon

The commanding officers do also retain in their service
untill further Orders: The following Persons, Richard Warvington,
Rabert Frasure, John Robertson, & John Boyley
(Moses B. Read)[6] who whilst they remain with the Detachment

shall be incorperated with the second, and third squads of the
same, and are to be treated in all respects as those men who
form the Permonant detachment except with reguard to an
advance of Pay, and the distrebutions of Arms and Accoutrements
intended for the expedition.

The following persons (viz Charles Floyd, John Ordway, and
Nathaniel Pryor are this day appointed Sergeants, with equal
Powers (unless when otherwise specially ordered). The authority,
Pay, and emouliments, attached to the Said rank of
Sergeants in the Military Service of the United States, and to
hold the Said appointments, and be respected Accordingly,
dureing their good behaviour or the Will and pleasure of the
sd. Commanding officers.[7]

To insure order among the party, as well as to promote
a regular Police in Camp, The Commanding Officers have
thought proper to devide the detachment into three Squads
and to place a Sergeant in Command of each, who are held
imediately responsible to the Commanding officers, for the
regular and orderly deportment of the individuls Composeing
their respective Squads.

The following individuals after being duly balloted for, have
fallen in the several Squads as hereafter stated, and are Accordingly
placed under the derection of the Sergeants whose names
preceeds those of his squad. (Viz :)

1st Squad
Sergeant Nathaniel Pryor.
Privates

               

George	Gibson
Thomas P.	Howard
George	Shannon
John	Shields
John	Collins
Joseph	Whitehouse
Peter	Wiser
Hugh	Hall

2nd Squad
Sergt. Charles Floyd
Privates

               

Hugh	Mc.Neel
Patric	Gass
Reubin	Fields
Joseph	Fields
John B:	Thompson
Richard	Winser
Richard	Worthington
Robert	Frasure.

3rd Squad
Sergt. John Ordeway
Privates

               

William	Bratten
John	Colter
Alexander	Willard
William	Warner
Silas	Goodrich
John	Potts
John	Robertson
John	Boleye

The Camp Kettles, and other Public utensels for cooking
shall be produced this evening after the parade is Dismissed;
and an equal division shall take place of the same, among the
non commissioned officers Commanding the squads. Those
non-commissioned officers shall make an equal Division of the
proportion of those utensels between their own Messes of their
respective squads,—each squad shall be devided into two
Messes, at the head of one of which the commanding Sergeant
shall Preside. the sergeants Messes will Consist of four privates
only to be admited under his discression, the ballance of
each squad shall form the second mess of each squad.

Dureing the indisposition of Sergeant Pryor, George Shannon
is appointed (protempor) to discharge his the Said Pryor's
duty in his squad.

The party for the co[n]venience of being more imediately
under the eye of the several sergeants haveing charge of them,
will make the necessary exchanges of their Bunks and rooms
for that Purpose as shall be verbally derected by us.

Untill otherwise derected, Sergeant John Ordway will continue
to keep the rouster and detaile the men of the detachment

for the several duties which it may be necessary, they should
perform, as also to transcribe in a book furnished Him for
that purpose, those or such other orders as the Commanding
officers shall think proper to publish from time, to time for
the government of the Party.