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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, Saint Louis, February 11, 1862.
Colonel W. P. CARLIN,
Pilot Knob, Mo.:
What additional forces do you require to occupy Doniphan and to capture Pocahontas? When can you move? I have two regiments of cavalry ready to send you if you can say so. Colonel Callender is preparing the light artillery you asked for. What more will you want for such an expedition?
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General.
PILOT KNOB, February 11, 1862.
General HALLECK:
Your dispatch received. I require one regiment of infantry and one of cavalry more than I now have to occupy Doniphan and capture Pocohontas. Two companies of artillery and two of cavalry can occupy this post while I am on the expedition. I can use the two regiments of cavalry with advantage, but want at least one regiment more of infantry. I will also require transportation for all the additional force, say 600 wagons and teams more than I have. I want the light artillery and horses and a supply of ammunition for the guns. The roads are improving rapidly. I wish to undertake expedition.
W. P. CARLIN.