"GENERAL:--You will immediately enter upon a tour of inspection
of the affairs of the Quartermaster's Department, as administered
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and thence west _via_ Denver
City and Salt Lake City to the Pacific Coast, inspecting
all intermediate Posts while _en route_. At Denver City you
will confer with Brevet Col. Howard, A. Q. M., as to the
practicability of breaking up that depot, and removing the stores
to other points where needed. Thence to Salt Lake City, where a
rigid inspection is needed. Thence to San Francisco, Cal.