Excerpt from Affairs in Utah and the Territories: Letter From the Secretary of War, Transmitting, in Compliance With House Resolution of the 5th Instant, the Report of Brevet Brigadier General James F. Rusling, Inspector, &C., For the Year Ending June 30, 1867 These various duties detained me at San Francisco until February 9, when I left for San Diego, California, by ocean steamer, reaching San Diego, about 500 miles south, on the 12th. Having inspected the public buildings still there, and acquired such other information as was desired, I left there again-ou the evening of the 13th, and returned by steamer to San Pedro, California, about 100 miles north, whence, February 14, I ascended by tug to Wilmington, or Drum barracks, some six miles up a Slough or gut of the sea. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.