With this party I sent thirty-five camels of those re­

cently Imported nudes the direction of my predecessor.

This was intended as au experiment to test the efficien­

cy of those animals as beasts of burden and transpor­

tation through the barren cud difficult country of the

great mountain range separating the Mississippi valley

from the Pacific OtO&D. From the ' , CAM reports m­

eek ed front Mr. Beale. It would appear that the camels

are likely to answer fully the high exprctations enter­

tained of them for military purposes by the honorable

fiecretsay who