HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI,
Springfield, Mo., July 1, 1864.

Lieut. Col. H. CAMERON,
Commanding Cassville, Mo.:

It is officially reported that there is a band of deserters, eleven in number, in the hills of White River.  They steal horses in Missouri and run them into Arkansas, trade them for cattle and bring the cattle to Missouri.  Samuel Haskins, who lives on White River, is reported to have delivered to Town Hopper a lot of cattle at or near the mouth of Crane Creek, Stone County.  These cattle in the main were brought from Arkansas, and were paid for in stolen horses.  This matter can be ferreted out, and the parties arrested.  The general commanding directs that you will make every effort to have the deserters and their associates arrested, and the stock in their possession seized.

W. D. HUBBARD,
Lieutenant and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General

SOURCE:  OR, Series I, Volume 41 (Part II), Page 10.

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