W. WOODRUFF,
Church Historian & Recorder.

F. D. RICHARDS,
Assistant Historian & Recorder.

Historian & Recorder's Office of the Church of Jesus Christ
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.

P. O. BOX 321.

Salt Lake City, Utah, April 28, 1886.

Presidents John Taylor
& Geo. Q. Cannon.

Dear Brethren—It seems to me that I ought
to make a report to you in relation to carrying out
your instructions upon the subject of calling for
volunteers to go to strengthen the San Juan Stake.

As soon as I received your letter with the afore-
said instructions, dated Jany: 14, 1886, and covering
a letter from President F. A. Hammond, dated Dec. 23,
1885, from Bluff City, I called upon as many of
the Twelve Apostles as had their liberty and could be
reached. They came together accordingly and
deliberated on the best means of engaging the attention
of the Saints generally upon this subject. Each
one of the Twelve had a portion of the Territory
assigned to him, in which to operate. A certain
quota of the desired number of colonists was de-
cided on as proper for each stake to furnish, ac-
cording to the ratio of its population. The brethren
of the Twelve went among the people, and for a

W. WOODRUFF, Church Historian & Recorder.

F. D. RICHARDS, Assistant Historian & Recorder.

Historian & Recorder's Office of the Church of Jesus Christ OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.

P. O. BOX 321.

Salt Lake City, Utah, April 28, 1886.

Presidents John Taylor & Geo. Q. Cannon.

Dear Brethren—It seems to me that I ought to make a report to you in relation to carrying out your instructions upon the subject of calling for volunteers to go to strengthen the San Juan Stake.

As soon as I received your letter with the aforesaid instructions, dated Jany: 14, 1886, and covering a letter from President F. A. Hammond, dated Dec. 23, 1885, from Bluff City, I called upon as many of the Twelve Apostles as had their liberty and could be reached. They came together accordingly and deliberated on the best means of engaging the attention of the Saints generally upon this subject. Each one of the Twelve had a portion of the Territory assigned to him, in which to operate. A certain quota of the desired number of colonists was decided on as proper for each stake to furnish, according to the ratio of its population. The brethren of the Twelve went among the people, and for a