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Major Wynkoop is in command at Camp Weld, during the absence of any ranking officer.

The members of the Third remaining at Camp Weld are becoming proficient in drill, and compare favorably with many of the older corps.

We learn reinforcements have been sent for from Fort Riley to Fort Lyon, on account of an anticipated attack from the Texans.

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We learned from one of the soldiers who arrived yesterday with prisoners, that a man by the name of Carter was murdered three nights since in the vicinity of Fairplay. No particulars.

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While down at Camp Weld on Saturday we heard the band of the 1st Cavalry practicing and must say they progress finely. They played several tunes perfectly correct.

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Source:

Unknown, "Major Wynkoop is in command...," Weekly Commonwealth and Republican, Denver, Colorado, Thursday, 30 April, 1863, page 3.