Capt. Hezekiah Bradley, 3rd Infantry, commanded the post from June 1816, to May 1817, Brevet Major D. Baker to June 1820; Captain Hezekiah Bradley, 3rd Infantry, to January 1821, Major Alex Cummings, 3rd Infantry, to October, 1821; Lieut. Col. J. McNeal, 3rd Infantry, to July 1823; Captain John Greene, 3rd Infantry, to October, 1823; post not garrisoned from October 1823, to October 1828. No returns of post on file prior to 1828. * * * * * Copies of Orders. ORDER NO. 35. Adjutant General's Office, Washington, 27 May, 1823. The Major-General commanding the army directs that Fort Dearborn, Chicago, be evacuated, and that the garrison thereof be withdrawn to the headquarters of the 3rd regiment of Infantry. One company of the 3rd regiment of Infantry will proceed to Mackinac and relieve the company of artillery now stationed there, which, with the company of artillery at Fort Shelby, Detroit, will be withdrawn and ordered to the harbor of New York. The commanding General of the Eastern department, will give the necessary orders for carrying these movements into effect, as well as for the security of the public property at Forts Dearborn and Shelby. By order of Major-General Brown. (Signed) Chas. J. Nourse, _Act'g Adjutant-General_. ORDER NO. 44. Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, 19 August, 1828. (Extract.) In conformity with the directions of the Secretary of War, the following movements of the troops will be made. Two companies of the 5th regiment of Infantry to reoccupy Fort Dearborn, at the head of Lake Michigan; the remaining eight companies to proceed by the way of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers to Fort Howard, Green Bay, where the headquarters of the regiment will be established. Four Co's of the Reg't to constitute the garrison of Fort Howard; two Co's for the garrison of Michilimackinac, and two for that of Fort Brady. 4. The Quartermaster-General's department to furnish the necessary transportation and supplies for the movement and accommodation of the troops. The subsistence department to furnish the necessary supplies of provisions. The Surgeon-General to supply medical officers and suitable hospital supplies for the posts to be established and reoccupied. 5. The Commanding Generals of the Eastern and Western departments are respectively charged with the execution of this order as far as relates to their respective commands. By order of Major General Macomb, Major-General Commanding the Army. (Signed) R. Jones, _Adjutant-General_. ORDER NO. 16. Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, 23 Feb., 1832.