 These men included Fremont's 30 topographical men and their 30 scouts and hunters, U.S. Marine Lieutenant Archibald H. Gillespie, a U.S. Navy officer to handle their two cannons, a company of Indians trained by Sutter and many other "permanent" California settlers from several different countries as well as American settlers.The California Battalion members were used mainly to garrison and keep order in the rapidly surrendering California towns.The Navy went down the coast from San Francisco, occupying ports without resistance as they went.