. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . t his lack of ex-perience. His success in rapidly organizing theStates quota for the war had no parallel at thattime, and in 1847 a grateful Legislature recog-nized the fact by adding $150 to his salary forthat year. At that time there was but one railroad in theState, running between Madison and were but few improved highways and notelegraphs. All communication was by mail,mostly carried by men on horsebac
. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . t his lack of ex-perience. His success in rapidly organizing theStates quota for the war had no parallel at thattime, and in 1847 a grateful Legislature recog-nized the fact by adding $150 to his salary forthat year. At that time there was but one railroad in theState, running between Madison and were but few improved highways and notelegraphs. All communication was by mail,mostly carried by men on horseback and overbad roads. There were no daily papers, the pressservices being rendered by small weekly sheets,one or two to the county. Governors Proclamation; Response of thePeople.—In spite of these handicaps the warnews traveled fast. The governor issued hisproclamation on the 22d of May and the ad-jutant-general his General Order No. 1 of theFourth of July, directing the companies to as-semble at the rendezvous (old Fort Clark, be-tween Jeffersonville and New Albany) as soonas possible by the shortest route, and at theirown expense for transportation and 118 CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA As if by magic the roads were filled withmarching men, helped on by patriotic farmers,who furnished teams for transportation andwhose kind-hearted wives fed the hungry volun-teers. Notwithstanding these drawbacks the con-centration was quickly made, and by the 10th ofJune, nineteen days after the call, thirty com-panies had reported at camp and been musteredinto service, while an overflow of twenty-twocompanies reported from their home stations,clamoring for acceptance. No less remarkable than the uprising of vol-unteers was the patriotic action of the banks involunteering to supply the governor with theneedful funds and take the chance of reimburse-ment by the State or general government, andthis at a time when the State was almost hope-lessly in debt. Indiana Regim
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