The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . g my term of ofiice asGovernor, has just been received,and I very (dieerfully complywith 3our request. It is well known to some, butmay not be known to all the peo-ple of our State, that those whowere charged with the duty ofplacing in the field the troopscalled for from this State, laboredunder very serious embarrass-ments during the first few monthsof the war. There was
The history of Mahaska County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics .. . g my term of ofiice asGovernor, has just been received,and I very (dieerfully complywith 3our request. It is well known to some, butmay not be known to all the peo-ple of our State, that those whowere charged with the duty ofplacing in the field the troopscalled for from this State, laboredunder very serious embarrass-ments during the first few monthsof the war. There was not anydifficulty in raising the came by thousands Mhenhundreds onl) were called difticulty was in raising mon-ey to organize them and putthem in the field. The UnitedStates could not then furnish themoney, and there was not anymoney in the State Treasury. Atthe extra session (May, 1861) ourState Legislature autiiorized theissuance and sale of the bonds ofthe State. At that time threeregiments had already been or-ganized without any money fromthe State, and several weeks mustnecessarily elapse before the bondscould be prepared and ofiered forsale in the way provided by the meantime more troops. OSKALOOSA CITY. 599 were called for and more moneywas needed for their validity of the bonds of theState was attacked, both in ourState and in New York, on tlieground that the Legislature hadnot the power to authorize theirissue, thus injuring their creditand of course lessening the chanceof their sale. In this emergency an appeal wasmade to certain citizens of theState who had or wlio could con-trol money—amongst others toyou. That appeal was promptlyresponded to by you and by oth-ers. You at once took my per-sonal drafts for about five thousanddollars and advanced me themoney. You also, at my sugges-tion, advanced about two thousanddollars to other persons to meetthe expense of organizing certaintroops, and afterwards took aboutthirteen thousa
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