. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . ility, dauntless in all emergencies, a tireless worker,and blessed with an abundance of common sense. Neither he nor theGovernor had any military, or even militia training; but a militaryexpert had already volunteered assistance, in the person of young LewWallace, who had been an enthusiastic militiaman. He was supposed tobe reading law in Indianapolis, but he had already begun writing TheFair God, and a chance to see the halls of the Montezumas came likea visit from a fairy godmother. Betw
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . ility, dauntless in all emergencies, a tireless worker,and blessed with an abundance of common sense. Neither he nor theGovernor had any military, or even militia training; but a militaryexpert had already volunteered assistance, in the person of young LewWallace, who had been an enthusiastic militiaman. He was supposed tobe reading law in Indianapolis, but he had already begun writing TheFair God, and a chance to see the halls of the Montezumas came likea visit from a fairy godmother. Between them they got the literarypart of the work under way, and reports from companies soon begancoming in. On May 26 the branch of the State Bank at Madison tenderedthe Governor a loan of $10,000 for war expenses, which he accepted withthanks, and sent letters to the other branches suggesting similar and Lawrenceburgh advanced $10,000 each, and Lafayetteoffered $5,000; and so the army was financed for the time being. As nobody was attending to recruiting in Indianapolis, Wallace. David Reyn(_ili)S(Adjutant General of Indiana, 1846) INDIANA AND INDIANANS 431 rented a room on Washington street, put out a flag, and a transparencywith inscriptions, For Mexico. Fall in; hired a drummer and atifer, and paraded the streets for recruits. Within three days he had acompany raised, largely composed of former members of the MarionGuards, familiarly known as The Grays, and the Marion Rifles, knownas The Arabs, two local companies of a few years earlier. The com-pany elected James P. Drake Captain, and John McDougall First Lieu-tenant, making Wallace Second Lieutenant. It was taken into the FirstIndiana Regiment, which on June 17, started for the rendezvous at OldFort Clark, between Jeffersonville and New Albany. The Indianavolunteers far outnumbered the call. Two more regiments were or-ganized later, but meanwhile two full companies went into the 16th,U. S. Infantry, th
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