Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . a recruitingoffice myself. The town could not mort thanlaugh at me. So I took a room on Washingtonstreet and hired a drummer and fifer. Out ofthe one front window of the building I pro-jected a flag, then a transparency inscribed onits four faces For ^fexico. Fall in. I at-tacked the astonished public in the first round was jirodnctive. A dozen ormore young men fell into tlie procession. With-in three days the company was full. In theelection of officers, .lames P. Drake was chos
Greater Indianapolis ;the history, the industries, the institutions, and the people of a city of homes . a recruitingoffice myself. The town could not mort thanlaugh at me. So I took a room on Washingtonstreet and hired a drummer and fifer. Out ofthe one front window of the building I pro-jected a flag, then a transparency inscribed onits four faces For ^fexico. Fall in. I at-tacked the astonished public in the first round was jirodnctive. A dozen ormore young men fell into tlie procession. With-in three days the company was full. In theelection of officers, .lames P. Drake was chosenca|)tain and John McDougall, first second lieutenancy was given to me. Uponacceptation by tiie Governor, we were orderedto the general rendezvous at Xcw .\ll)anv, onthe Ohio Hiver. The Indiaiia|)oiis company was not first. Itscommissions were issued on JntU I. Ihose ofthe Dearlwirn l iiri1hi<iiiriijili I/. |i. f 11. :?. i:J8 HISTOIIV OK (iRKATKli D H CO fl < c Cd 0) a d. E- w D O ?^ OJ 1 1 ^v irs 30 a- C a- 73 u J ;_ o 0; C u 3 a z a? Ci ^ ^ o H ^— > -^ H t> a >- 63 M a K 5 ca HISTOHV OK (iliKA ri:if, 13!) were issuoil (III llic 1st; the Putnam IJIuo amiCass County \ohinteers ou the -iud; the Mont-gomery Volunteers and Johnson Guards on the3d. The Clarion Volunteers went into campnear the city, and after two weeks of drillthey were started on the 17th on their march,or rather on their ride, for enthusiastic farm-ers had volunteered their wagons to take themto Kdinhurg. to which point the .Madison rail-road was then opened. They marched to thedoor of Drakes Hotel (west of the Lombardbuilding) and there were presented a flag bythe ladies of the city. Sarah T. Bolton madethe presentation address, and responses weremade by Cajitain Drake for the company, JohnII. Bradley for the citizens, and (rovernor\\hitcond) for the state.
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