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Page 516 LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. Chapter LIII.

SAINT LOUIS, September 30, 1864-11.50 a. m.

General E. B. BROWN,

Jefferson City:

Your call for arms, camp and garrison equipage received. Arms are not in sufficient quantities here to issue in such quantities. get your Enrolled Missouri Militia and citizen guards organized first, and in places of safety, where the arms cannot be captured. When the organization is completed and reported supplies will be sent.

JOHN V. DU BOIS,

Colonel, &c.

SAINT LOUIS, September 30, 1864-11.59 a. m.

General E. B. BROWN,

Jefferson City:

Am directed by commanding general to inquire how many men are ready for active service. Major Ignatius Hazel, brigade quartermaster Enrolled Missouri Militia, will make requisition for quantity needed for immediate use, approved by you. Telegraph immediately them number he will draw for, and shipment will be made.

E. ANSON MORE,

Quartermaster-General of Missouri.

JEFFERSON CITY, September 30, 1864.

Colonel JOHN V. DU BOIS,

Chief of Staff, Saint Louis:

Has the Thirty-fourth Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia been ordered to report to me?

E. B. BROWN,

Brigadier-General.

SAINT LOUIS, September 30, 1864-8 p. m.

General E. B. BROWN,

Jefferson City:

Seven companies of the Thirty-fourth Enrolled Missouri Militia have been ordered to rendezvous at Hermann and report to you.

J. V. DU BOIS,

Colonel, &c.

JEFFERSON CITY, September 30, 1864.

Colonel JOHN V. DU BOIS,

Chief of Staff, Saint Louis:

Colonel R. Poser, commanding Thirty-fourth Missouri Militia, refuses to move by my order. Says he has telegraphic orders to remain at Hermann.

E. B. BROWN,

Brigadier-General of Volunteers.


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