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be supplied from Indianapolis and that all he could get from j; 
him was the “requisitions are promptly filled”. He suggested I 
that Colonel Fitch send his quartermaster to St. Louis to see 
what could be done, and promised to take the responsibility 
of supplying his regiment if he could not get relief from St. ( 
Louis. i 
On April 5, the Governor again notified Halleck that he - 
had been reliably informed that the Thirty-fourth, Forty- | 
third. Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh regiments under Gen- j 
eral Pope at New Madrid were suffering for shoes and cloth- 
ing; that they had made frequent requisitions to no purpose, 
and asked that he investigate the matter and report the re- 
sults.®^ The red tape remained as firm as granite when Hal- 
leck replied, “Plenty of supplies at Cairo. Will inquire into 
the matter”,®^ but it was not until W. R. Holloway went to St. 
Louis that some of the needed supplies were sent from there 
and the rest from Indianapolis.®"’ 
Another instance of a great effort being made to relieve an 
Indiana regiment was that for the Forty-ninth at Cumber- 
land Ford. In April, 1862, Governor Morton received word 
that 370 men in that regiment were sick and needing food 
and hospital supplies. Nothing of that kind could be had 
there.®® On the same day the state promised to send a good 
lot of supplies and two additional surgeons, and added, “Never 
hesitate to call on us for assistance. It will be promptly 
given. ”®^ Even with this aid conditions grew rapidly worse, 
and a military agent was sent in the middle of May to report 
conditions ; he found that but 377 men were fit for duty ; that 
188 were sick and in camp, and 321 were absent on sick leave; 
that they needed fruits of all kinds, pickles, kraut, and pota- 
General Despatches, III, 116. 
63 /bid.. Ill, 122, 123. 
64 Ibid., Ill, 123. 
Ibid., Ill, 184; Indianapolis Daily Jcnirnal, quoted in French, Indiana, 239-241, 
says in part: “Morton dispatches were suppressed at General Pope’s headquarters and 
never handed to Colonel Fitch. Governor Morton not hearing from Fitch sent an 
agent to New Madrid who learned that Morton’s requisition for supplies had been 
endorsed ‘Not granted, Jno, Pope, Major-General Commanding’. At about the time 
General Pope was ordered to Pittsburg Landing, Governor Morton sent his private 
secretary to Ft. Pillow where the regiments were then stationed to see if they had 
been supplied. It was through the Governor’s agents that clothing finally reached the 
troops, many of whom were shoeless and almost naked.’’ On April 1, W. R. Holloway 
promised Colonel Fitch, “If you cannot get them there [at St, Louis] we will take 
the responsibility and supply you, no matter about the consequences.” General Telegrams, 
III, 116. 
^Ubid., Ill, 184, 
Ibid., Ill, 184. 
