LITTLE ROCK, May 22, 1861.
The Military Board of the State of Arkansas met at the Governor's office, His Excellency Hon. Henry M. Rector presiding. Present, C. C. Danley and B.C. Totten. The board organized by appointing D. W. Davis secretary, who was legally qualified and entered upon the discharge of his duties.
It was ordered that Artillery Company No. 1, commanded by Capt. W. E. Woodruff, jr., start this day for Fort Smith, and that he report
himself to the commander of the post, and thence to General Pearce at his headquarters; and that at some point between Little Rock and Fort Smith he swear the members of said company into the service of the State.
It was ordered that the commanding officer at Fort Smith be instructed to detail an escort to Capt. Albert Pike, commissioner of the Confederate States to the Indian country west, to consist of one company of mounted men--not less than 100 men---for the purpose of accompanying him on his official tour; and that the commanding officer at Fort Smith be also instructed to furnish to Captain Pike a baggage wagon and mules for the purpose of affording him necessary facilities while engaged in the Indian country.
It was ordered that, for the purpose of drill and discipline, the companies now quartered at the Little Rock Arsenal, commanded by Captains Lyon, Trigg, and Echols, be under command of the senior officer present, who shall in all respects perform the duties of commanding officer of the post; and that, for the purpose of receiving said soldiers into the service of the State, Dandridge McRae be appointed special mustering officer, and Dr. Albert W. Webb be appointed medical officer for the same purpose.
LITTLE ROCK, May 27, 1861.(*)
The board met; present, His Excellency Hon. H. M. Rector, C. C. Danley, and B. C. Totten.
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It was ordered that the regiment designated in order No. 12 be made up of one company from each of the following counties: Randolph, Jackson, Independence, Lawrence, Marion, Searcy, Fulton, Carroll, and Izard, and Captain Dill's company, now in Little Rock; and that Col. R. G. Shaver be authorized to make such contracts and do such other things as are necessary for the subsistence of the regiment from the time of the rendezvous until organization of the same.
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Colonel Peyton was ordered to call out his regiment immediately and put them under arms.
Capt. Dandridge McRae was ordered to proceed to Searcy with orders to notify all men subject to military duty in White County, and all between here and there, that the State needs every man. Captain McRae was further authorized to receive men into the service, and to subsist them at the expense of the State until they are regularly ordered into the service.