Arkanzas hududiy militsiyasi - Arkansas Territorial Militia - Wikipedia

Arkanzas hududining militsiyasi
Arkanzas o'lkasining muhri
Faol	1804–1836
Mamlakat	Qo'shma Shtatlar
Sadoqat	Arkanzas o'lkasi
Turi	Militsiya
Rol	Quruqlik urushi

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Arkanzas milliy gvardiyasi
Arkanzas milliy gvardiyasi
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Arkanzas hududiy militsiyasi
Arkanzas militsiyasi, 1836-1879
Arkanzas militsiyasi va Meksika-Amerika urushi Arkanzas militsiyasi fuqarolar urushida Arkanzas militsiyasi qayta qurishda
Arkanzas shtati gvardiyasi, 1879-1907
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Arkanzas milliy gvardiyasi 1907–1949
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Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari portali

The Arkanzas hududining militsiyasi, odatda Arkanzas militsiyasi, bugungi kunning kashfiyotchisi edi Arkanzas milliy gvardiyasi. Joriy Arkanzas armiyasining milliy gvardiyasi uning ildizlarini militsiya hududiy militsiyasini tashkil etish bilan bog'laydi Luiziana okrugi 1804 yilda. Luiziana okrugi rivojlanib borgan sari Missuri hududi va birinchi okruglar tashkil etildi, hozirgi kunda Missuri hududiy militsiyasining polklari tuzildi Arkanzas. Hududiy hokimlar aholisi kam bo'lgan hududda ishonchli militsiya tizimini shakllantirish uchun kurashgan. Qachon Arkanzas o'lkasi Missuri o'lkasidan tashkil topgan, militsiya qayta tashkil etilib, asta-sekin to'qqizta polkdan tashkil topgan bitta brigadadan oltita brigadadan tashkil topgan butun bo'linmaga aylanib, har biri to'rtdan oltita polkgacha bo'lgan. Mahalliy militsiya tashkiloti o'zining doimiy a'zolari va ierarxiyasi bilan boshqacha erkin tashkil etilgan hududiy jamiyatga tuzilma qo'shdi. Hududiy militsiya hind millatlari bilan muammolarni bartaraf etish uchun ishlatilgan va noaniq xalqaro chegara tufayli Meksika bilan chegaradagi muammolarni hal qilishga tayyor edi va Texasning mustaqillik urushi.

Hududiy militsiyani yaratish

Arkanzas militsiyasining tarixi 1804 yilda, Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari Frantsiyadan Missisipi daryosining g'arbiy qismida katta er sotib olganidan boshlanadi. Tranzaksiya vaqtida, endi "Louisiana Xarid qilish ", oxir-oqibat Luiziana shtati sifatida Ittifoqga kiradigan maydon" deb nomlangan Orlean tumani. Hozirgi Luiziana shtatining shimolidagi hudud deb atalgan Luiziana okrugi. Avvaliga yangi "Luiziana okrugi" biriktirildi Indiana hududi ma'muriy maqsadlar uchun. 1804 yilda Luiziana okrugi sifatida belgilangan Luiziana hududi va yangi hudud tumanlarga bo'lindi - ya'ni Sent-Charlz, Sent-Luis, Sht. Jenevie, Keyp Jirardo va Nyu-Madrid - bo'ylab cho'zilgan Missisipi daryosi g'arbda aniq chegaralarsiz. Hozirgi davlatning maydoni Arkanzas Hozirgi Arkanzas-Luiziana shtatidan tortib to hozirgi shaharigacha cho'zilgan Nyu-Madrid okrugida joylashgan Nyu-Madrid, Missuri.^[1]Hokimiyat yangi hududda, ayniqsa keyinchalik Arkanzasga aylanib, militsiyaga yozilish uchun odamlar kamligini aniqladi. Arkanzas shtatining past va botqoqli joylari ozgina ko'chmanchilarni jalb qilar edi va kelganlarning aksariyati sayohat qilayotgan frantsuz ovchilari va tuzoqchilari bo'lib, ular militsiyaga deyarli mos emas edilar. 1803 yilda Frantsiya boshqaruvi ostida o'tkazilgan so'nggi aholini ro'yxatga olish, Arkanzas Post okrugida 150 kishilik militsiya bilan 600 kishi borligini taxmin qilgan.^[2]

Luiziana okrugining militsiya qonuni

1804 yil oktyabrda Indiana hududining gubernatori va sudyalari Luiziana shtatining ulkan okrugi uchun qonunlarni shakllantirish jarayonini boshlash uchun qonun chiqaruvchi organ sifatida uchrashdilar.^[3] Aynan shu sanadan boshlab Arkanzas milliy gvardiyasi uning dastlabki shakllanishini kuzatib boradi.

1804 yildagi Militsiya to'g'risidagi qonunda 24 ta bo'lim mavjud edi. Bu 16 yoshdan 50 yoshgacha bo'lgan barcha erkaklarni javobgarlikka tortdi militsiya yuqori sud sudyalari, oliy sud sudyalari, bosh prokuror, oliy sud kotibi, barcha litsenziyaga ega vazirlar, qamoqxonalar va Qo'shma Shtatlar qonunlari bilan ozod qilinganlardan tashqari xizmat.^[4] Ushbu aktda har bir rota, batalyon va polk uchun zarur bo'lgan zobitlar soni belgilab qo'yilgan va oddiy askarlar va ofitserlardan "yaxshi mushk, etarlicha nayza va belbog 'yoki sug'urta, ikkita zaxira chaqmoq, ryukzak va sumka bilan qurollanishlari kerak edi". unda quti bilan kamida yigirma to'rtta patron, ... sumkachasi, sumkasi va kukunli shoxi, miltig'ining o'qiga mos keladigan yigirma to'pi va chorak funt kukuni bor ". Kompaniyalar har oyda, aprelda batalonlar va oktyabrda polklar to'plashlari kerak edi. Yig'ilishga kela olmagan militsionerlar harbiy sud tomonidan sudlanganidan keyin jarimaga tortiladi, ularga qo'mondonlarga yig'ilish vakolat berilgan. Ushbu hujjat shuningdek Adjutant ofisini yaratdi va uning vazifalari haqida batafsil ma'lumot berdi. "mustaqil ot qo'shinlari va artilleriya, grenaderlar, engil piyoda askarlar va miltiqchilar ropalari" ni shakllantirish uchun. ^[5]Qonunning 24-bo'limi ko'ngilli kompaniyalar tuzishga imkon berdi.

Qachonki, qo'mondonning fikriga ko'ra, bunday korpuslarni ko'tarish va jihozlash mumkin bo'lsa, ular mustaqil otliq qo'shinlar va artilleriya, grenaderlar, yengil piyoda askarlar va miltiqlardan iborat qo'shinlar tuzilishi mumkin, ular ofitser, qurollangan bo'lishi kerak. va bosh qo'mondon ko'rsatadigan formalarni kiying.^[6]

Ushbu mustaqil kompaniyalar militsiyaning yagona bo'linmalari bo'lib, ularga standartlashtirilgan kiyim-kechak, qurol va uskunalar berilishi kerak edi. Mustaqil ko'ngilli kompaniyalarni shakllantirish jamiyatning muhim qismiga aylanadi. Hududiy yoki antebellum davrida biron bir hokimning barcha militsiya polkini zaruriy xizmatdan tashqari xizmatga jalb qilganligi haqida juda kam ma'lumotlarga ega bo'lishiga qaramay, urush yoki mojaro paytida ko'ngilli yoki "mustaqil" kompaniyalar xizmatga borganliklari haqida juda ko'p misollar mavjud. .^[6]

Arkanzas okrugi, Luiziana hududi

1806 yilga kelib Nyu-Madrid okrugining quyi uchdan ikki qismi Arkanzas okrugi sifatida qayta tayinlandi;^[7] hududda ikkita militsiya bo'linmasi bor edi: bitta otliq rota va bitta piyoda rota. Aholining ozligiga qaramay, dastlabki Arkansanlar militsiyaga juda ko'p sonli ro'yxatdan o'tganlar.^[8]

Arkanzas okrugiga 1806 yil 14-iyuldagi militsiya tayinlashlar ro'yxati shuni ko'rsatadiki, AQShning yangi ma'muriyati mavjud mustamlakachi militsiya rahbarlari va dastlabki ko'chmanchilarning aralashmasini tayinlash orqali yangi sotib olingan hududda davomiylik va barqarorlikni rivojlantirishga harakat qildi:^[9]

Mayor Francois Vugine

Otliqlar sardori Fransua Valyer (Vallier)

Otliqlar leytenanti Yoqub Brayt

Kornet Per (Piter) LeFevr

Piyoda sardori Leonard Kepler

Piyodalar leytenanti Entoni Vulf

Parijlik Charlz Bougi (Bougy)

Mayor Devid Delay, inspektor va general-adjutant^[10]

Mayor Francois Vugine, 1780-yillarning oxirlarida Arkanzas shtatining Arkanzas shtab qo'mondoniga adyutant-mayor sifatida kelgan. Vaugine ilgari Amerika inqilobi davrida AQSh kuchlari bilan ittifoqdosh bo'lgan Luiziana shtatining doimiy polki, 1-batalyon, 4-harbiy xizmatda bo'lgan. Vaugine ushbu tayinlash vaqtida taxminan 19 yoshda edi, ammo zodagon oilaning o'g'li sifatida yoshligidan harbiy lavozimga tayinlanish odatiy bo'lmagan. Voginning ofitserlik xizmati shu bilan tugamadi. Yozuvlarda uning 1791, 1792 yillarda va 1799 yilning oxirlarida Arkanzas okrugida Ispaniya xizmatida militsiya sardori bo'lib xizmat qilganligi ko'rsatilgan. Mayda Vaugin Luiziana shtatidagi sotib olishdan so'ng AQSh fuqarosi bo'lib, sudya etib tayinlangan.^[11] Mayor Vugine kamida 1814 yilgacha hududiy militsiyada xizmat qilishni davom ettiradi.^[12] Arkanzas shtatining zamonaviy Jefferson okrugidagi qabri 1812 yilgi faxriylar urushiga bag'ishlangan tosh bilan belgilanadi.^[13]

Otliqlar kapitani Francois Bernard Valliere mustamlakachilik davrida Arkanzas Postining sobiq qo'mondoni Jozef Bernard Vallierning o'g'li edi. Valliere va Vaugine oilalari o'zaro turmush qurdilar va AQSh ma'muriyati davrida taniqli fuqarolar bo'lib qolishdi. Don Jozef Vallyerga Ispaniyada koloniyada eng katta er granti berildi.^[11] Francois Valliere bir vaqtning o'zida Arkansaw tumani uchun tinchlik sudyasi va Umumiy Pleas xizmatiga tayinlandi [sic ].

Otliqlar leytenanti Jeykob Brayt Arkanzas Post-da yirik savdo uyiga egalik qildi.^[14][15]

Kornet Per (Piter) LeFevr ham Arkanzasning mustamlakachisi bo'lgan. Ar-Kanzas Postining 1791 yilgi aholini ro'yxatga olishida Sr va Per ismli o'g'li paydo bo'ldi va u Arkanzas pochtasining so'nggi komendantidan er grantini oldi.^[16][17] Arkanzas Post shtatidan Per Lefevr so'nggi mustamlakachi komendantga arra ishlab chiqarish zavodini qurish uchun er uchastkasini berishni uzaytirish to'g'risida iltimos qildi va ariza qondirildi.^[18] Pyer LeFevr va kichik Pyer LeFevr 1816 yildagi hududiy soliq ro'yxatida paydo bo'lishdi.

Piyoda kapitani Leonard Kepler 1770 yilda Arkansas Postda tug'ilgan. Leonard Kepler bir vaqtning o'zida Arkansav okrugi uchun tinchlik sudyasi va Umumiy Pleas xizmatiga tayinlandi [sic ].

Praporshik Charlz Bug'i (Bougy) 1804 yilda mulkni egallab olgan Federal qo'shinlar bilan Arkanzas Post-ga kelgan. U Arkanzas Post-da mahalliy amerikaliklar bilan savdo-sotiq bilan shug'ullangan.^[19][20]

Luiziana hududining militsiya qonuni

1807 yilda qonun chiqaruvchi Luiziana hududi yangilangan va kengaytirilgan Militsiya to'g'risidagi qonunni qabul qildi. Yangi qonun qirq ikki qismdan iborat edi. Xizmat qilishlari kerak bo'lgan aholining maksimal yoshi 16-50 dan 16-45 gacha qisqartirildi. Militsiya zobitlari endi Qo'shma Shtatlar armiyasi singari forma kiyishlari kerak edi. Bu kompaniyalar yiliga 12 martagacha, batalyonlarni olti marta, polklarni esa ikki marta to'plash chastotasini oshirdi. U brigada inspektori ofisini yaratdi va general-adyutantning ish haqini yiliga 150 AQSh dollari qilib belgilab qo'ydi. Harbiy sudlar va jarimalar va boshqa jazolarni undirish tartibi sezilarli darajada kengaytirildi; otalar 21 yoshgacha bo'lgan o'g'illarning jarimalarini to'lash uchun javobgarlikka tortilgan, ular yig'ilishga kela olmagan; zobitlar o'z vazifalari va mashqlarning to'g'ri shakllari bo'yicha o'qitish uchun dushanba kuni rejalashtirilgan yig'ilishdan oldin o'tkaziladigan o'quv mashg'ulotlarida qatnashishlari shart edi. Qonun chiqaruvchi organ, uning qonunlari etarlicha batafsil bo'lmagan joyda, militsiya rahbarlari 1779 yilda Kongress tomonidan qabul qilingan Barron Steubenning qoidalariga e'tibor berishlari kerakligini ko'rsatdi.^[21]

Ko'ngilli kompaniyalarda xizmat rag'batlantiriladi

Militsiyaning 1807 yildagi 37-bo'limida yana otlarning ko'ngilli yoki mustaqil qo'shinlari va artilleriya, granatalar, yengil piyoda askarlar va miltiqchilar qo'shinlarini tuzish masalasi ko'rib chiqildi. Ushbu mustaqil kompaniyalarda xizmat odatdagi militsiya xodimlariga kelmaganligi uchun jarimalardan ozod qilish va "ot, forma kiyimi va boshqa jihozlar bilan ta'minlangan ushbu xizmatga yozilishi kerak bo'lgan harbiy xizmatchilar" tomonidan rag'batlantirildi. ushbu korpusda ishlash paytida soliqlardan va barcha fuqarolik ta'qibidan bir xil ozod qilinadi ".^[22]

1810 yildagi Luiziana hududiy militsiya to'g'risidagi qonun

Luiziana o'lkasining qonun chiqaruvchisi 1810 yilda militsiya to'g'risidagi qonunga o'zgartirishlar kiritib, militsiya bosh inspektorini yillik maoshi 250 AQSh dollarini tashkil etdi. Shu bilan birga, qonun chiqaruvchi brigada inspektori lavozim maoshini bekor qildi va militsiya har yili burg'ilash vaqtini oltitaga qisqartirdi. Qonun chiqaruvchi shuningdek, ofitserlarning dushanba kuni yig'ilish oldidan mashg'ulot o'tkazish uchun uchrashish talabini bekor qildi.^[23]

Luiziana hududi Missuri hududiga aylanadi

1813 yilda Missuri hududining tumanlari (keyinchalik okruglar deb nomlangan) ko'rsatilgan xarita

1807 yil 7-iyulda Arkanzas okrugini tashkil etish to'g'risidagi qonun Luiziana hududiy qonunchilik organi tomonidan bekor qilindi va Nyu-Madrid okrugining vakolati ilgari Arkanzas okrugi deb nomlangan hududda uzaytirildi. Bundan tashqari, Arkanzas okrugining barcha hujjatlari va yozuvlari Yangi Madrid tumaniga etkazilishi haqida buyruq berildi.^[24]

1812 yil yoziga kelib Orlean hududi (hozirgi Luiziana) ittifoqqa davlat sifatida qabul qilinishga tayyor edi. Luiziana shtatidagi sotib olishdan birinchi bo'lib qabul qilingan shtat Luiziana nomi bilan atalishi kerak deb o'ylardi, shuning uchun 1812 yil 4-iyunda Luiziana hududi nomi o'zgartirildi Missuri hududi.^[25]

1812 yilgi urush

Yangi hududiy militsiyaning birinchi jiddiy sinovi shu davrda yuz berdi 1812 yilgi urush 1812 yil 18 iyundan 1815 yil 18 fevralgacha davom etgan.^[26] Inglizlar hindistonlik ittifoqchilariga urush boshlanishidan bir necha yil davomida Missuri va Shimoliy-G'arbiy hududlardagi amerikalik ko'chmanchilarga qarshi hujumlar uyushtirish uchun qurol-yarog 'bilan ta'minladilar. Inglizlar Missisipi daryosi vodiysida yashovchi hind millatlarini qimmatbaho ittifoqchilar va uning Kanadadagi koloniyalarining tamponi sifatida ko'rishgan.^[27][28] The Sauk va Fox qabilalari g'arbiy chegara bo'ylab urushda Britaniyaning asosiy ittifoqchilari bo'lgan.^[29] Urush paytida mintaqada hech qanday yirik quruqlik janglari bo'lmagan bo'lsa-da, Missuri daryosining shimolida joylashgan hind xalqlari va ularning ingliz ittifoqchilari bilan to'qnashuvlar butun urush davomida va 1815 yilda urush rasmiy tugaganidan keyin ham davom etdi.^[30][31]

MISSURI HUDUDI MILITSIYASIGA UMUMIY TARTIB

1 MART 1813

... Kompaniyalar yig'ilganda, kapitan mashq qilib, uning kompaniyasini tekshirgandan so'ng, ular uning kompaniyasini 1, 2 va 3 sinf kabi sinflarga tarqatadilar. Birinchi sinf birinchi bo'lib maydonga chaqirilish sharafiga ega.

... Hech bir fuqaro askar qonun bilan jihozlanishni talab qilish usulidan bexabar bo'lmasligi mumkin, chunki u o'zini yaxshi mushk bilan, süngü va kamar bilan ta'minlash yoki fusil, ikkita zaxira qanotlari bilan ta'minlash, sumka, kukunli shox va sumka, 20 ta to'p va chorak funt kukun.

... Militsiyaning buyuk bolasi o'z burchini bajaradi ... ish o'zlariga tegishli - o'z maydonlarini himoya qilish va olov tomonlari. Ular ham amerikaliklarga xos xususiyatga ega va ularni saqlab qolish uchun yumshoq boshqaruv tizimining barakalariga ega.

Frederik Bates, Bosh qo'mondon vazifasini bajaruvchi.

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Uilyam Karr, lager yordamchisi.^[32]

1813 yil 1 aprelda Missuri hududining militsiyasi, AQSh Kongressining Missuri hududi hukumatini ta'minlash to'g'risidagi qonuni asosida qayta tashkil etildi. Arkanzas okrugi tarqatib yuborilganidan beri. Arkanzasning sobiq okrugi uchun militsiya rasman Nyu-Madrid okrugidagi 5-polkning 3-bataloni (Arkanzas) sifatida tayinlangan. Mayor Vugine qo'mondon bo'lib qoldi va quyidagi ofitserlar e'lon qilindi:^[33]

Mayor Francois Vugine

1-kompaniya:

Daniel Mooney Capt,

Harrold Stilluell Lt,

Tenace Racine Ensign

Ikkinchi kompaniya:

Jeyms Skull Kapt,

Piter Lefevre Lt,

Charlz Bougy Ensign

Uchinchi kompaniya:

Blassingham H. McFarlane Capt,

Jon Lemmon Lt,

Uilyam Deyl Ensign^[33]

Missuri qo'riqchilari kompaniyalari

Angliyaning doimiy qo'zg'alishi va hind xalqlari bilan to'qnashuvi tarixi AQSh Kongressidagi hududiy delegatlarni Missuri chegarasi bo'ylab patrullik qilish va qal'alar qurishda ko'maklashish uchun Ranger kompaniyalarini yaratishni talab qilishga undaydi. 1812-13 yil qishida Kongress prezidentga chegaralarni himoya qilish uchun qo'riqchilarning qo'shimcha kompaniyalarini jalb qilish orqali armiyani kengaytirish huquqini beruvchi qonun qabul qildi. 1813 yil bahorida uchta qo'riqchi kompaniyalar Missuri hududining gubernatori tomonidan qabul qilindi. ^[34]

Missuri Reynjersida xizmatga yollanganlar orasida Arkanzas okrugidan hududiy militsiya a'zolari ham bor edi. 7-polkning o'n uch a'zosi, Missuri shtatining Arkanzas okrugi, militsiya oxir-oqibat urush paytida ko'rsatgan xizmatlari uchun haq to'lashni talab qildi.^[35] Murojaatda militsionerlar 1813 yil may oyida xizmatga chaqirilganligi va ular kapitanlar Daniel M. Boon, Devid Musik va Endryu Ramsay tomonidan tashkil etilgan Ranger kompaniyalarida uch oy xizmat qilganliklari da'vo qilingan. Murojaatnomada militsiya odamlari ... xizmatlari uchun pul to'lamaganligi ta'kidlangan.^[36]

U. S. MISSOURI RANGERS tomonidan kongressga ariza

1814 yil 17-dekabr

Kongressda yig'ilgan Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari Senati va Vakillar Palatasi azizlariga.

Missuri hududining pastki imzolangan aholisining iltimosnomasi eng hurmat bilan,

1813 yil bahorida, bu va unga qo'shni bo'lgan hududning chegaralari katta xavf ostida bo'lganida, ular bu kvartalda o'z vatandoshlariga qilgan huquqlaridan qasos olishga majbur bo'lgan boshqalar bilan va ular hokimiyat ostida tushunganlari kabi. O'shanda Urushdagi kotib kapitanlar Daniel M Boone qo'mondonligida o'sha paytda o'sib chiqqan Reynjerlarning ayrim kompaniyalariga qo'shildi. Devid Musik va Endryu Ramsay: kompaniyalar har biri Towitni ko'tarishga vakolatli bo'lgan yigirma polkdagi kompaniyalardan biri bilan bir xil sondan tashkil topgan. bir yuz sakkiz kishi, shu jumladan ofitserlar. Musiqachilar va oddiy askarlar.

... Sizning arizachilaringiz ushbu xizmatga oddiy askar sifatida kirishgan va shu yilning may oyining yigirmanchi kunida Musterni qabul qilishgan va tekshirishgan va shu erda taxminan uch oygacha ular brigada generali Xovard tomonidan ishdan bo'shatilgunga qadar davom etishgan. .. Ishdan bo'shatilgan vaqtdan boshlab, shu tariqa ko'rsatilgan xizmatlari uchun to'lovni olish uchun qilingan barcha sa'y-harakatlar bekor qilinmayotgani va adolatli hukumatning biron bir vakolatiga zid ravishda ushbu xizmatlar uchun tovon puli barcha jamoat xizmatlari uchun to'lanishi kerakligi. Shaxslardan talab qilish va olish --..-. Ular ko'p haqiqat va fazilat bilan o'z oilalarini tark etish uchun qilgan katta qurbonliklarini bahorda, o'zlarining O'simliklarini qo'yish, Vatanini himoya qilish uchun zarur bo'lgan paytda da'vat etishlari mumkin. va ishdan bo'shatilishidan boshdan kechirgan zararlar. yilning qolgan qismi; ammo ular o'zlarining xizmatlari uchun haqli ravishda to'lanadigan kompensatsiyani olishlarini va sizning hurmatli organlaringiz o'z ishlarining holatlarini sizning donoligingiz bilan ko'rib chiqishini va ular umid qilgan holda adolatli umid va umidlar bilan Milliy qonunchilik palatasiga taqdim etishda mamnun. ularga yordam bering va ular,

Sent-Luis 1814 yil 17-dekabr

Jon H. Mifflin ^[37]

Jon Lialal Lefeve

Jon H. Medison

Endryu Sumott

Endryu Litl

Tomas Massi

Gorge Simpson

Jon Gibson

Edmon Xogan

Musiqalar kompaniyasining Mishak Uolton

Jeyms Kliver

Joshua Palen

Corpl Genri Xeyverstik^[38]

Brigada generali Xovard arizani ma'qulladi va militsionerlar 1813 yilning bahorida AQSh xizmatiga Reynjers sifatida urush kotibi ko'rsatmasi bilan qabul qilinganligini, ular 1813 yil 20 mayda to'planib, uch marotaba xizmat qilishda davom etishlarini ta'kidladilar. oylar, bu vaqtda ular ishdan bo'shatilgan va xizmatlari uchun hech qanday to'lov olmaganliklari. Brigada generali Xovardning ta'kidlashicha, "bu odamlarning ahvoli og'ir va mening fikrimcha, vidolashishni talab qiladi. Men sizga bu mavzuda murojaat qilaman, chunki bu ularning ishlarini qondirish uchun qonun talab qilishi mumkin. Ular o'zlarini xuddi o'sha jihozlar bilan ta'minlagan holda" xizmatda davom etadigan va ular bo'shatilgunga qadar bir xil vazifalarni bajarganlar. "^[38][39] Uning maoshini talab qilib, imzo chekkan da'vogarlar orasida Edmund Xogan ham bor edi,^[40] kim nima bo'lishining rezidenti edi Pulaski okrugi va oxir-oqibat kim Arkanzas hududiy militsiyasining brigada generali etib tayinlanadi.^[38][41]

Arkanzasda tashkil etilgan qo'shimcha militsiya polklari

1813 yil 31-dekabrda Missuri hududiy qonun chiqaruvchisi yangi okruglarni yaratdi va shu bilan birga sobiq Nyu-Madrid okrugini Nyu-Madrid va Arkanzas grafliklariga ajratdi.^[1][42] Shu bilan birga, Arkanzas okrugining militsiyasi 7-polk, Missuri hududiy militsiyasi etib tayinlandi.^[43] Quyidagi polk zobitlari tayinlandi:^[44]

Podpolkovnik komendant - Entoni Xaden

1-batalyonning mayori - Daniel Muni

1-kompaniya:

Aleksr Kendrik - sardor

Uilyam Klassen - leytenant

Uilyam Dann - praporshik

Ikkinchi kompaniya:

Jeyms Skull - sardor

Piter Lefevre - leytenant

Charlz Bougy - plyonka

Uchinchi kompaniya:

Samuel Mozli - kapitan

Lemuel Kurrin - leytenant

2-batalyonning mayori - Blassingem H. McFarland (McFarlane)^[45]

1-kompaniya:

Edmund Xogan - sardor

Jon Payatte - leytenant

Jozef Dyusassin - praporjen

Ikkinchi kompaniya:

John C. Newell - kapitan

Benjamin Merfi - leytenant

Jorj Rankin - praporshik

Uchinchi kompaniya:

Uilyam Berni - kapitan

Isaak Keyts - leytenant

Semyuel Geyts - praporshik

Aftidan, 7-polk tarkibiga otilgan miltiqchilarning ko'ngilli kompaniyasi kirgan; Tomas Rid va Jessi Blekvell kompaniyada praporchilar ro'yxatiga kiritilgan.^[46]

Nyu-Madrid okrugi, Arkanzas shtatidagi Lourens okrugiga aylanadigan narsalarning hammasini o'z ichiga olgan. Nyu-Madrid okrugi militsiyasi Hududiy militsiyaning 5-polkiga o'zgartirildi va quyidagi polk zobitlari tayinlandi:^[47]

Podpolkovnik komendant - Jon M. Xart

1-batalyonning mayori - Stiven Ross

1-kompaniya:

Elisha Vinsor - sardor

Tomas. Vinsor - leytenant

Jozef Shilds - parij

Ikkinchi kompaniya:

Edvard Metyuz - sardor

Xos Smit - leytenant

Jeyms Lukas - praporshik

Uchinchi kompaniya:

Benjamin Mayers - sardor

Jon Uoker - leytenant

Jozef Uestbruk - praporjist

4-kompaniya:

Edvard Tanner - kapitan

Endryu. Robertson - leytenant

Jeykob Gibson - plyonka

2-batalyonning mayori - Jozef Xanter

Richard H. Voter - sudya advokati

Jon Uokerning yordamchisi.^[47]

Arkanzas okrugida bo'lgani kabi, Nyu-Madrid okrugining polk zobitlari orasida Luiziana sotib olinishidan oldin frantsuz / ispan mustamlakachilik militsiyasida xizmat qilgan odamlar bor edi. Ispaniyalik / frantsuz mustamlakachilik rejimi paytida Nyu-Madridda uchta militsiya kompaniyasi, ikkita piyoda askar va bitta Dragoons kompaniyasi mavjud edi. Kapitan La Valle, leytenant La Forge va ensayet Charpentier bir kompaniyaning zobitlari, boshqa militsiya esa kapitan Makkoy, leytenant Jozef Xunot va praporgen Jon Xart tomonidan zobit bo'lgan. Ejderlar kompaniyasiga kapitan Richard Jons Uoters, leytenant Jorj N. Reygan va praporjist Jon Baptist Barsaloux bilan buyruq bergan.^[48]

1815 yil 15-yanvarda Missuri hududiy qonunchilik palatasi tuzildi Lourens okrugi ning pastki qismidan Madridning yangi okrugi, janub tomonidan chegaralangan Arkanzas okrugi.^[49] Lourens okrugining tashkil etilishi okrug militsiyasi uchun alohida qo'mondon tayinlashni talab qildi. 1815 yil 22-yanvarda Missuri shtati gubernatori Uilyam Klark Lui de Mun podpolkovnik va Missuri Militsiyasining 8-polkining komendantiga buyruq berdi. Barcha Lourens okrugi uchun qo'mondonlik mas'uliyati bo'lgan De Mun, gubernator tomonidan "podpolkovnik Komdt. Vazifasini har qanday ishni bajarish va bajarish bilan bajarishi" haqida buyruq olgan. ..."^[50]Missuri hududining ijroiya ishlari 1816 yil 1 oktyabr - 1817 yil 31 mart kunlari Missuri shtatidagi 8-polkda (Lourens okrugi) quyidagi uchrashuvlarni o'z ichiga oladi:

Lui De Mun - polkovnik komendant

Jon Xines - podpolkovnik

Robert Bin - asosiy 2-batalyon

1812 yilgi urushni tugatgan Gent shartnomasi 1814 yilda Rojdestvo kuni imzolandi. 1816 yilga kelib, Missuri shtatidagi oq ko'chmanchilarga qarshi hindlarning katta qarshiliklari tugadi.^[26]

Missuri hududining militsiya qonuni

Yangi Missuri hududining qonun chiqaruvchisi 1815 yilda Militsiya to'g'risidagi yangi qonunni qabul qildi. 1815 yilgi Missuri Missiya Territory Militia akti 47 bo'limni o'z ichiga olgan va xizmat talablarini o'zgartirgan. "Bu hududning har bir mehnatga layoqatli, erkin oq tanli erkak, o'n sakkiz yoshdan qirq besh yoshgacha bo'lgan aholisi militsiya burchini bajarishi shart."^[51] Bu hududiy militsiya qonunlarida militsionerlarning irqi yoki maqomi to'g'risida birinchi ma'lumot edi.^[52] Ushbu hujjat, avvalgi militsiya qonunlari singari, odatdagi militsiya polklaridan tashqari ko'ngilli kompaniyalar tuzishni ham ko'zda tutgan va ushbu ko'ngilli kompaniyalar a'zolarining otlari va boshqa jihozlarini soliqlardan ozod qilishni nazarda tutgan.^[53] Militsiya to'g'risidagi qonunga 1816 yilda militsiya burchidan ozod qilingan shaxslarni aniqlashtirish, to'lovchilarning vazifalari va javobgarligini hisobga olish, harbiy sud protseduralarini aniqlashtirish va harbiy sudlar tomonidan sherif yoki konstable tomonidan undiriladigan jarimalarni undirish uchun o'zgartirishlar kiritildi.^[54]Militsiya to'g'risidagi qonunga 1817 yilda yana o'zgartirishlar kiritilib, harbiy sudlarda o'tirish uchun ushbu a'zolarning maoshlarini to'lash, yig'ilishga kelmaslik uchun jarimani ikki dollar miqdorida belgilash va jarima yig'ish uchun sherifga o'n foiz miqdorida to'lov belgilandi. harbiy militsiya sudlari tomonidan tayinlangan.^[55]1818 yil 15-dekabrda Missuri hududiy qonun chiqaruvchi organi Arkanzas okrugining janubi-g'arbiy qismini Pulaski nomli uchta yangi graflikka ajratdi. Klark va Xempstid.^[56]

Arkanzas o'lkasi

1819 yil 2 martda Prezident Jeyms Monro Arkanzas o'lkasini yaratish to'g'risidagi qonun loyihasini imzoladi. Hududni vujudga keltirgan dalolatnoma, agar hududiy gubernator "ushbu hudud militsiyasining bosh qo'mondoni bo'lishi, qonun hujjatlarida nazarda tutilgan barcha ofitserlarni tayinlash va tayinlash vakolatiga ega bo'lsa, ushbu hududga tayinlanishi kerak. ..."^[57] Shuningdek, yangi hududni yaratgan hujjatda Missuri hududining barcha amaldagi qonunlari, shu jumladan Militsiya to'g'risidagi qonuni o'zgartirilmaguncha yoki bekor qilinmaguncha amal qiladi. Arkanzas hududining Bosh assambleyasi.^[58] Umumiy yig'ilish bir necha bor militsiya to'g'risidagi qonunga o'zgartirishlar kiritgan, ammo davlatchilik tuzilgandan keyingina o'ziga xos yangi qonun qabul qilmagan. Tashkil topgan davrda ushbu hudud beshta okrugni o'z ichiga olgan: Arkanzas, Lourens, Klark, Xempstid, Pulaski.^[59]

Birinchi hududiy gubernator Jeyms Miller, 1819-1824

Jeyms Miller 1819-1824 yillarda Arkanzas o'lkasining birinchi gubernatori bo'lib ishlagan

Arkanzas o'lkasining birinchi gubernatori Jeyms Miller dastlab yovvoyi yangi mintaqada militsiya tuzish uchun ideal odam bo'lib tuyuldi. 1776 yilda tug'ilgan Miller yoshligidan Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari armiyasiga qo'shildi va 1808 yilda piyoda askari mayoriga topshirildi. 1812 yilgi urush chiqib ketdi, u Konnektikut ko'ngillilarining podpolkovnikiga ko'tarildi. Da Lundy's Lane jangi, 1814 yil 25-iyul, Miller "Men harakat qilaman, ser!" Deb javob berganida shuhrat qozondi. qo'mondonining savoliga, agar tepalikdagi ingliz artilleriya batareyasi o'chirilishi mumkin bo'lsa. Yosh qo'mondon butun akkumulyatorni olishga muvaffaq bo'ldi, buning natijasida u brigada generaliga ko'tarildi va minnatdor Kongressning maxsus oltin medalini oldi. Miller 1812 yilgi urush paytida, jumladan Niagara, Eri Fort va Chippeva kabi boshqa janglarda o'zini ko'rsatdi.^[60]

Militsiyani samarali tashkil etish uchun eng katta to'siq faqat 14,273 kishidan iborat tarqoq aholi edi; va bu sonning aksariyati shtat atrofida yakka tartibdagi fermalarda tarqalgan. 1820 yilda Arkanzasdagi yagona haqiqiy shahar - Arkanzas Post, qirq uydan oshmaydigan kichkina qishloq edi. Eng yomoni, Arkanzas hududida yo'llar kam edi va shu bilan militsionerlar bilan aloqani juda qiyinlashtirdi.^[61] General-adyutant A. P. Spenserning ta'kidlashicha, ba'zi militsiya bo'linmalari burg'ilashga qodir emas, chunki "ular qamrab olgan hududning chegarasi [sic ] ularni bir nuqtada to'plash juda yaxshi ..."^[62] 1827-yillarning oxirlarida gubernator Jorj Izard qishloqdagi Arkansanlarni birlashgan militsiya kuchlari tarkibiga kiritish qiyinligidan shikoyat qilar edi: "Bizning aholining bu erda tarqoqligi va aholining doimiy ravishda o'zgarib turishi Militsiyani bunday joylarda tashkil qilishni maqsadga muvofiq emas. o'z xizmatlarini tezkor va samarali ko'rsatishi mumkin bo'lgan usul ".^[63]

Boshidanoq doimiy tashkiliy muammolardan biri qurol sotib olish edi. Chegarachilar o'zlarining oilaviy qurol-yarog'ida militsiyani qurollantirish uchun juda ko'p qurol-yarog 'borligi odatiy noto'g'ri tushunchadir. Darhaqiqat, 1792 yildagi "Militsiya to'g'risida" federal qonunda militsionerlar o'zlarining qurol-yarog 'va jihozlari bilan ta'minlanishi kerak edi; otliq erkaklar hatto o'z otlari va egarlarini ta'minlashlari kerak edi.^[64]

Gubernator Miller yangi Arkanzas militsiyasi qurolga muhtojligini tushundi, shu sababli u tayinlangandan so'ng darhol Vashingtonga bordi va u erda qurol-yarog 'uchun armiya ordnance departamentining buyrug'ini oldi. Yo'lda u Pensilvaniya shtatining Pitsburg shahridagi Armiya arsenalidan 400 ta qurol, 40 000 ta o'q-dorilar va ellikta to'pponcha oldi.^[65] Arkanzasga etib borgan Miller, omborxona yo'qligini aniqladi va qurolni ijaraga olingan binoda saqlashga majbur bo'ldi. Miller ko'proq qurol-yarog 'va mablag' olish uchun ko'p harakat qildi. Arkanzas Tarix Komissiyasining arxivida joylashgan "Militsiyaning 1821 yilga qaytishi" militsiyada juda ko'p miqdordagi qurol-yarog 'va shunga o'xshash turli xil aksessuarlar, shu jumladan chang shoxlari, sumkalar, o'q qoliplari, ehtiyot qismlar, patronlar borligini ko'rsatmoqda. qutilar va kamarlar.^[66]

Armiya rasmiylari ba'zida militsiyani qurollantirishga qaratilgan harakatlarida Miller bilan hamkorlik qilishni istamasliklari isbotlangan. Urush departamenti davlat hokimiyati kuchlari to'g'risida hisobot bermagan biron bir militsiyaga qurol etkazib bermaslik siyosatiga ega edi. Urush departamenti tez-tez Arkanzas shtatidan yetarlicha hisobot olmaslikdan shikoyat qilar edi, chunki uning general adyutantlari bu sohada qo'mondonlardan hamkorlik olishda qiynalgan.^[67]

Gubernator Miller dastlabki ikkita tayinlashni Arkanzas hududiy militsiyasida amalga oshirdi.

Birinchi yordamchi general

Bosh adyutant idorasi Militsiya to'g'risidagi qonun 1792 yil kabi

Sek. 6. Va yana qabul qilinadiki, har bir shtatda tayinlangan general-adyutant bo'lishi kerak, uning vazifasi shtat bosh qo'mondonidan barcha buyruqlarni bir nechta korpuslarga tarqatish; davlatning bosh qo'mondoni militsiyani yoki uning biron bir qismini ko'rib chiqqanda, barcha jamoatchilik tekshiruvlarida qatnashish; ushbu akt bilan belgilangan harbiy intizom tizimini ijro etish va takomillashtirishga nisbatan uning barcha buyruqlariga bo'ysunish; talab qilinishi mumkin bo'lgan turli xil daromadlarning bo'sh shakllarini taqdim etish va ular asosida qanday tamoyillarni tushuntirish; shtat bo'ylab turli xil korpuslarning bir nechta ofitserlaridan, ularning qo'mondonligidagi militsiyaning qaytib kelishini, qurollari, qurol-yarog 'va o'q-dorilarning haqiqiy holati, ularning huquqbuzarliklari va yaxshilikning umumiy taraqqiyoti bilan bog'liq barcha boshqa narsalar to'g'risida xabar berish. tartib va ​​intizom: bularning barchasi diviziyalar, brigadalar, polklar va batalonlarning bir necha ofitserlari, 1803 yil, ch. 15-band odatdagi tartibda bajarilishini talab qiladi, shunda aytilgan general-adyutant u bilan tegishli ravishda jihozlanishi mumkin: qaytib kelganlarning hammasidan u tegishli tezislarni tayyorlaydi va har yili davlat bosh qo'mondoni huzurida shu narsani qo'yadi.^[68]

Zamonaviy hamkasbidan farqli o'laroq, 19-asrda general-adyutant ofis, albatta, buyruq lavozimi sifatida qaralmagan. Pekan-Point kampaniyasida bo'lgani kabi, adyutant generallar ham maydonda qo'mondonlikni o'z zimmasiga olgani misollari mavjud bo'lsa-da, umuman general-adyutantning roli gubernatorning harbiy maslahatchisi sifatida harakat qilish, tekshiruvlar o'tkazish va qo'mondonga hisobot berish edi. - boshliq, (gubernator) va urush bo'limiga. The governor served as the commander-in-chief and the units were under the day-to-day command of the senior military commander. In the early territorial period, the senior military commander was a brigadier general appointed by the president. After the territorial militia had been divided into multiple brigades, and a division was formed, the senior commanders were major generals. Some adjutant generals during the 19th century did not claim military title, others held the rank of colonel or most usually, brigadier general. This division between the post of adjutant general and brigadier general is confused in certain historical accounts where a brigadier general is referred to as the adjutant general; the brigadier general in fact was in command of the Militia Brigade.^[69]

Abner P. Spencer arrived in the Arkansas Territory with Governor Miller in 1820.^[70] Spencer had entered the army from New York on April 30, 1813, as a second lieutenant, assigned to the 29th Infantry Regiment. He had been a captain in the 1812 yilgi urush va xizmat qilgan Niagara kampaniyasi along with Governor Miller. Spence served as aide-de-camp to General Jacob Brown during the campaigns of 1813 and 1814. Spencer arrived in Arkansas, along with Governor Miller, by a government boat on Christmas Day, 1819.^[66] Spencer was accompanied by his wife and son. Upon reaching Arkansas, it was learned that most of the high ranking posts in the new Territory had been filled, so Governor Miller appointed Spencer Adjutant General of the Territorial Militia.^[71] In the early days of the territory, it was common for officials to hold more than one position within the new territory at the same time, so Adjutant General Spencer was also appointed as the sheriff of Phillips County, Arkansas.^[72]

General Spencer filed the first known inspection reports of the Arkansas Territorial Militia. The report, dated July 16, 1821, indicates that the adjutant general had inspected three of the five regiments in the territorial militia.^[73]

The report states that the expenses for the territorial militia for the period ending October 1, 1821, totaled $2,399.79.^[74] No reason is given for the fact that the 2nd and 5th Regiments were not included in this inspection report.^[72] Spencer served as adjutant general until he resigned in 1823. On June 10, 1823, Terrance Farrelly was appointed to succeed Spencer as adjutant general.^[75]

The first brigadier general

William O. Allen, another veteran of the War of 1812, had secured an appointment as Brigadier General of the Territorial Militia. In the early 19th century the brigadier general had important day-to-day administrative responsibilities similar to those of the modern day adjutant general. President James Monroe accepted the recommendation and nominated Allen for the position. Allen had been elected to the House of Representatives of the Territorial Legislature in November, 1819^[76] and is noted for having asked that the office of adjutant general not be filled until the militia of the territory had been organized into two or more brigades, and for supporting the establishment of the territorial capital at Arkansas Post, rather than Little Rock.^[76] On March 10, 1820, while the Senate was in the process of rejecting the nomination of William O. Allen as Brigadier General of the Arkansas Territorial Militia, he was mortally wounded in a duel with Robert C. Oden, etakchi Kichik Rok yurist.^[77]Brigadier General Allen and Oden had apparently quarreled in a tavern at Arkanzas Post over a cane which Brigadier General Allen carried. The quarrel resulted in Allen issuing a challenge to Ogden and the two met to fight a duel on a sandbar on the south bank of the Arkansas River. Allen's shot apparently struck Oden in the waist, wounding but not killing him. Oden's shot struck Allen in the head. Allen died at a friend's home one week later.^[78] Oden would be tried and acquitted of "Receiving a Challenge". This duel resulted in a stiffening of the territorial law against dueling.^[79] News of Allen's rejection by the senate apparently arrived in Arkansas after he had died. It appears that Brigadier General Allen had run afoul of the Territorial Secretary, Robert Crittenden and this political difference may have resulted in the rejection of Allen's nomination. General Allen is credited with forming the Arkansas Militia into a brigade and with appointing Alexander S. Walker as the commander of the 1st Regiment, Arkansas Militia.^[80]

Brigadier General Hogan

Governor Miller secured the appointment of Edmund Hogan as brigadier general, in order to replace Brig. Gen. Allen. Edmund Hogan was a wealthy land owner, judge and Speaker of the House of the territorial legislature whose previous military service included 90 days service in the Missouri Ranger Companies during the War of 1812 and an 1814 appointment as Captain of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Missouri Territorial Militia Regiment (Arkansas County).^[81] Hogan was probably born in Anson County, North Carolina, in 1780 and grew up in Georgia. Early biographer, Josiah Shinn indicated that Hogan had lived in Pulaski County Georgia, he served as a tax collector, sheriff, state legislator, and a lieutenant colonel in the Georgia militia, however there is reason to question these alleged early accomplishments.^[82][83] The date of his settlement in the Missouri Territory is somewhat unclear, as is the nature of his service during the War of 1812. Many early sources give his arrival in the area that would become Little Rock as about 1814, which seems to correspond with his appointment as a captain in the Territorial Militia of Arkansas County, however it appears that he was at least present in the Missouri Territory, if not the District of Arkansas prior to this appointment. There is evidence that Hogan may have originally settled in the District of Cape Girardeau in what is now southeast Missouri, before moving south to the area that would become Arkansas County. In 1798, Hogan owned a farm in the District of Cape Girardeau, across the Mississippi River, from Thebes, Illinois.^[84] In 1803, Edmund Hogan is listed among the heads of households in the Cape Girardeau District of the Louisiana Territory, at the time of the Louisiana Purchase by the United States from France.^[85] In 1806, he was appointed as a commissioner to help establish the city of Cape Girardeau.^[86] He was appointed as a Justice of the Peace for Cape Girardeau on July 8, 1806. His name appears on a September 9, 1811, petition signed by inhabitants of the Territory of Louisiana, asking that Congress pass a Law to admit the area to the Second grade of Territorial Government, which will entitle them to a delegate in Congress. Some of the names on the petition are annotated as residing in the District of Arkansas, but Hogan's is not.^[87] Noted Arkansas Historian Margaret Smith Ross, in a 1956 study of squatters rights in early Pulaski County, Arkansas, concluded that Edmund Hogan was present in Pulaski County as early as 1812.^[84]

Whatever the date of his settlement near present day Little Rock, Hogan was one of the first to operate a ferry directly across from la petite roche, or "the little rock," a strategic spot on the Arkansas River. Edmund Hogan was the first justice of the peace appointed by the authorities of the Territory of Missouri in Pulaski County upon the formation of the county in 1818.^[88] Arkansas County in the third Territorial General Assembly of Missouri in 1816 and 1818^[89] and he served as the Speaker of the House of the Territorial legislature in 1818.^[90] On December 18, 1818, Fedrick Bates, Secretary and Acting Governor of Missouri appointed Hogan as Justice of the Peace for several townships in the newly created Pulaski County.^[91] In 1821, he was elected as a representative to the Arkansas Legislature from Pulaski County and served until his death in 1828.

By 1820, Hogan had sold the ferry and established his home in Crystal Hill, in Pulaski County. He brought with him several slaves and a large amount of money. He was reputed in the earlier days of the territory to be one of its richest men, but due to numerous lawsuits arising from land transactions, he lost a large amount of his wealth. His residence at Crystal Hill was described as "the center of fashion and intelligence" of Pulaski County. Naturalist Thomas Nuttall visited Hogan on trips through Arkansas Territory in 1819 and 1820 and wrote of Hogan's place as the "settlement of Little Rock."^[92] Governor Miller to make Crystal Hill his personal residence and urged that it become the location for the capital of the State.^[88]

President Monroe appointed Hogan as the brigadier general of the Arkansas militia on March 24, 1821. General Hogan apparently took great interest in his military position, and in conjunction with Governor Miller tried to improve the readiness of the militia of the Territory. He was most successful in towns like Arkansas Post and Little Rock. He is said to have made a fine appearance in his "regimentals", as did the subordinate officers.^[88] During General Hogan's time in office, there were many veterans of the War of 1812 in the territory. The territory contained several men who had risen to the rank of colonel in that war, and hundreds who had been majors, captains or lieutenants. They have been described author Josiah Shinn as "the Western type, free and easy in their manners, very outspoken in their conversation and therefore very hard to control. They were not bad men, but men of independence of character and very tenacious of their opinions."^[88]

In addition to an aggressive military reputation, Hogan was also aggressive in business. Hogan had been involved in the rampant land speculation that accompanied the movement of the territorial capital from Arkansas Post to Little Rock. This land speculation led to Hogan's involvement in numerous lawsuits. The result of one of these lawsuits may have led to Acting Governor Crittenden writing to Secretary of War Calhoun on January 30, 1823, regarding the procedures for ordering the arrest of Brigadier General Hogan.^[93] Secretary Calhoun responded to Acting Governor Crittenden in a letter dated February 18, 1823, in which he stated that the governor, as the commander-in-chief of the militia, had the authority to arrest any officer of the militia and to order a court martial. The only caveat was that the court martial of a general officer would have to be reviewed and approved by the Secretary of War.^[93]

General Edmund Hogan was also a veteran of several heated political campaigns for seats in the council of the Territorial Legislature. Hogan represented Arkansas in the Territorial General Assembly of Missouri in 1816 and 1818, when Arkansas was part of the Missouri Territory. In the election of 1827, there were three candidates, Colonel Walker, General Hogan and Judge Scott. The election was apparently very heated. After the election was over, tensions appeared to calm and everything appeared quiet. On May 31, 1828, a public hanging occurred in Little Rock, which drew spectators from far and near. When the hanging was over Judge Scott made his way to the store of McLane & Badgett on the west side of Main street. He was discussing the circumstances of the hanging, when General Hogan entered the store. General Hogan was a man weighing nearly three hundred pounds, and stood over six feet tall. Judge Scott was a small man, not weighing more than one hundred and thirty pounds. The conversation went on, with both Scott and Hogan taking part, neither showing any animosity to the other. The conversation soon diverged from the hanging to politics, and before the men knew it they were discussing the old Walker and Hogan political race. This seemed to revive in the mind of General Hogan something that occurred in the triangular race between himself, Walker and Scott. He turned to Scott and accused him of writing a letter which was derogatory to Hogan. Scott at once informed the general that he had been misinformed. Hogan reiterated the statement and said that he believed that it was true. Scott denied it again, and apparently accused Hogan of lying. Both men were standing up and as soon as Scott made the last remark, Hogan struck him, knocking him to the floor. Scott remained on the floor for a moment, apparently knocked senseless. As Scott revived, he struggled to his feet, and Hogan prepared to strike another blow. As Scott arose he unsheathed a dirk from a sword cane which he carried and plunged the dirk several times into the body of General Hogan. Hogan fell and expired within an hour. Judge Scott was arrested by his brother, United States Marshal George Scott, and taken before an officer for trial. The facts as stated above were there proven, and the court held Hogan to have been the aggressor and released Judge Scott.^[94]

According to Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Central Arkansas, Hogan's original burial site was on the ground overlooking the Arkansas River where the Old State House now stands. Goodspeed's reported that when an excavation was made in 1885 for improvements to the Old State House, three or four graves were found, containing the remains of Gen. Hogan, his wife Frances, and possibly their children Nancy and James. The bones were then said to have been disinterred and placed in the cornerstone of the new addition.^[95] Brigadier Hogan served as brigadier general until he resigned in a letter dated October 14, 1823.^[96] William Bradford was appointed by President Jeyms Monro to serve as the Brigadier General of the Arkansas Militia following Brigadier General Hogan's resignation.^[94]

Terrance Farrelly

Terrence Farrelly was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, about 1795, but was brought to Meadville, Pennsylvania, by his parents about the year 1800. He arrived at Arkansas Post in November, 1819, and rented a store from General William O. Allen, where he carried on business until the latter part of 1820. Terrence had not been at his new home long before he became acquainted with the rich young widow, Mrs. Mary Mosely. Mrs. Mosely was described as the richest widow in the territory. He was adjutant-general of the Arkansas militia under Generals W. O. Allen, Edmund Hogan and William Bradford. More than that, famed 19th century Arkansas historian Josiah Hazen Shinn described Adjutant General Farrelly thus:

he was the chief adviser of ... Bradford, and to this advice the territory was indebted for the nine regiments of splendid troops the territory afforded in 1825. We have had adjutant generals since Farrelly's day, but none that could muster an army like he had under his charge. The regiments were real live flesh and blood soldiers, commanded by the following colonels: First Regiment, Jack Wells; Second Regiment, James Lemons; Third, Joseph Hardin; Fourth, James Scull; Fifth, Thomas Dooley; Sixth, Pearson Brierly; Seventh, Hartwell Boswell; Eighth, Daniel Mooney; Ninth, Jacob Pennington. General Terrence Farrelly was not afraid of any of these colonels, nor of all of them combined. He could make and unmake them at pleasure.^[97]

Election of militia officers

The dueling deaths of Brigadier Generals Allen and Hogan demonstrate the difficulty Governor Miller had in recruiting a good officer corps. Mr. Shinn wrote that the Territorial Militia officers were often "of the Western type, free and easy in their manners, very outspoken in their conversation and therefore very hard to control". Indeed, Shinn concludes, the militia was composed of "combustible elements".^[98] The method of selecting militia officers contributed to their poor quality. By both law and custom company-level officers, and some at higher levels, were elected by the enlisted men. This frequently resulted in two bad side-effects: (1) popularity, rather than intelligence or ability, became the basis upon which officers were elected; and (2) the militia became deeply immersed in politics. Actually, the militia had long been a stepping stone to political office: George Washington himself had been a Virginia militiaman. Even the backwoodsman Deyvi Kroket commented on the political nature of the frontier militia when called upon to give his formula for political success: "Intrigue until you are elected an officer of the militia; this is the second step toward promotion, and can be accomplished with ease".^[99]

First regimental commanders

The Militia Act of 1792 had specified the officers which were allotted to the state militias as:^[100]

That the said militia shall be officered by the respective states, as follows: To each division, one major-general and two aids-de-camp, with the rank of major; to each brigade, one brigadier-general, with one brigade inspector, to serve also as brigade-major, with the rank of a major; to each regiment, one lieutenant-colonel commandant; and to each battalion one major; to each company one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer and one fifer or bugler. That there shall be a regimental staff, to consist of one adjutant and one quartermaster, to rank as lieutenants; one paymaster; one surgeon, and one surgeon's mate; one sergeant-major; one drum-major, and one fife-major.

The first regimental commanders after Arkansas became a separate territory were:^[101]

Governor George Izard 1824–1828

George Izard served as the second governor of the Territory of Arkansas, 1824–1828

Yangi hokim tayinlanganda Jorj Izard arrived in Arkansas on May 31, 1825, he found that his predecessor had been unsuccessful in doing more than a bare minimum of militia organization.^[104] He found that the senior leadership of the Arkansas Militia were occupied with other duties. Holding multiple offices had been a common practice under Governor Miller. William Bradford, the Brigadier General of the Arkansas Militia, was living at Fort Townsen and serving as the sutler to the 7th Infantry Regiment. Terrance Farrelly, who had been appointed as adjutant general in 1823, was living in Arkansas County and serving as the Sheriff of that county. Izard was the ideal man to bring professional military standards to the rough and tumble Arkansas militia.^[105] On June 10, 1825, Izard issued a stern general order to all commanding officers telling them to report immediately to either Brigadier General William Bradford at Fort Towsen or to the Adjutant General's office in Little Rock. "The organization of the Territorial Militia will engage the full attention of the Commander-in-Chief" Izard wrote, "and will be proceeded on without delay." In a direct warning to recalcitrant officers, Izard promised that "the laws for the government of the Militia, will be rigidly enforced ..."^[106] Izard's interest in the militia attracted widespread attention and support in the state. However, some Arkansans evidently believed that Izard was fighting a losing battle. The editor of the Arkansas Gazette endorsed Izard's efforts by urging "the ready and hearty cooperation of every class of our citizens  ..." But the writer also expressed the belief that the new governor "will find it an arduous task to perform ..."^[106] Terrance Farrelly reacted to Izard's efforts by resigning the office of adjutant general in a letter dated June 18, 1825.^[107]

Code duello and early militia officers

Governor Izard appointed Benjamin Desha to succeed Farrelly as adjutant general.^[108] Desha was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a close political ally of powerful Territorial Secretary Robert C. Crittenden. To assist in organizing the forces, Izard appointed two aides, Lieutenants Colonel Henry W. Conway and Ambrose H. Sevier, two of the most powerful political leaders in the Territory.^[106] Benjamin Desha held the office of adjutant general from 1826 to 1828 before resigning in a scandal following a duel between Robert Crittenden and Colonel/Representative Henry Conway. Crittenden and Conway had argued over a political contest between Colonel Conway and Colonel Robert C. Ogden. Crittenden mortally wounded Conway in the duel which occurred October 29, 1827, on an island in the Mississippi River, opposite the mouth of the White river. Governor Izard next appointed Wharton Rector, Jr. to serve as the adjutant general. Ironically, Rector had served as the "Second" to Henry Conway in his ill fated duel with Crittenden.^[109]

Arming the Territorial Militia

Izard found that the state militia had few arms, and he immediately wrote to the War Department for weapons and ammunition to supplement "some boxes of both deposited in a Merchant's Warehouse" in Little Rock. The Secretary of War refused Izard's request since he had not received "returns" of the militia strength in the Territory.^[110] The failure to file complete records with the War Department was a common problem throughout the nation, and Federal legislation had been adopted to prohibit a state or territory from receiving its quota of armaments until all records had been provided. The Arkansas quota had been held up as early as 1821.^[111] By 1825, Governor Izard reported that the state armaments still amounted to only 400 muskets, 40 pistols, 200 "cavalry sabers", twelve drums, twelve fifes, 4000 flints, 40,000 musket ball cartridges, and three "wall tents".^[112]

First militia regulations published

Izard worked to whip the militia into shape. He and Brigadier General Bradford pleaded with local commanders to take their responsibilities seriously. Noting that Arkansas lay directly in the path to be used in the removal of the Eastern Indians, the governor spoke frequently of the need "to place the Militia in a condition to afford immediate protection to our settlements, should any disorder attend the passage of those people."^[113] Governor Izard's agitation slowly began to get results. In 1825 the legislature authorized the printing of the militia laws of the territory, with a copy of each to go to every officer in the militia.^[113] Izard issued three militia reorganization plans in his three years as governor. He worked to regularize musters, established a regimental organization, and tried to improve the officer corps by forcing the resignation of officers who failed to attend musters, left the territory for more than three months, or who failed to send their strength reports. Finally, in November 1827, a bill passed providing for the first complete overhauling of the militia. The act organized the forces into two separate brigades, provided that battalions were to muster annually and companies were to assemble twice yearly, and established an administrative framework to oversee the organization.^[114] Izard's periodic reorganization orders,^[115] combined with legislation, resulted in the formation of a much more effective militia system for Arkansas Territory.^[115]

General John Nicks

On March 27, 1827, President John Quincy Adams appointed former Lieutenant Colonel Nicks as Brigadier General of the Arkansas Territorial Militia. General Nicks was a veteran of the War of 1812.

General Bradford had continued in service as both the sutler to the 7th Infantry Regiment at Fort Townsen and the Brigadier General of the Militia Brigade of the Territory of Arkansas until his death at Fort Townsen on October 20, 1826.^[116] The president nominated former Lieutenant Colonel John Nicks to become the next Brigadier General of the Arkansas Militia. Like his predecessor, General Nicks served as the post sutler to Fort Gibson until his own death at that location on December 31, 1831.^[117]

John Nicks was born in North Carolina during the Revolution and entered the United States Army as a captain in the Third Infantry July 1, 1808. He served with distinction through the War of 1812 and was commissioned a major of the Seventh Infantry October 9, 1813. He was honorably discharged from the army on June 15, 1815, and on December 2 following was reinstated as a captain in the Eighth Infantry with the brevet of major. On June 1, 1816, he was promoted to his majority and transferred to the Seventh Infantry. In 1818 he was in charge of the recruiting station at Philadelphia securing recruits for the Seminole War in Florida. During that war he was actively engaged in assembling and furnishing rations and equipment to the soldiers in Florida and commanded troops in Florida and Georgia. He was later in command of the Seventh Military Department with headquarters at Fort Scott, Georgia.^[118]

On June 1, 1819, Nicks was commissioned lieutenant colonel and exactly two years later, after thirteen years of service in the army, he received his honorable discharge. On September 28, 1821, he was appointed sutler to the Seventh Regiment then at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, and accompanied that part of his old regiment under Colonel Arbuckle that went to Fort Smith by water and reached there early in the year 1822. After Lieutenant Colonel Nicks took up his residence at Fort Smith he was elected to the Third Territorial Legislature of Arkansas and represented Crawford County in the House of Representatives from October 1823, and was re-elected to the Fourth Legislature serving from October 3, to November 3, 1825.^[117]

Upon the establishment of Fort Gibson in April 1824, Colonel Nicks moved with the Seventh Infantry as sutler at the new post. Colonel Nicks led a busy life at Fort Gibson in discharging the duties of sutler and representing easternOklahoma in the Arkansas Legislature. After the death at Fort Towson October 20, 1826, of Major William Bradford who was serving there as sutler and was also brigadier-general of the militia of Arkansas, President Jon Kvinsi Adams appointed Nicks (March 27, 1827) as brigadier-general to fill the vacancy. General Nicks was appointed postmaster at Fort Gibson February 21, 1827, a station he held to the time of his death. General Nicks became ill at Fort Gibson with pneumonia and after ten days he died on December 31, 1831. His funeral was held the next day at which the Protestant Episcopal service was read, after which he was interred with the full military honors due his rank and service.^[119]

Militia divided into two brigades

The Militsiya to'g'risidagi qonun 1792 yil had specified how the state militia units were to be organized:

the militia of the respective states shall be arranged into divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions and companies, as the legislature of each state shall direct; and each division, brigade and regiment, shall be numbered at the formation thereof; and a record made of such numbers in the adjutant-general's office in the state; and when in the field, or in service in the state, each division, brigade and regiment shall respectively take rank according to their numbers, reckoning the first or lowest number highest in rank. That if the same be convenient, each brigade shall consist of four regiments; each regiment of two battalions; each battalion of five companies; each company of sixty-four privates.^[120]

On November 21, 1829, the Arkansas Territorial Legislature passed an act dividing the Arkansas Territorial Militia into two brigades.^[121] In April 1830, the United States Congress authorized the Arkansas Territory a second brigadier general to command the second brigade of Arkansas Territorial Militia.^[122]

On April 23, 1830, President Andrew Jackson nominated George Hill to command the 1st Brigade of Arkansas Militia and William Montgomery to command the 2nd Brigade of Arkansas Militia. Brig. Gen. William Montgomery's appointment was to replace Brigadier General Nicks.^[123]Brigadier General Nicks office as Brigadier General of the 2nd Brigade had been vacated as a result of his residence being outside the boundaries of the Territory of Arkansas due to the establishment of the western boundary of Arkansas Territory in 1828.^[124] The county militia regiments were assigned to brigades in the following fashion:^[121]

Conflict with Native Americans

When Arkansas became a territory in 1819 there were several thousand Indians living in the area. Early Arkansas settlers perceived these Indians as dangerous savages. Most of the tribes, the Quapaw, Kaddo va Cherokee, were in actuality quiet and peaceful. Problems also ensued along the Territorial boundary with the Indian nation, with whites and Indians each wandering across the ill defined border. The first recorded clash between the Territorial Militia and Native Americans apparently occurred in 1820. Captain George Gray, Indian Agent for the Cherokee Nation at Sulphur Fork, wrote to Secretary of War Jon C. Kalxun regarding a claim by the Cherokee Nation that they had been driven from a village along the Red River by two companies of the Arkansas Militia.^[127] No records exist indicating whether this action was directed by the territorial governor or was done under the control of local authorities.^[128] Calhoun responded to the claim and stated that he lacked sufficient evidence to approve the Cherokee claim for damages resulting from the loss of their villages but pointed out that he could not protect Cherokees if they established villages in areas assigned to whites by treaty.^[74]

The Pecan Point Campaign

1835 map of Miller County, Territory of Arkansas, including Pecan Point

The Osage tribe, who ranged over much of northwest Arkansas, were a fierce and warlike plains tribe. Mounted on their ponies, the Osage frequently attacked villages of neighboring Indian tribes. Occasionally white settlers would fall victim to the Osage. In March 1820 Reuben Easton, a practically illiterate Arkansas settler, wrote to the War Department complaining of the Osage menace: "There has been a number of murders committed on this river by the Osage indians and a vast number of Robbearys for which the people heir has never Received any Satisfaction ..."^[129] The Cherokee, who were given a reservation on lands claimed by the Osage, were a more constant target of their warlike neighbors.^[130]

Hokim Jorj Izard, who succeeded Miller in 1825, attempted to deal calmly with the Indians. But he was still an old military man, and when trouble between Indians and whites broke out in Miller County in 1828, Izard sent his adjutant general, Wharton Rector, to investigate. Forty-four Pecan Point citizens petitioned Governor Izard on March 20, 1828, asking for protection from hostile Indians.^[131] The petition stated that Shawnee and Delaware Indians near the little Miller County settlement of Pecan Point were "pilfering farm houses and Corn-cribs [,] killing Hogs, Driving their Stocks and Horses and Cattle among us  ..." If the Indians were not removed, the settlers protested, there was "no prospect but of being oblidged [sic ] to abandon our homes and fields."^[132]

Adjutant General Wharton Rector, 1800–1842

Mayor John Goodloe Warren Pierson, commander of the Miller County militia, asked the governor for permission to call out his company to move against the Indians. The governor, instead, sent Adjutant General Rector to investigate and if necessary "to remove immediately [the Indians], and should they disobey or resist your authority you will call out such a party of the militia as you may consider adequate to compel obedience".^[132]

When Rector reached Pecan Point he found the settlers greatly agitated. The Indians were reported to be stealing and killing livestock and threatening war. Rector immediately ordered the Indians to leave the area, but the Shawnees refused. Calling out sixty-three militiamen under Major Pierson, Rector marched on the main Shawnee village. Just when a battle seemed imminent, the major Shawnee chief announced he would move.^[133] The entire Pecan Point foray, about a week in duration, cost the Arkansas militia a total of $503. Governor Izard, in requisitioning reimbursement from the Secretary of War, detailed costs as follows: Adjutant general's salary (for a full month) and expenses, $231; pay for one major for four days, $12; pay for five company officers for three days, $30, pay for 56 privates for three days, $168, rations for all men were a total of $24.^[131]

While there were no real battles between the Indians and the Arkansas Territorial militia, the militia did send units on several different occasions to perform patrol duty along the state's western border.^[131]

Ijtimoiy holat

One of the primary roles performed by the militia during the territorial period was social. The prominent military historian, Russell F. Weigley has gone so far as to write that "... the volunteer [militia] companies were at least as much a social as a military phenomenon."^[134] Residents of Territorial Arkansas spent much of their lives in virtual isolation. Farms were scattered over a huge expanse; roads were few and far between, and towns were small in both number and size. In essence, people were lonely and militia service gave them an opportunity to do something out of the ordinary. Early Arkansans, especially the elite, also had a great affection for military titles. "Colonel" Robert Crittenden was a mere ensign during his military career, and "General" John Harrington had not served in the regular Army at all!^[135] John Harrington used the title "Major" which was given to him in the Georgia Militia when he was appointed on 26 Sep 1792 to replace Major Middleton Woods. (Georgia Governors' Journals 1789–1798, Franklin County Page 86). The militia gave status-conscious early Arkansans an easy opportunity to win a military title at very little expense in effort.

The death on December 30, 1828, of a French veteran of the American Revolution, Monsier Le Noir De Servhae serves as a good example of the pageantry of the territorial militia:

This gentleman ... was one of the foreign contingent that lent its assistance to the cause of American Independence. He came to the United States as a French marine with the fleet commanded by Count de Grasse, and was wounded at Yorktown in attacking and carrying one of the British redoubts on the evening of October 14, 1781. Being honorably discharged he returned to France, but in after years came back to the United States and in time found a home in Arkansas near the plantation of Monsieur A. Barraque in Richland township. He was accidentally killed by the falling of a tree and was buried with all the honors of war. It was a grand sight to see the blending of nationalities at this military interment of a foreign hero. Adjutant General Terrence Farrelly, Colonels A. S. Walker, Francis Notrebe, and several companies of the First and Second regiments, Acting-Governor Robert Crittenden and his dashing aide-de-camp, Colonel Yell, made up the military cortege, while the French families from far and near and the American contingent of wealth, prowess and achievement made the occasion a memorable one in early days.^[136]

Governor John Pope, 1829–1835

Prezident Endryu Jekson appointed John Pope to become the third Governor of the Arkansas Territory on March 9, 1829. Pope was a Kentuckian who, due to the loss of an arm as a youth had no prior military experience. On 12 June 1833, Governor Pope appointed William Field to serve as adjutant general.^[137]

Tensions with Mexico

Next to the Indians, the Arkansans were most fearful of their Mexican neighbors in Texas. Much of this trouble was caused by an ill-defined boundary between Arkansas and Texas. The International Boundary between the Arkansas Territory of the United States and the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas had been defined in the treaty of 1819 between the United States and Spain, but remained unsurveyed in 1827. Because the location of the border was uncertain, the ownership of a considerable area southwest of Red River was in question.^[131] Arkansas Territory had, since 1820, exercised jurisdiction over the settlements immediately south of the river, holding them to be a part of Miller County. In 1827 the easternmost portion of the disputed area, approximating the present corner of Arkansas southwest of the river, was assigned by the territorial legislature to the new county of Lafayette. In 1828 Miller County north of the river was abolished and a new Miller County constituted south of the river in what is now northeastern Texas.^[138] 1831 yilda Arkanzas hududiy qonun chiqaruvchisi tomonidan belgilangan Miller okrugi Texasning hozirgi shimoliy-sharqidagi Boui, Red River, Lamar, Fannin va Delta tumanlaridan iborat bo'lib, ulardan janubi va g'arbiy qismida joylashgan sakkizta okrug qismlarini o'z ichiga olgan.^[139]

Meksikaliklar, tabiiyki, har doim tajovuz qilayotgan amerikaliklardan qo'rqishgan va bir necha bor shubhali qo'shnilar o'rtasida his-tuyg'ular ko'tarilib ketgan. Masalan, 1828 yilda Miller okrugi militsiyasi Sheynlarni Pean-Pointdan olib tashlash uchun chaqirilganda, Meksika rasmiylari Arkansanlarga ushbu hududni Meksika da'vo qilganligini eslatdilar. Arkanzas shtatining adyutant-rektori meksikaliklarni aralashmaslik haqida ogohlantirdi. Rektor meksikalik amaldorlarni "bo'yniga itga o'xshab daraxtga osib qo'yaman" deb qo'rqitdi.^[140] Ikki yil o'tgach, meksikaliklar meksikalik ko'chmanchilarni munozarali Miller okrugiga ko'chirish bilan tahdid qilib, Arkansanlarning yaralangan mag'rurligiga tuz surtishdi.^[141]

1830 yil 20 fevralda Miller va Sevier Militsiya gubernatorlari polkovnigi Jon Klark hududning janubi-g'arbiy chegarasidagi vaziyat to'g'risida gubernator vazifasini bajaruvchi Uilyam S.Fultonga maktub yozdi.

aholining zudlik bilan himoyasi bo'lishi kerak; va agar Ijroiya hokimiyati zudlik bilan aralashmasa, Miller okrugi aholi sonidan mahrum bo'lishi kerak. Pawnee hindulari doimiy ravishda ogohlantirmoqda. Endi hech qanday shubha yo'q, ammo ular aholi punktlarida kunlik kutilmoqda. Bu erdagi odamlar faqat allaqachon qilingan qotillikdan qasos olish uchun buyruq yoki ijroiya idorasining sanktsiyasini istaydilar. Va agar darhol buyruq chiqarilsa, 150 dan 200 ko'ngillilarni ko'paytirish to'g'risida (agar ular etarli bo'lsa), bu bir necha kunni talab qilishi va ehtimol ko'p oilalarning hayotini saqlab qolish vositasi bo'lishi mumkin edi; kim ularni zudlik bilan himoya qilmasa, o'sha shafqatsiz vahshiylarning cheklanmagan qo'llariga tushishi kerak.^[142]

Polkovnik Klark o'z tashvishlarini Hindiston hududidagi AQShning 7-piyoda qo'shinlari polkovnigi Arbakl bilan o'rtoqlashdi, u gubernator Fultonga chegarani kuzatib borish va chegara militsiyasini tayyor holda ushlab turish uchun josuslik qilishni taklif qildi.^[143]

1830 yil 19-aprelda hududiy gubernator vazifasini bajaruvchi Fulton harbiy kotibga polkovnik Jon Klarkga vakolat berganligi to'g'risida xabar yozdi:

xizmatga buyurtma berish uchun to'rt kishi ..., hindlarning bizning aholi punktlarimizga dushmanlik va tahdid bilan munosabatda bo'lishlari haqida iloji boricha tezroq ma'lumot berish maqsadida ayg'oqchi sifatida harakat qilish ... Buning iloji yo'q Chegarada yashovchilarga o'z vaqtida yordam berish, hindlarning dushmanlik hujumlaridan o'zlarini himoya qilishda, Miller va Sevier o'lkalari fuqarolari zudlik bilan tayyorgarlik ko'rishadi va o'zlarini doimiy tayyorlikda, zudlik bilan uchrashish va o'zlarini himoya qilish uchun kutadilar. ularning yashash joylariga hujum qilinishi mumkin bo'lgan har qanday hujum. Siz qo'mondonligingizdagi barcha askarlarga o'zlarini tayyor holda ushlab turishni buyurasiz - bir necha lahzada maydonga chiqishga tayyor: va shu tariqa ushbu hudud chegaralarida hujum uyushtirilganida kuchni kuch bilan qaytarishingizni buyurasiz.^[144]

Gubernator Papa 1830 yil 4-oktabrda Prezident Jeksonga "bizning 20 yoki 30 kishimiz" Meksikaga sodiqlik qasamyodini bergani to'g'risida "xabar berib," va bu erning hududi bilan erga egalik huquqi to'g'risidagi guvohnomalarni oldilar.sic ] bu hukumat tomonidan ishg'ol qilingan ------ "Shuningdek, u meksikaliklar Red Riverda qal'a tashkil etish va Amerikaning Texasga kirishiga yo'l qo'ymaslik uchun oz sonli kuch yuborganligini xabar qildi.^[145] Ehtiyotkorlik chorasi sifatida Papa hududiy militsiyaning polk xizmatchilariga buyruq bergan va "bizning fuqarolarimizni ... unvon yoki himoya olishdan ogohlantirgan". Arkanzas Gazetasida 1830 yil 13-oktabrda Papa yaqinda janubiy mamlakatlarga ikki hafta ekskursiya uyushtirganligi va "ba'zi polk askarlarida" militsiyani ko'rib chiqqanligi haqida xabar berilgan. Gubernator Papa meksikaliklar "o'zlarining da'volarini eski Ispaniya va AQSh muzokarachilari tomonidan ko'zda tutilgan va o'ylab topilgan chegaradan oshib ketmoqda" deb o'ylashdi.^[146]

Gazetada 1830 yil 3-noyabrda ma'lum bir meksikalik amaldorlar 11-oktabr kuni bahsli chegara hududida meksikaliklarning da'volarini o'rganishga kirishganligi va ular qurol kuchi bilan to'xtatilgunga qadar davom ettirishlari kerakligini ta'kidladilar.^[147] 1830 yil 1-noyabrda Arkanzas hududiy militsiyasining 3-brigadasi komandiri, brigada generali Jorj Xill Papaga xabar bergan edi, Yo'qolgan Prairiya fuqarosi Kurtiss Morriss unga meksikalik sörveyer olib borgan odamlarga berilgan traktatlarni o'rganayotgani haqida xabar berdi. Meksikaga sodiqlik qasamyodi va meksikalik da'vogarlar qasamyod qilishdan bosh tortgan va erlari qasamyod qilgan shaxslar traktida bo'lgan sodiq Arkanzas fuqarolarini yo'q qilish bilan tahdid qilganliklari. Ushbu sodiq hududiy fuqarolar Qo'shma Shtatlar himoyasini talab qilishdi.^[148]

Gubernator Papa zudlik bilan general Xillning xabarlarini Prezidentga etkazdi. Prezident Endryu Jekson meksikaliklarning bahsli hududdagi harakatlariga rasman norozilik bildirdi va Meksika hukumati hokimiyatidan bahsli hududdagi harakatlarni chegara o'rnatilgunga qadar to'xtatishga majbur qildi.^[149] Chegara hududi Texasdagi Mustaqillik urushi arafasigacha qisqa vaqtni o'tkazdi.

Militsiya qo'shini

1820 yoki 30-yillarda militsiyaning to'planishi ko'pincha ta'sirli voqea bo'lgan. Sharqiy shtatlarning ko'proq aholi punktlarida mahalliy militsiya kompaniyasi ba'zan oyiga bir marta burg'ulash olib borgan. Ammo sayohat qiyin bo'lgan joyda, xuddi Arkanzasning aksariyat qismida bo'lgani kabi, odatda yiliga bir yoki ikki marta mo'ylovlar sodir bo'lgan. 1827 yildagi qonunchilikda batalyon mashg'ulotlari har yili oktyabrda, kompaniya mashg'ulotlari esa yiliga kamida ikki marta, aprel va oktyabr oylarining birinchi shanba kunlarida o'tkazilishi kerakligi belgilab qo'yilgan edi.^[150] Yillar davomida 4-iyul sanasi Arkanzasda muhim vaqt sifatida rivojlandi. Bu kunni burg'ulash uchun qulay sana edi, chunki odatda o'sha vaqtga qadar ekinlar ekilgan edi va bundan tashqari, hamma Mustaqillik kunida uchrashuv uchun bahona topishni istashdi. 1837 yilda kapitan Albert Paykning artilleriya kompaniyasi Arkanzas poytaxti aholisi uchun juda ko'p shou namoyish qilganida bo'lgani kabi, to'p otish bilan boshlanishi mumkin.^[151] Mavzuga oid bir nechta manbalar uchun yig'ish mashg'ulotlarini aniq usullarini qayta tiklash qiyin. Ammo, ehtimol rasmiy mashg'ulotlar norasmiy tarzda bo'lib, yurishlar yaxshi va qurol qo'llanmasida biroz mashq qilingan. Tez-tez nishonga olish kunlik mashg'ulotlarga kiritilgan. Ehtimol, yig'ilish katta kechki ovqat yoki ziyofat bilan yakunlangan, shu jumladan viski ichishning liberal turi.^[152] Ba'zida kuchli viski ichish yig'ilish boshlanishidan oldin boshlangan.

1830 yilda gubernator tomonidan tekshirilishi uchun Pulaski okrugi polkiga maxsus yig'ilishga buyruq berildi. Polk qo'mondoni Xristian Brumbax ismli nemis muhojiri edi. Brumbax, vijdonan bo'lsa ham, o'zini ko'rkam namoyish qildi. Uning formasi og'ir oltin dantel va zarb qilingan o'q tugmachalari bilan to'ldirilgan, shlyapa va katta shlyuz bilan to'ldirilgan. Erkaklar tekshiruv uchun yig'ilayotganda, qo'mondon kimdir hickory tayoq bilan qurollanganligini, boshqalari soyabon yelkasida ekanligini aniqladi. Gubernatorning partiyasi ko'rib chiqishdan o'tayotganda, momaqaldiroq boshlanib, qo'mondon Brumbaxning noroziligiga sabab bo'lgan ko'plab militsionerlar yashirinishga shoshildilar. Soyabon bilan qurollanganlar shakllanib qolishdi. G'azablangan Brumbax, yomg'irda cho'kib ketgan tuklari, harbiy sudga qochqinlarni sinab ko'rishni buyurdi. Ularning har biri besh dollardan jarimaga tortildi va ko'p o'tmay Kristian Brumbax buyrug'idan voz kechib, Arkanzasni tark etdi.^[153]

Militsiya yana oltita brigadani tashkil qildi

1833 yil 16-noyabrda gubernator Papa hududiy militsiyani oltita brigadaga ajratib, ularni yangi bo'linma sifatida tashkil etgan hududiy qonun chiqaruvchi qonun loyihasini imzoladi.^[154] Har bir yangi brigada brigadir generaliga buyruq berishga vakolat berildi. Yangi brigadirlar o'zlarining brigadalari tarkibidagi polklarni qayta raqamlashi va bu raqamni bo'linma qo'mondonligi general-mayoriga xabar berishlari shart edi. 1835 yil 18-dekabrda Prezident Endryu Jekson Stiven V. R. Rayanni Arkanzas militsiyasining 2-brigadasiga qo'mondonlikka tayinladi.^[155]Mavjud tuman polklari yangi brigadalariga quyidagicha bo'lingan:^[154]

Gubernator Uilyam S. Fulton, 1835–1836

Uilyam S. Fulton Prezident Endryu Jekson tomonidan 1835 yil 9 martda Arkanzasning to'rtinchi va yakuniy hududiy gubernatori etib tayinlandi. U 1836 yilda yangi Arkanzas shtatining birinchi saylangan gubernatori bilan almashtirilguniga qadar xizmat qildi.^[158]

Meksika bilan ziddiyatlar yangilandi

Meksika bilan chegarada muammolar yana avj oldi Texasning mustaqillik urushi Brigada generali Jorj Xillga 1836 yil 4-mayda Meksika emissarlari AQSh tomonidan qo'llab-quvvatlanishi uchun qasos sifatida Hindiston millatlarini hujumga undashga urinayotgani to'g'risida ma'lumot olinganligi haqida xabar berilgan edi. Texasning mustaqillik urushi. Gubernator Futon brigada generali Xillga o'z brigadasini tashkil qilishni va uni maydonni birdan maydonga chiqishga tayyor holda joylashtirishni buyurdi. 1836 yil 28 iyunda general Edmund P. Geyns (AQSh armiyasi) gubernator Fultonni g'arbiy chegarani himoya qilish uchun bitta polkni chaqirdi. O'n ikki kompaniya oxir-oqibat ushbu qo'ng'iroqqa javob berishadi.^[159][160]

Hali ham hindular bilan bo'lganidek, Arkanzas hududi militsiyasi va Meksika hukumati o'rtasida 1836 yil 15 iyunda Arkanzas hududi davlatchilikka erishishdan oldin ochiq harbiy to'qnashuv bo'lmagan.

Adabiyotlar

Tashqi havolalar

• AR National Guard
• AR Air National Guard
• AR Army National Guard
• The Arkansas National Guard Museum
• Bibliography of Arkansas Army National Guard History tomonidan tuzilgan Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari armiyasining harbiy tarix markazi