The  governor  had  sent  orders  to  the  militia  oflS-
cers  of  the  state  to  assemble  their  respective
commands  and  go  into  encampment  for  a  week,
flie  avowed  object  being  "to  attain  a  greater
degree  of  efficiency  and  perfection  in  discipline."
For  weeks  before  the  President's  call  for  troops
the  Secessionists  of  St.  Louis  were  drilled  in  the
nse  of  fire-arms  in  a  building  in  that  city ;  were
fnniislied  with  state  arms  by  the  governor;  re-
ceived commissions  from  him,  and  were  sworn
into  the  military  service  of  the  state.  .  They


UinTBD  STATES  AHSESAL  AT  ST.  LOUIS.
