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State until they could be mustered into United States Service, attended to the duties of his office as Aid de Camp which required much of his time, attended to a large correspondence, telegraphed to Maj Gen Fremont for a mustering officer, forwarded requisitions for the complete equipment and Arms for his Regiment, and on the 26th of August was in Davenport conferring with the Governor in reference to the Officers to be appointed for his Regiment. And, after a session of six hours from 9 P. M. until 3 A.M., was ready to return to Keokuk having received from the Governor the Commissioners for the Field and staff of his Regiment. Had the mustering officer been present to muster the Regiment, Col. Bussey's requisitions could have been filled. The 3d Iowa Cavalry could have left Keokuk for the field on the 1st day of Sept. with eleven hundred men and horses. Col. Bussey had no assistance whatever and yet he organized his Regiment in sixteen days - several of the Companies having been raised one and fifty men from the rendezvous. The Regiment were put in camp and the Army Regulation adopted as the guide and enforced strictly to the letter, greatly to the advantage of the Regiment as was soon discovered when going into the Field. Officers and men understood their duties. The month of Sept was spent perfecting the organization of the Regiment and instructing the men in drill. Having no equipment for horses the men were drilled on foot. On being commissioned on the 10th day of August, Col.. Bussey was ordered to report to Brig. Gen. John Pope, Commanding Dist of North Missouri. Hd. Fro[?] at St. Louis on the same date Gen. Pope ordered Col. Bussey to assume command of all the United States forces or Honer [?] Guard Organization in North-East MO. This order embraced the troops under Col.s Moon, Woodyard, and Bishop. The two former were consolidated and formed the 21st MO Infantry the latter the 7th Mo Cavalry. About the 1st of October Col. Bussey sent an expedition of 400 men into Missouri for the purpose of driving out a force of rebels reported concentrating in the countries of Lewis and Clark. The expedition returned without finding the enemy. Another expedition was sent to Canton, Mo. to cooperate with Col. Glover in scouring the country for rebel bands known to be in the country. This force were absent two weeks and accomplished much good. Col. Bussey vainly endeavored to procure any arms or equipments for his Regiment. He had visited St. Louis in person and