The march was slow and toilsome, but made with decency and, considering the surface of the country, dispatch. But it was necessarily so difficult to make progress that Atkinson did not reach Dixon’s Ferry until the 17th, when all was confusion and the men loud in their demands to be discharged. So utterly unmanageable had they become that it became necessary on that day to issue the following order, and which, by the by, was rigidly enforced by Col. Zachary Taylor: “Headquarters, Right Wing, West. Dept., “Dixon’s Ferry, Rock River, 17th May, 1832. “Order No. 16. “The frequent unauthorized firing of arms in and about the vicinity of the encampments of the different corps of the army, composed of the U.S. Infantry and the State troops now in the field, compels the Commanding General to forbid a practice so dangerous to the individual members of the different corps and derogatory to the military character of well-organized troops. No officer or private, therefore, will fire again in camp or on the march without permission or an order from the commanding officer of his regiment or company.” From the mouth of the river the soldiers had indulged this boisterous pastime, with no restraint whatever, and it is said that this abridgment of their pioneer prerogative provoked much indignation, but firing at once ceased. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: CAPT. GIDEON LOWE, U.S.A.] [Illustration: LIEUT. COL. ZACHARY TAYLOR’S HEADQUARTERS AT FORT CRAWFORD.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: JOHN DIXON.] [Illustration: DIXON’S FERRY.] ----- Footnote 107: Subsequently Atty. Gen. of Ill. Footnote 108: Later U.S. Senator. Footnote 109: From Risdon Marshall Moore of San Antonio, Texas, the following information is gathered: His father, Jonathan Moore, a brother of the Captain, was a private in this company. The grandfather, Risdon Moore, was Speaker of the Territorial Legislature of Illinois in 1814 and in 1822 signed the celebrated protest against slavery. Capt. William Moore, besides being a member of the Ninth and Tenth General Assemblies, occupied many positions of prominence. See also “Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois.” Footnote 110: This roster will be found to materially differ from the “Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers,” published by the Adjutant General in 1882, which is shamefully inaccurate in many particulars. I fortunately came into possession of the original “rank roll,” so called, made by General Whiteside and Maj. Buckmaster, which has permitted me to be accurate. Footnote 111: Of the First Inf. Sidney Burbank. Footnote 112: Thomas J. Beall, of the First Inf. Footnote 113: