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[1] ALS, RPB. Governor Gamble replied to Lincoln's telegram on the same day, ``I can maintain law & order north of the Missouri River with the Enrolled Militia alone if they can be certainly provided for with subsistence clothing & pay for time they may be in actual service Many of them are very poor taking other troops would help rather than hinder me I would keep the small number in service that could protect the country (DLC-RTL).'' See further Lincoln to Curtis, December 19, infra.