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Show 66 Dame of the Iron military district reported on August 23, he could field two hundred effective men with ample arms and ammunition. But his return of October 10 shows the ranks of his regiment had were almost completely filled with 440 officers and men.1^ These returns, however, point out a serious weakness in the Legion's readiness. While the numbers of men in Dame's regiment bad more than doubled, the number of arms had not increased at all. To solve the problem of arms and ammunition, a gunpowder mill was established at Cedar City. Several men were "called" for the so-called "Saltpetre Mission" to mine the stuff from a cave recently discovered in Washington County. Another powder mill was erected in Provo during the winter, and still another in Salt Lake City. A gun shop was erected on Temple Square in Salt Lake City that turned out about twenty revolvers per week. Five hundred revolvers were shipped in from San Bernardino, and the Saints in Carson Valley sent 2,700 pounds of ammunition and "a large amount of arms." Slight hundred dollars worth of arms and ammunition was also purchased in San Francisco and forwarded to Utah. In another step, all the outlying Mormon settlements were broken up, and the settlers returned to the "Mormon Core" area to defend the kingdom. This was done, in some instances, with a great sacrifice of property. In August a rumor was afloat in Salt Lake that six hundred men from the federal army were attempting to push through into southern Utah over Fremont s trail of 1854.east of Parowan.11*' The invasion never materialized, but after that, all districts were commanded to keep a watch over all the approaches to the settlements. By mid-October over 1,000 men were in the mountains in Echo Canyon alone, 15 and force of 3,000 was available within fifteen hours. ' During the winter, a standing army of ;1,000 mounted riflemen was organized at a cost of one million |