at all with his disability. When the mustering officer asked Smith if he could "hit a man at 400 yards", Smith retorted "I wish you would step out there and let me try". Smith was sworn into the Regiment. The second occurrence involved a young boy by the name of Boulson who was standing on blocks in an attempt to make his stature look like someone who was of age to fight. The mustering officer quickly dismissed the boy, admonishing him to return to his mother. Boulson indignantly refused, and eventually ended up as a serving boy to one of the officers of I Company, 1st Lt. Erasmus Gilbreath. In this way, Boulson was able to stay with the regiment until he was of age to enlist, becoming a fifer in I Company and eventually Chief of Field Music for the Regiment. At the time of muster, the Regiment's officers and companies were as follows: Field and Staff Company: Col. William L. Brown Lt. Col. Charles D. Murray Maj. Benjamin H. Smith Adjt. Israel N. Stills Reg. Qtr. Isaac W. Hart Ch. William C. Porter Surg. Orpheus Everts Asst. Surg. Anson Hurd A Company Cpt. John Van Valkenburg 1st Lt. William B. Rayburn 2nd Lt. John Hoover B Company Cpt. John Wheeler 1st Lt. Charles A. Bell 2nd Lt. Michael Sheehan C Company Cpt. Oliver H. P. Bailey 1st Lt. William C. Castleman 2nd Lt. Joseph Lynch D Company Cpt. George F. Dick 1st Lt. Charles Reese 2nd Lt. James A. Wilson E Company Cpt. James H. Shannon 1st Lt. John W. Andrews 2nd Lt. John E. Sweet F Company Cpt. John Kistler 1st Lt. John H. Logan 2nd Lt. Edward C. Sutherland G Company Cpt. Nathaniel C. Herron 1st Lt. William C. L. Taylor 2nd Lt. William H. Brittingham H Company Cpt. George W. Geisendorff 1st Lt. George W. Meikel 2nd Lt. William O. Sherwood I Company Cpt. James W. Lytle 1st Lt. Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath 2nd Lt. William I. Carr K Company Cpt. Alfred Reed 1st Lt. John I. Richardson 2nd Lt. Daniel D. Dote The Regiment, at that point totaling roughly 1200 men, left Lafayette on the 25th of July for Indianapolis, where they would be properly equipped with weapons, uniforms, and other standard-issue items. Upon arriving in Indianapolis, the Regiment made camp at Camp Morton. Meanwhile, William Brown, who had been made Colonel of the Regiment,