▁forced ▁to ▁store ▁the ▁weapons ▁in ▁a ▁r ented ▁building . ▁Miller ▁worked ▁hard ▁to ▁obtain ▁more ▁arms ▁and ▁acc out re ments . ▁A ▁" Return ▁of ▁Milit ia ▁for ▁ 1 8 2 1 ", ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁Ark ansas ▁History ▁Commission ▁arch ives , ▁shows ▁that ▁the ▁milit ia ▁possessed ▁a ▁fairly ▁substantial ▁number ▁of ▁weapons ▁and ▁a ▁diverse ▁variety ▁of ▁related ▁access ories , ▁including : ▁pow der ▁horn s , ▁p ouch es , ▁bullet ▁m ould s , ▁spare ▁fl ints , ▁cart ridge ▁boxes , ▁and ▁bel ts . ▁ ▁Army ▁officials ▁sometimes ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁rel uct ant ▁to ▁co oper ate ▁with ▁Miller ▁in ▁his ▁efforts ▁to ▁arm ▁the ▁milit ia . ▁The ▁War ▁Department ▁had ▁a ▁policy ▁not ▁to ▁supply ▁arms ▁to ▁any ▁milit ia ▁where ▁state ▁authorities ▁had ▁not ▁file d ▁reports ▁on ▁its ▁strength . ▁War ▁Department ▁frequently ▁compla ined ▁of ▁receiving ▁ins u fficient ▁reports ▁from ▁Ark ansas ▁as ▁its ▁adj ut ants ▁general ▁apparently ▁had ▁difficulty ▁obtain ing ▁co operation ▁from ▁the ▁command ers ▁in ▁the ▁field . ▁ ▁Governor ▁Miller ▁made ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁appoint ments ▁in ▁the ▁Ark ansas ▁Territ orial ▁Milit ia . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁adj ut ant ▁general ▁The ▁Office ▁of ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ▁was ▁defined ▁by ▁the ▁Milit ia ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 7 9 2 ▁as ▁ ▁Un like ▁its ▁modern ▁counter part , ▁the ▁office ▁adj ut ant ▁general ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁was ▁not ▁necessarily