▁June ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 2 5 ▁Iz ard ▁issued ▁a ▁stern ▁general ▁order ▁to ▁all ▁command ing ▁officers ▁telling ▁them ▁to ▁report ▁immediately ▁to ▁either ▁Brig ad ier ▁General ▁William ▁Brad ford ▁at ▁Fort ▁T ows en ▁or ▁to ▁the ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ' s ▁office ▁in ▁Little ▁Rock . ▁ ▁" The ▁organization ▁of ▁the ▁Territ orial ▁Milit ia ▁will ▁eng age ▁the ▁full ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁Commander - in - Ch ief " ▁Iz ard ▁wrote , ▁" and ▁will ▁be ▁proceeded ▁on ▁without ▁delay ." ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁direct ▁warning ▁to ▁re cal cit rant ▁officers , ▁Iz ard ▁promised ▁that ▁" the ▁laws ▁for ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁the ▁Milit ia , ▁will ▁be ▁rig id ly ▁enfor ced ..." ▁Iz ard ' s ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁milit ia ▁attract ed ▁w ides p read ▁attention ▁and ▁support ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁However , ▁some ▁Ark ans ans ▁evidently ▁believed ▁that ▁Iz ard ▁was ▁fighting ▁a ▁losing ▁battle . ▁The ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Ark ansas ▁Gazette ▁end ors ed ▁Iz ard ' s ▁efforts ▁by ▁ur ging ▁" the ▁ready ▁and ▁heart y ▁co operation ▁of ▁every ▁class ▁of ▁our ▁citizens ▁... " ▁ ▁But ▁the ▁writer ▁also ▁expressed ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁governor ▁" will ▁find ▁it ▁an ▁ar du ous ▁task ▁to ▁perform ..." ▁Ter rance ▁Far rel ly ▁react ed ▁to ▁Iz ard ' s ▁efforts ▁by ▁res ign ing ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁adj ut ant ▁general ▁in ▁a ▁letter