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Additional information arriving in Washington through April and May 1839 kept Congressional debate lively until Congress authorized a force of 50, 000 men and appropriated $ 10 million, placed at the disposal of the President in the event foreign military troops crossed into United States territory during the Congressional recess of summer 1839.

Maine initially committed three thousand to ten thousand militia to the conflict in addition to the posses of land agent.