For other projects Moral needed outside aid. He simply did not have the money, men, or supplies to accomplish more. Bemoaning his inadequacy, Moral wrote to the king in March, 1735, requesting funds to replace the wooden blockhouse at Apalache with a more defensible stone structure. [Note 5: Indice de las representaciones que el Gobernador de la Florida remite a su Magistad en la presente conjunto, 3/20/1735. See reference to letter of 3/9/1735.] He also asked for two new infantry companies to bolster the garrison in Apalache. In all Florida, Moral declared, he had only 228 able-bodied men ready to take arms in case of an English attack. To fulfil his needs, he asked for at least 500 troops, [Note 6: Patino to gov of Cuba 7/25/1735] but (Tepaske GSF)