In the meantime the governor girded for war. Both Moral and Arredondo made desperate efforts to secure more soldiers, arms, and war supplies. Arredondo recommended construction of 80 small boats for use in waters around Saint Augustine and 400 sailors to man them. The engineer also asked for the addition of 800 trained regulars to the Florida garrison and for rum, muskets, tobacco, and cloth to keep the Indians neutral when war broke out. Such measures, Arredondo believed, would not only insure the Florida colony but it would also enable the Spanish to drive the English out of Georgia, territory properly belonging to Philip V. [Note 12: Arredondo 11/24/1736] ...While Moral and Oglethorpe were negotiating their differences, Spanish officials forged plans for an offensive war on Georgia. Seeds for the plan had already been planted by Moral and later by Arredondo’s informe of November, 1736. In this document the Cuban engineer optimistically predicted the ouster of the English from Georgia if the king took the proper military measures. (Tepaske GSF)