Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-16
HE NEW NEXrCO MILITIA.
An Earnest Effort to Organize an Eth
Client Force of Volunteers -Ad
dress and General Orders
Issued To-day.

| ernor's address to the people on the SUD
| ject of the militia, promulgated to-day, are
all in the line OF an endeavor to have
some real and efficient volunteer militia
in place Of large force on paper with nc
actual companies OF flesh and blood men
existing in reality. The governor has
been much embarrassed in endeavoring to
organize some creditable military COM
panies in the large towns, by the extent
of the present organization on paper,
According to the last official report, we
have forty-four companies, comprising
three regiments of cavalry and one of in
fantry.. AS matter of fact, outside of Col.
Fountains regiment and two other com
panies, there IS no real militia at all. All
the rest is on paper. But considers
BILE number of the paper companies have
had arms issued to them, and these OF
course must be recovered, as bonds are
always given for the safe return OF the
arms. This adds to the difficulty. The
orders now issued, disband the lst regi-
ment of infantry, whose colonel (PerfectO
Armijo) reports that it no longer exists !;
and also troop Ii of the I'd cavalry, which
has never properly organized. The Sd
cavalry is i'll very uncertain condition,
and the adjutant general is ordered to in
yestigate and report as to each troop in it.,
as foundation for other action. These
orders are intended evidently to clear
away the rubbish in order to be ready to
organize credltable militia, of which We
can ali be proud. They are followed by
an address to the people on the militia
question, in which suggestions are made
as to the formation of good and active
companies in the different towns. These
ought to be followed.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Santa Fe, April l6, 1905
To the People of New Mexico.
The governor and commander in chief
is exceedingly anxious for the formation
of creditable and well drilled militia com
panies OF infantry in all the principal
tow ms OF New Mexico.
The advantages of such organizations
are so obvious that they need not be
enumerated. Besides their primary OBJ
ject OF suppling citizen soldiery, they
afford admirable exercise, create pleasant
social relations, and are source of COM
mendable pride in the communities
wherein they exist.
In order to avoid the creation of skele-
ton or nominal organizations, or multi
plication OF officers without adequate com
mands, officers will not be commissioned
until companies are formed of at least
forty members. On approved applca-
ton from the citizens of any town
suitable person will be authorized to raise
company of infantry therein, and when
said company shall have existed with the
membership aforesaid for at least thirty
days, it will be regularly organized, and
the officers selected by it will be duly
commissioned, unless special cause to the
contrary appear.
1t is believed that one regiment OF in
fantry, in addition to the existing cavalry
organization, will be sufficient to meet
the needs of the territory at the present
time; and that moderate mum Der Of well
drilled and efficient companies will be
more beneficial than the multiplication of
small companies in localities here the
amount or character of the population
does not warrant the belief that militia
organizations can be permanently and
effectively maintained.
l.. BRADFORD PRINCE,
Governor and Commander in Chief.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Territory OF New Mexico,
Santa Fe, n. NJ, April IL, 1890 } |
General orders No. 3.
l. 1t appearing by the report OF Col. |
late adjutant general, dated
February IL, 1890, that Col. Perfecto Ar
milo, of the lst regiment of infantry, re-
ports that said regiment has no actual
existence, and the companies once COM
posing it have not kept up their organiza-
ion, it is ordered that said regiment be
iisbanded.
2. Col. w. S. Fletcher, adjutant gen
raj, will at once proceed to collect the
rms and other property issued to said
eminent, and deposit the same in the
rmory at Santa Fe, and will report at the
nd OF sixty days what property, if any,
70 has been unable to collect
3. 1t appearing by the reports of the {
ate adiutant general, dated February / | ,
nd March 20, 1896, that he had been I'M
BILE to obtain any reports from the regi-
rental officers of the Sd regiment of cav l
Try, and said adjutant general having
ated in said report of March 20 that he t
elieves said regiment exists only Oh
aper, while the records in his Office show c
yer 200 stand of arms to be still in pos t
sssion of the troops of said regiment, t
oil. w. s. Fletcher, adjutant general, will
once proceed to ascertain the present
)ndition OF each troop Of said regiment,
nd report as early as practicable. LII
ase it is found that either of said troops
as ceased to exist as an organization, e
oil. Fletcher will collect the arms and \
her public property heretofore issued to l
lch troop, and deposit the same in the !
I'M Dry at Santa Fe. ;
4. 1t appearing by the report of Col. 5
larmon, Of the I'd regiment of cavalry, A
nbodied in the report Of the late adult
ut general, dated February II 1890, that
COP II of said regiment has never COM "
eted its organization, nor received arms, a
lid troop II is hereby disbanded. p
l.. BRADFORD PRINCE, :,
Governor and Commander in Chief L
ficia '
WINFIELD S. FLETCHER, Adjt. Gen.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE. q
Territory Of New Mexico, =
Santa Fe, N. NJ, April IL, 1890 Il
eneral orders No. 4. p
l. 1t appearing by the report of Col
'ynkoop, late adjutant general, dated 4
,nuary Is, 1890, that there still remain .
NEGLECTED and unaccounted for the fol- a
wing arms, in the possession OF COM S
,nies OF the I'd regiment of cavalry,
hch were disbanded by order OF Gov. =
oss in March, 1859, to wit: Il
Co. A, Laguna, 10 carbines; Co. B, San h
afael, "a carbines; Co. G, Cubero, 20
Co. d, San Mateo, 80 cafbines v
0. F, Juan Tafoya, Is carbines. y
1t is ordered that Col. w. s. Fletcher, II