Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-11-02
STIRSUP MUCH INTEREST
The Proposed Abandonment of Fort
acknowledgements May Get
the GarrisOn-The Position
of Santa Fe People.

A deep public interest up and down the
Rockies from Ell Paso to Denver has been
stirred up over the war departments or
der for the abandonment of Fort Stan.
ton. The Denver Republican prints this
rather entertaining bit of news to the
people of New Mexico on the sub ject:
$50 far no one at department headqu ar-
ters has been able to hazard good guess
now occupying Fort Stanton, the post
about to be abandoned by the war de-
partment. Some officers seem to think
that it may 60 to Santa Fe, but for that
prediction have little foundation. Fort
Marcy, as the post at Santa Fe is called
is arranged for infantry, and would re-
quire some important changes to prepare
it to receive cavalry. Others there are
who think that Gen. Miles will try and
fulfill the wish he has often expressed
that of establishing military post
at Albuquerque. frequently while in
the field and as department com.
mander, General Miles recommended
the stationing of military command at
Albuquerque, bat he was unable to get a
proper hearing before the powers. Now
he is at the top of the service himself and
can reach the secretary of war without
any Intervention whatever. As matters
now stand, the department of the Colo
RADIO is to lose one post, and 80 quarters
for one troop of cavalry. II is not be-
lieved at headquarters that the cavalry
will b permitted to leave the department
unless they are replaced by come other
command, as the distribution of troops
is always carefully considered by the war
department.. Fort Stanton being aban-
doned, it is believed the governments will
have to establish another post somewhere
else, and Gen. Miles former friendship
for Albuquerque may stand it in good
stead now.
".The only trouble is,' an army officer
explained yesterday, that the Albuquer-
que people never seem to realize the com.
mercial Importance of the movement.
They should be quick to offer land for a
military reservation, Instead of which
they have done nothing of the kind
"On the other hand Santa Fe is con-
stantly at work to get Fort Marcy regar-
risoned."
While the closing paragraph in the
above quotation is true, to an ex-
tent, the New MEXICAN would state
that Santa Feans, and the people
of the territory in general, are not
at all pleased with the disposition of Fort
Stanton. The talk about the probability
of the troops at Fort Stanton coming to
Santa Fe is little less than moonshine.
They may 60 to Albuquerque if the gov
eminent sees fit to follow the advice of
the strong influence at work for that
town and pay big rental for quarters for
their use, but to send them there would
be very singular proceeding. The more
reasonable view is that they will be sent
to BaYard or Wlngate, or to Fort Riley,
Kas., where the headquarters of Captain
Bonus regiment, the 1st cavalry, are
located. That is, If the abandonment
should ensue after the people of Lincoln,
Chaves, Dona Ana and Eddy have fled
their very strong protests with the war
department..
Referring again to Santa Fe, it may be
stated here that citizens OF this commun-
ity entertain little idea that troops from
any part of the territory will ever again
occupy Fort Marcy, and they have long
since made up their minds to cease nrg-
ing any movement in the direction. They
feel that it is much better to wait and
concentrate their efforts upon securing
the establishment of largs new post, by
act of congress, and they are relying i'm
plicitly on their influential friends at
Washington, and upon Secretary Lamont,
who has approved the bill now pending,
to make good this expectation.