Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1895-06-08
FORT WINGATE /!
Although a Disaereeabe Day the
Grand Old Fort
Was Slormed by Visitors from this
City and Gallup.
Inc Elements interfcrci with the Prujur-
tlon NJ line Program.
No BAsE BALI GAM

DECORATION day, INgi, will not ~ dnwi
IA the cAlrnirr ~ time AZ ~ very IDEAS
Ant agreeable day. fnr the .l-m.n,r
rain snow and chilly weather w-r,
decidedly agAinS, the ,nj"ym-n, q
the tln" h"nor~l Memorial day, All,
ESPECIALLY hy th,%- VIM wl-h.yi H. Hhak.
oil the business cares u city hf
AMI hSi plann'-l n try a. grand I'll,
Fort WiugAt-, cut on the line ~ ia, At
lant,c 4 Pacific
Capt. sHl,maruh, IL Company c. Fire
Reg mant. AMI Manager Cundin, II tsr
hAnd' hal ricitei the g,'ul people II Al
hnIuerin. INT" visiting Fort wingatr ut
decoration day. and several hunirs,i had
pr"mir'Si Ia max" the trip, thus giviu.
hp any SPECIAL sports h-i~. AMI Joining
With the l'SaI H"iilrr hoys aud band u,
making 'h" day a hsppy "nr "ut al For
| Wingzt-.
but II began raining here At $3.50
"'cl'Gk W'Sln-~lny Aft-rnunn aud the.
rain eau" down steadily. T-l-.rAmn
'an~'''i over the wires brtwrrn thin city
AMI WinYHt-, asking whether II wac rain
INK a, the Fort aud invariably - rrupoua-
would l., r-c-iv,si. stating "rhAt II wA-
not" II kept raining, however. here
snd when the lire hell and Atlantic A Pa
cihr whistle sounded the time YESTERDAY
morning tn arise ani make ready for the
trip. II wAS also raining. just As the
tram pullr'i out frnm the drIsd, at 6:S,
a. IN, under Conductor Fred Nuhl ami
with Engineer Schmi,t at ia" throttle of
engine No. 773, late Telegram frum IA,
Fort wAr received h. the effect that II,
~Hs not raining there" Subsequent
events pr"v-'i. however, that the dis
agreeable elements here In the Rio
'irsndr valley were acting badly In
another direction at the Fort. II WAS
showing and the white flakes hal fallen
sufficiently I" c"vrr the ground All inch
ur more.
The excursion train, with three cnach.H,
one baggage car aud engine 773. steamed
away ir"m the depot At $50 n. M. and
side tracked al the lpl-ta junction Ia al.
low M. pas~-ngrr train ~ pass. Al
the San J'-r station, which war reached
t 40, snow war l'-r-ptibl- on the die.
t~nt mountains. and Ls.ana, the we'll
known fn-bl" Indian village and the
home II Col. W. u. MArmun, wac reached
at $40. III" flr, Regimen, band, uni-,
th. leadership II N. u. Knight, here a-r
-na'i'-i the colonel. after which Con.
durt"r Nohl gave the "high sign" snd
ia. train sped away toward the Fort Ca
reaching tue eating rtsti"u ~ Cprldgr,
the happy eicurrl"niztr, WHO knew h,
THE time that the weather hal knuk-i
"nti"r pleasures AMI sports "highrr
than kite. swArulpi the lunch c.,Iutor
AMI completely ate up everything Ia
rlght, the TIL IL the manager Tor y. -i
Harvey being considerably r-pl-nirh-i
hy the running IL the r.currion train.
Wlngat- station, li6 miles from Albu
Iu'rln-, WAS reached NJ | | ~. hut II war
At least tw" hours before all the visitors
could b" mnvei Ia the Fort, aud then II
sAH "scramblr. scramble, scramble" for
wagons, aud all were jsumci insni. -.
clo~- ~ Sapiin~s
The two halls II the Fort were us.d M
reception quarters, and commuters
hAndr"ma officers aud n,hii-rr IN hand
Hom" and nicely cl-ane.i uniforms, with
the brass buttons shining like new silver
dollars wer~ scattered here and there ,u
meet the virit"r- And extend h. them the
oourtssi-s ~ the Fort.
As soon ss the Albuquerque visitors.
and the gu. hundrsi and NOR. Gallup
ties, who hail arrived several hours i,e
fore the special excursion train hove
in sight, reached the Fort, the comIl,.
m.ntary s-r-nsi. u the officers and men
II the Firut regiment New Mexico militia,
10y the famous SECOND cavalry band took
place in the Post hall proper. John r.
FREEMAN Ia tho conductor IL this grand
band. aud the music II tn. serenAii- Was
~ high classic order and highly enjoy.
81. The d-~crip,iv. pi-ce. Midway
Plsi~an"-, OF Trip " the Worlds FAIR"
w1S grand and brought applause. while
the descriptive piece, "A Trip IA Con-y
Island was all the happy throng could
desire.
After the Srrond cavalry s-r-nA'le, ID.
FIR, Regimen, baud four boy,l. gave
complimentary s~r-nahr Ia III. Fort oti
GERS AMI soldiers, ami ia. playing of eur
amateurs was much praised and compi.
mented by IA. musicians II the famous
Second. In any event, Manager Cunhif,
leader Knight suh players ruceiv-d
hearty aud g.nrr'us applause.
The r-maindpr uf the vinrt ~ TuE CIrI
LKS representative lH best told ia the fnl.
lowing
ABBREVIATED NuTks!
There we're 81 many nice tlkr from
Albuquerque on bnAri the excursion
train that. fnr tear Il Offending some une
10y omission. THK CITEas will only state
that each ar every "nr, ,-gir,ilras IT
the Indictment weather, .l-u, happy
time At III. Fort, Sud n nrns-i huIns al 3
o'clgk the morning prrity we'll ttgu"d.
Gallup, the thriving town in the west.
srn n.ction ~ brrnSlillo county, sent up
= ,IrlrgHiinn ~ about = hundr,sl II her