Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-28
A NATIONAL SANlTARIUM.
full Text of the senate Act Regard
ing Fort Marcy-The Indian
school Amendment

Appended is the full text of Senator
Gsllipger's bill which passed the senate
on the 2lst inst:
"Bo it enacted, etc., That the abandoned
Fort Marcy military reservation, and all
the Improvements thereon, situated in
the territory of New Mexico, be, and the
same il hereby granted to the American
Invalid Aid society, of Boston, Mass,
upon the conditions that said society
shall establish and maintain perpetnally
thereon national sanltarium for the
treatment of pulmonary diseases. Pro-
vided, That said society shalt within two
years from and after the passage of this
act accept this grant and shall! establish
on said reservation a sanitnrium for. the
purposes herein namsd; and whenever
the said lands and buildings shall cease
to be used by said society for the pur-
poses herein provided the Same shall re-
vert to the United States"
Two days later, on the Esd, Senator
Teller, at the suggestion of the commits.
sioner of Indian affairs, offered the fol-
lowing amendment to the Indian appro-
priation bill. and it was agreed to by the
senate:
"To enable the secretary of the interior
to provide additional school facilities for
Indian pupils at Santa Fe, N. M, and also
suitable agency accommodations for the
Pueblo and Jlcarilla agency, the aban-
doned military reservation known as Fort
Marcy, containing about I'LL acres, and
situated in the city of Santa Fe, N. NJ,
which said reservation was, by executive
order of June Is, 1895, placed under the
control of the interior department for
disposal in accordance with the provisions
of the act of congress approved July 5,
1884, (23 Stat. L., page 103l, and is also
bject to disposal under the act of con-
gress approved March 3, 1898, (27 Stat.
Ii. page 500, is hereby withheld from
sale or grant under said acts and placed
under control of the interior department
to be used for Indian school and agency
purposes. Provided, That when this
abandoned military reservation Is no long
err needed for such school and agency pur-
poses by the interior department., then
The same shall be disposed of in accord.
ance with the provisions of the said acts
of congress-"
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willing that anybody shall have Fort
Marcy who will take it. The Indian Office
will of course, push its amendment if no
protest is made from Santa Fe, and a
lasting Injustice would thereby be done
this community. What do the citizens
propose doing about it? The Indian ap
preparation bill has already passed the
senate, carrying with it this amendment
and if they do not act promptly Fort
Marcy will beco Il Pueblo Indian re-
serve instead of national sanitarium.
The following came to hand this morn
ing:
Geo. W. Knaebel, Secretary Board of Trade
Santa Fe.
Washington, D. G., April 81, '95.-Th,
Teller amendment provides for a Jica
rilla and Apache Indian school vice Ra
mona. The other bill for Boston assoc
citation for the establishment of nationa
sanitarium for pulm onary diseases. Sen
ator Gallinger says the association hal
unlimited means and is composed of re
liable people. believe the association
preferable. Invalids have money and
regaining health, will purchase property
remain there and build up the city. In
dams will repel other settlers and keel
away capitalists.
(Signed) 7. B, CATRoN.
At noon to-day another dispatch cam'
from Washington as follows:
Geo. w. Knaebel, Santa Fe. N. NJ.
Washington, D. c.. April 90, Goth,
board of trade should favor sanitarlun
position the Indian schoo
secure the reservation the government
will abandon Ramona school, but other
wise keep it. The sanitarium will brin.
US many people with means to keep then
there.
(Signed) L. B. CATRoN.