Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-06

n sida..fsestd, rho committee having
In charge the decorating, VIII begin the
work Of placing s~treaaieFs, banners,
flags, notices and bunting, The doeora'
tons will consist Of Streamers for each
car and the engine will be literally
wrapped in flags; the interior Of the
tourist cars will he testooned with fiags,
and the officers ear will be trimmed
with flags and flowers inside and bant'
ing outside. There Will be- u badge for
each volunteer. and a badge, and hon'
tonierre for each officer, When the
work Is completed the train will be a
mass Of flags. flowers and hunting,
HAS THE rRuE RING,
To the Editor of the New Mexican.
Santa Fe. n. NJ, May 4, lS9s,--l
noticed an editorial in your issue of yes
yerdav with reference to my enlistment
with the volunteers, In which II is stat
ed that | had expectations OF accom-
paning the regiment AS chaplain. !
wish to say, for fear some may be mtsled
BY that statement, that l did not enlist
as a place hunter; but wiAA \ desire, ii
know my own heart, to do the best for
the honor of "old glory" the good of
my fellowmen and the glory of my God,
in any capacity: and believing all of the
officers to be every way worthy Of the
confidence and obedience of every
trooper. myself as well AS any other ono
of the regiment, | am at their service,
To be sure, should they be pleased to
appoint me to that position,I certainly
would appreciate 1t beyond my power OF
expression. but that Is entirely In their
hands, Yours very truly,
A remarkably fine lot of men this, the
New Mexico volunteers.
John V. Morrison, son Of Collector a.
l.. Morrison. has enlisted as Il volunteer
in Captain George Curry's troop.
San Juan county, although II of the
smallest counties IN tho territory, did
mighty well, 1t sent so volunteers.
Twice the number required to fill the
New Mexico quota could have been had,
had that been necessary. New Mexico
Is all right,
Arthur j. Hudson, Willie Schnepple
| and Willie Hogle, all Santa Fe boys,
have volunteered In Captain Mullers
troop and were mustered IN this after
noon.
Tho number of men desiring to volun'
teer. that arrived last night, was as fol-
lows: Aztec, 30 men; peming, rs: Las
Cruces, 16: Silver City, B; San Marcial
II. Total, 70.
Numa Frenger, n nephew of Nnms
Raymond, Of Las Cruces, joined tn,
volunteers this morning. He has joinet
Captain Curry's troop, as has Franz
Bogardus. n young nan whose parents
reside In Las Cruces,
A complete roster of tho New Mckee
volunteers will appear in the New MEM
CAN, as soon as the volunteers are form
ally mustered into the service of thu
United States by Captain Cooper.
Captain c. l.. Cooper. U. s. mustcrin,
officer did his arduons work with enorg,
and dispatch. Captain Cooper Is II o
the best informed as well as most eX
perienced officers IN tho regular army,
At o'clock troop A was lnspecte,
by Governor Nj, A. Otero, and wa
m ustered into service by Captain G. l.
Cooper. U. s. mastering officer. TrooI
Il will be mustered in this evening a
6 o'clock. Troops G and u will he mus
tered In tomorrow
Two troops Of tho list regiment, y,
volunteer cavalry from Arizona, passc
through Albuquerque last night, .
their way south. The troops consistc
of 100 men and seven officers. The of
GERS so far appointed are: Major, A. {
: Brodie; captains, O'Neill and Mculil
: toch; first lIcutenants, j. Alexander an
+. Franz; second l~leutenants, q. b. WI
cox and II. l.. Patterson. The car
were decorated with banners an
streamers bearing the mottos, ''Cowho
regiment of Arlzona;" "Remember tn
, Maine" and others.
:. A dispatch from Guthrie. Oklahoms
says: lieutenant A. p. Carpon aud Scl
/: geant $. u. Treackcr Of the 18th cavalr
have arrived hero from Fort SIN to +,
cruit Oklahoma's troop OF cavalry.
surprise awaited Carpon at the tel,
: graph Office, where ho received u me-
: sage from Colonel Wood offering to ~
point him regimcntal adjutant of tho Il
: United States volunteer cavalry, til
regiment Of Trough Riders" of whic
| Theodore Roosevelt will be lieutona,
colonel and OF which the Oklahom
troop will be II part. Lieutenant Cal
ron at once accepted tho offer.
All accounts and bills, incurred on b
half of the muster In OF tho u. s. volur
teers In this city during tho past wee
will be examined, audited and approve
by Captain G. J.. Cooper, 10th U. s. ca,
airy, mastering officer and acting quar-
termaster and commissnry, upon his re
, turn from San Antonio, Texas. TIL
, business will be given prompt %attentio
on his return and all accounts an
vouchers will be forwarded to the prov
or departments In Washington for so,
Element as soon as they can BIO gotto
y ready. For tho present the captain
too busy with the actual muster {
troops, as rush orders have been !,
ccived from Washington, and peopl
having accounts against the Unite
States, must have patience and wait
few days.