Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-06-30
NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA
Batch Of Interesting Topics About the
Territorial Volunteers.
ROUGH RIDERS" AND INFANTRY.

falling OF the nerve and he declined Il
remain for examination"
Albert s. Smith, who was sworn in Al
Santa Fe as a volunteer. will be assigned
to the volunteer signal corps, Captain
Cooper having received authority fol
that purpose.
Capt. Stroyer is meeting with crafty.
ing success in securing recruits fol
Company G, infantry battalion. He has
twenty-stven 30 far, fifteen OF whom art
natives Of Santa Ne county.
IL is learned here that Santa Fe Il
having a hard tussle getting up It's com.
pany OF infantry, and that some Of the
Albuquerque boys enlisted as Rough
Ridtrs' are like 10 find themselves In
the Infantry company up there.
Tic work Of drilling the new recruits
still continues at the Armory hall each
evening. The entire new company was
present last evening, and was put through
their course OF sprouts" by Capt. Bora
dale. A large number OF spectators we're
present.
As each man is enlisted he will be
given a red badge. No one will wear
thtse but volunteers, and II will be an
honor which every young man who is
eligible TO enlist should be proud TO have.
Optic. Capt. B~orradaile's attention ia
hereby called to the red ribbon PROPOSE
tion.
The Ladies' Soldiers Aid society, of
santa Fe, organized about two weeks
ago, has only collected by contribu-
tions 800 to date. The ladies OF this
city, organized on Tuesday, collected the
next day yesterday the handsome sum
Ut t23l.5b. Score another point for Al
buquerque.
Surgeon General W. r. Upton, Of the
New Mexico national guards, has desig-
mated the following board Of physicians
to examine applicants for appointment
as assistant surgeon Of the New Mexico
battalion Of volunteer infantry: DIR. At
kins, Las Vegas; DIR. Hope, Albuquerque;
DR.. Sloan, Santa Fe. The board met AT
Santa ne on Wednesday.
Capt. +. G. Hochderffer, Of Company I.
National Guard Of Arizona, received a
telegram from Gov. McCord Monday
evening, asking him II he wished to fur.
nish thirty-fiye men to form a company
with st. Johns and Prescott and accept.a
~lieutenancy. Capt. Hochderffer replied
accepting the l%ieutenancy, stating that
Flagstaff has thirty-ive good men who
have been anxiously awaiting to be
called for duty.
DR.. Smith, surgeon New Mexico ma
tional guards, who is also one OF the sur
geons at the railway hospital at Las We
gas, and DIR. G. g. Cruikshank, Of San
harcial. arrived In Santa Fe for the pur-
pose OF appearing before the board Of
physicians. appointed to examine candi-
dates for appointment to the position of
assistant surgeon 10 the volunteer in
fantry battalion to be furnished by this
territory.
The New Mexican OF Tuesday SAYS:
Governor Otero has received over 200
applications for commissions and has but
fifteen at his disposal. Applications have
been filed from all parts OF the territory.
and great pressure is being brought to
bear on the executive TO secure appoint
ments. He will, TO the best OF his abili.
ty, subserye the interests of the territory
at large, and while many will, of neces
sity, be disappointed, 1t is impossible to
crafty the wishes of all.
The appointment of W. c. Reid, of Las
Vegas, as captain Of Company B is a good
one. This command Is TO be recruited in
Vegas and will 90 direct from there
to the place OF rendezvous in Arizona.
The destination is presumably the Phil.
ippines. A recruiting Office was opened
In that city on Tuesday morning and the
work OF enlisting men has already be.
gun. Ration, Clayton. Springer, Watrous,
Mora, Rociada and La Cueva will each
contribute men TO this urgent call.
The Optic says; There Is now D l
need in Las Vegas for a soldiers aid
In a few days orders will be re- I
ceiyed to recruit LOG men for our in. &
Iantry company In this city. Many good I
men will come here without means 10 ]
support themselves until they are mus I
Tered In, and unless Las Vegas takes Z
steps to aid these patriotic men, o
many will go hungry or return home
without enlisting. This was the case in ]
many instances in enlisting the "Rough .
u
The companies OF volunteer infantry TO :
'e raised In New Mexico will be desiO- y
lated as follows: Company A, AIbn. y
Iuerque; Company B, Las Vegas; Com. =
ANY G, Santa Fe; Company d, Las Cru. :
The following officers have 80 far y
cen appointed for these companies: q
company A, captain, John Borradaile; "
rst lieutenant, l. d. Chamberlin; sec. :.
lieutenant. Louis d. McRae. Com "
any b. captain, ". c. Reid. Company
: captain, William strOyer; first lieuten- "
nt' rage b. Otero; second lieutenant, ~
-eneo Chayes. tn
Governor MeCord has appointed the y.
blowing officers for the three companies ~
be organized in Arizona under the sec. u
for troops: First company, Frank G. ~
ussell, OF Phoenix, captain; j. ". Cren-
Jaw and +. W. Hill, OF Phoenix, first "
second %lieutenants respectively. Sec au
company, c Il. Donaldson, of Pres q
1T, captain; +. C. HOckderffer, of Flag. :
AFT, and Walter Scott, OF St. Johns, w,
Third company, X. Drach- us
an OF Tucson, captain; Herbert Gray,
Tucson, and Wiley K. Jones, Of Solo 90,
Yonville, lieutenants. A. j.. KrOhn, of ~.
lcson, has been commissioned sergeant I'd