Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-24
Congressional Bills Of Interest to New Mexico

On December Is there We're three bills
introduced into the house of represent
atives of congress which will prove of
interest to the people of New Mexico,
and are as follows:
House bill No. 1925. being the same
Senator Elkins, providing that the in
habitants of all hat part of the area
of the United States now constituting
the territory of New Mexico, as at pres
ent described, may become the state of
New Mexico.
House bill No. 11222, which reads as
follows: BE it enacted by the senate
and house of representatives of the
assembled, That it shall be the duty
of the secretary of the interior to re-
quire each head Of a family of the Mes
calero Apache Indians belonging to the
Mescalero agency in New Mexico,
within II months from the passage of
this act, to select from the lands of said
reservation 100 acres of land: and when
the same is so selected, the same shall
be allotted and set apart to said Indian
by the secretary of the interior. The
said secretary shall also set apart and
allot to each of said Indians, not a part
of a family receiving al allotment UNI
der this act, 40 acres of said land, and
all the residue of the lands of said res
ervation is hereby declared to be open
to entry and settlement. the mineral
lands under the mineral lane laws of
the United states ana all other lands
under the homestead laws Of the
United States: Provided, That per-
some entering lands under the home
stead laws shall pay therefor at the
rate of $l.25 per acre at the time of en-
try. The proceeds of such sale shall be
turned into the treasury of the United
States to be held as a trust FUND for
the use Of said Indians. such fund to
draw interest at the rate of 4 per
centum per annum such fund and in
terest to be expended under the direc-
ton of the secretary of the interior for
the benefit of said Indians: Provided,
further, That any quarter section of
said lands now having permanent and
valuable improvements thereon erected
by the United States shall remain UNI
allotted and shall be held by the gov
eminent for the purpose of educating
said Indians"
House bill No. 1929, the purpose of
which is told in the first section in the
following words: THAT upon the pas
sage of this act the president shall pro-
coed to call forth, organize. arm, equip
and discipline a portion of the militia,
not to exceed in the aggregate of all
arms 300 900 men, and shall apportion
the same between the several states
according to their ratio of the enrolled
liable to military duty under
existing laws. Said troops shall be
as the active militia, and shall
called the National Guard of the
States"
The bill provides that the president
shall apportion the number of each arm
If the service of the several state quo
prescribe the equipment, organi-
1ation and arms, and the system of
irill in actual camp life, the guard
hall be assembled in camps of instruc-
ion, which may include the guards of
nore than one state and portions of the
ocular army, not oftener than once a
ear, and for periods of not more than
| days, and when so assembled shall
Re furnished with all the necessary
amp equipage and subsistence. When
ncamped under orders or in active
the commissioned officers of the
,uard shall receive the pay and allow
noes as commissioned officers Of the
rank in the regular army, and the
men shall be paid as follows:
Non-commissioned officers of the gem
staff $3.50 per day: non-commis-
oned officers of the regimental staff,
8 per day; list sergeants, 50 per day;
ergeants, $1.75 per day: corporals,
80 per day, and ~privates, 81 per day.
The bill further provides for the es-
Adjustment Of a national guard bu- '
eau in the War department, the con-
rol and differing the different depart
1ents of the guard, the nature of the
ath to be taken and for all other mat
ars connected with the service. The
expenses of the guard are to be borne
the United States, and the bill calls
an appropriation of 500, 900, 900 for
purposes Of carrying out its pur-
oses.
Corrack Cn1raanondanca Pa,o,.