Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-07-15
COMPANY D AT LAS CRUCES.
A Few Items About the Southern Com
pany-Other Notes.

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the enlisted men Of Major Van Patton,
company. He has a number Of friend,
in this community, who wish him good
luck and a safe return.
John Shannon. one OF the worlds great
est aud best bronchO riders. and Charli,
Shinn and Jack Shrier, Of Deming, ar,
among the members enlisted I'm COMPANY
d by Major Van Patton. The territory
has furnished no better nor drawer mer
than those representatives OF Grant
county. They have all left and aban.
doned good paying positions for the pur.
pose Of serving their country.
Major Van Patton's Company d, Of La,
Cruces, New Mexico, was out In process.
sion this morning through the streets Of
the town, with eolors flying and led By
the Las Cruces band Of fifteen pieces
There were about eighty men in line.
and they made a splendid appearance. II
Is a fine a body Of men as can be found
anywhere, and II they are ever allowed Il
to get into action the people will heal
some good reports Of them. They are III
companions for the Rough Riders from
this territory, who have already been
transformed from private citizens into
eroes.-Independent Democrat, July 10.
SMALL NOTES.
This city will keep Capt. B~Orradaile's
company A In garlic till the war with
Spain Is over.
Major Mitchell has received an iuden-
mite leave from the war department In
order to accept the appointment az major
OF the territorial volunteer infantry reg.
iment.
The commissions Of the commissioned
officers Of company A bear date as fol-
lows: Captain StrOyer and Lieutenant
Otero, June 90; Lieutenant Catron, July
10.
The old superstition concerning the
number thirteen does not bother the new
company 9 organized at Santa Fe. IL
required thirteen days to secure a quota
for the company; they we're mustered in
on the 18th Of the month, and, further,
there are just thirteen native New Mex
leans In the company. There are thir-
teen native New Mexicans among the
troops in company b. organized at Las
Vegas.
Another company Of volunteers from
New Mexico arrived at Whipple last
evening, making between 600 and 700
men stationed there now. The Okla
homa volunteers are expected within a
week, says the Prescott Journal Miner.
Capt. O'Neill had $4,000 in life in
surance. Only two weeks before he was
killed, his agent In Phoenix paid over
$500 as an additional war insurance risk.
He leaves 100000 I'm property, princi-
pally In Phoenix.
The Optic says: In the collection
taken mp last Sunday for the benefit Of
Company b, Territorial Volunteers, for
the first time in the history Of the church,
two ladies, Misses Nora MOrrisey and
Nora Crimmins, were appointed to pass
the collection plates. IL wa quite
embarrassing to them, but they brayely
faced the crowd and were quite success.
full.
In Capt. Stroyer's Company c there are
two young men named Allen. They
came in with the recruits from Trinidad.
They are not relatives, being residents of
widely separated localities. II. p. Allen,
q years old, came to Trinidad about Eve
weeks ago, securing employment with
the Colorado Telephone company. He
was an emplOye Of the Mare Island nayy
yard, at San Francisco, until the recent
earthquake threw all the men there
ont Of work. His home il at Warren,
Penn. Leslie Allen is 30 years old, and
has been living at Trinidad since 1892.
where he was engaged as weighing
clerk for the Victor Coal company. He
is a native OF Missouri.
Company c, organized and mustered in
at Santa Fe, drew its quota from all
parts Of the territory, besides sou thern
Colorado, and Of course is quite cOsmo.
pOlitan in It's make up. Among the
na|tionalities represented there are
eighty-fiye born in the United States,
four Germans, two lrishmen, two Rus
SLAMS, one Austrian and i've ScOtchmen.
The Prescott Courier says: 1.-TWO car
loads Of troops from New Mexico ar
rived at Whipple last evening. They
came trome Las Vegas. The cars we're
covered with bunting, with Remember
the Maine" on the broad sides OF the
ears. They were received with cheers as
they disembarked, There are now
about $40 volunteers at whipple bar
racks"
The ladies OF the WOmen's Relief
Corps took In hand the matter OF supply
ing the blanketless volunteers at Whip
pie barracks. with blankets and the
families OF Prescott contributed the
needed covering at the solicitation OF a
committee OF Relief Corps ladies.-Pres-
colt Courier.
Captain Van Pdtten OF company D.,
New Mexico volunteer infantry, having
failed TO complete the quota OF his COM
pany within the time fixed by the gov
ernor, Wednesday afternoon rendered his
resignation, and A. b. Fall has been
named as his successor. Captain Fall
was associate justice Of New Mexico I'm.
der Cleyeland's administration.
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