Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-09
COLONEL WOOD IN COMMAND,
Enthusiastic Reception on New Mexioo's
Volunteers En- Route-News from
Our Boys"

PASSED LAJUNTA.
Special to the New Mexican.
La Junta, May 9.-The A., Il. & S. F.
special, carrying troops A, B, : and D,
1st regiment L. s. volunteer cavalry,
from Santa Fe, passed through here at
6:lo yesterday morning. All well.
Special to the New Mexican.
San Antonio, May 9, 1s9s.-Colonel
Leonard Wood, commanding the 1st
regiment U. S. volunteer cavalry, is here
and busily engaged in organizing his
regiment.
Major Dunn, of Washington, d. c.,
will be the junior major of the regiment:
the other staff officers will be: Regi-
mental quartermaster, Mr.. T. w. Hall, a
graduate of West Point and now of civil
life, and adjutant, Lieutenant A. X.
Capron, of the 18th cavalry. Lieutenant
Capron enlisted in the regular army as a
private and received his commission as
a result of merit.
The following order has been issued
by the war department: Captains Earl
D. Thomas and Hoel s. Bishop, 5th cav
airy, will proceed to the points herein
after named for the purpose of inspect
ing horses to be purchased for the vol
nnteer regiment commanded by Colonel
Wood, after comforting with that officer,
and, upon the completion of this duty,
will return to their proper station:
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n onSv $500 sad olerhs III VIC couhCry
H % :, los nau mu.a military experience
9Th n s cavalry for thraa yearS and
also as ar ]intanto f tho 1st regimo,t Of
infantry. n. M N G. for fva Years IN.
der Colonel Frost. The enlistment ma
pers and muster rolls Of the New Mavico
volunteers which were nrena rod NV him
are models Of neatness and corroct,oSS
, Governor Otero. Colone, v A Ia
ramillo. aide-de-camn Major Enoena
Van Patten. N. M. n e. Cantain W II
Il. James. u. S. army and Mr. A NJ
Bergere ACCOMPANIED Tho battalion Of
New Mexico volunteers AS far as Ration
The party is expected to return to santa
Fe this evening,
pofo,a ,o.vino for San A,+o,,o rox
lot Sornoant WV n"ma 4.onn 49,
nrosontod ,ui+h Lb"na' v.ooP a, "as
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m.np r." oo !" H. oers-
Inc reception OF the New Mexico vol
uhCeers al Las vegas Saturday night
was gIeat. Ihere We're ABOUT 5000 peo-
Pie atsthe uepot II the enthusiasm was
,1tehse. 1heTe were o hres AND torch
llgnCp professions II CHEERS and vivas
Colone. Leonard wood, Lieutenant
Coroner Roosevelt and Regi-
mental Quartermaster L. w. Hal arc
alreaoy at a Antonio, Tex, organic
ing. ana equlpping the regiment, OF
wnlcn the New Mexico volunteers form
d part.
Inc two troops OF the lst y. ). volun-
teei cavalry, recruited IN Arizona, have
arrived III oah hntohlo II are being
laPiuiy INFORMED, armed ana equipped.
Uoiohel Wood IS IN OF the con-
Iinse,it ana expresses himseif as being
greatly pieased with the character OF
inc mel. MAJOR "A. u. Brodfe, OF Pres
cott' was commissioned Dy Governor Nc
oora on apr! - ana makes the
lequesG tha1 MS commission IRON the
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