Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-30
NINETY One TROUGH RIDERS"
Recruiting for Infantry Battalion
Will Commence As Soon AS Papers
Get Here--Dr. Smith, of Las We
gas, Appointed Assistant Surgeon.
NATIONAL GUARD MATTERS,

Lieutenant l. l.. Chaves went to Taos
this morning on a recruiting expedition.
The resignation of Major N. l.. King,
of the LIST infantry, N. M. N. g., has
been rendered and the same has been
accepted.
Nine volunteers from Silver City and
one from San Marcial arrived last night
for the purpose of enlisting in Colonel
Woods regiment of Rough Riders"
Enlistment for the New Mexico bat
TALON of volunteer infantry will com
infantry, mastering officer, as soon as
blanks are received here.
Lieutenant Page b Otero and H. l..
Ormerod returned last night from a re-
cruiting trip to the northern part of this
county. Their mission can not be said to
have been a glittering success.
N~inety-one volunteers for the Trough
Riders" have been enlisted up to noon
today. -Four are under probation and
the number of men necessary to make
up the quota of 100 recruits is very
small. 1t is believed the full quota will
be secured by tomorrow.
Volunteers examined and accepted
for service in the U. S. volunteer cav.
airy this morning were: James M.
| Piersol, Roscoe b. Moore, Jeremiah
| Brennan, Frank Lowe, James Lewis,
George Fettes, CASTOR R D'Huna. George
F. Murray. This makes a total of 81
Rough Riders accepted under the call
to recruit the 1st volunteer cavalry to
| ito mo yirurp Sfrnp nth
Major Eugene Van Patten, of the Ma.
tional Guard of New Mexico, has been
commissioned to raise Company D, OF
the volunteer infantry battalion, to be
furnished by New Mexico. This com
pany will be recruited in Dona Ana, 81.
ezra and Grant counties. Major Var
Patten left last evening for Las Cruces
to commence the work of getting mer
for the company.
DR.. III. M. Smith, of Las Vegas, has
been appointed assistant surgeon witt
the rank of 1st lieutenant of the New
Mexico battalion Of volunteer infantry
by Governor Otero. He was telegraphet
at noon today to report at once in thi
city as he will be placed on duty in tn
medical examination of the recruits TO
the battalion. The board of medica
examiners reported favorably upon tn
qualifications of both applicants befor,
them, namely Drs. Smith, of Las Vegas
and Cruikshank, of San Marcial, ant
DR.. Smith was selected.
w. S. Conduit and Otto w. Nesbitt ar
acting as lance sergeants in charge o
the recruits for Colonel Woods regi
ment. The detachment has three drill
a day; II of the drill masters being F
w. Dunkle, of Las Vegas, and he i
proving a good one. Owing to the eff
forts of Mr.. j. Z. Newhall bath tub
have been secured for the men and the,
are being used to the fullest extent
The Ladies Soldiers Aid society ha
done much for the comfort of the mel
and is supplying them with reading mat
ter, tobacco and other luXuries. W.. A
McKenzie's hardware store has donated
some necessary tools and other utensil
for the comfort of the men. They ar
J getting OIL well and are satisfied will
their trnatmant ancnrdnd thor, by c"~+.
Fe and the citizens generally.
1t is reported that Company E, Is
infantry, N. M. N. G., will be disbande'
and that the official order will be issue
shortly. On yesterday, the command
ing officer of the company, Lieutenan
Shoemaker, received instructions to fur
nish a firing squad of ten men for tn
funeral ceremonies of the late Franci
Downs. These instructions We're nc
complied with, some of the men declir
ing to do this duty. 1t is therefore cor
sidered best to disband the company i
its entirety. Captain Matthews, of tn
company, has not been in the city fC
several weeks and Lieutenants Sho'
maker and Hunter have rendered the
designations, which, however, have nj
yet been accepted.
The Ladies Soldiers Aid society
preparing to furnish lunches to I'll
volunteers when they leave for the from
No definite time has been set for the
departure, and it is not probable tn;
they will get away before the fore pa
of next week. Nine more recruits mu
be examined and sworn in.