Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-28
SEVENTY FIVE TROUGH RIDERS"
Work of Raising Battalion of Volunteer In
fantry Commences Officers Named
Companies to Be Organized in San
ia Fe, Albuquerque, Las We
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gas and Las Cruces.
The mascot had a picture taken this
morning.
The accepted volunteers are busily
engaged writing to relatives at home.
advising them OF their action.
Another arrival from Taos had a Sc
we're attack of falling of the nerve this
morning and he declined to remain for
examination.
Albert s. Smith. who was sworn in
yesterday as IL volunteer. will be as
signed to the volunteer signal corps,
Captain Cooper having received authori-
ty for that purpose.
Captain Strover is meeting with
gratifying success in securing recruits
for company c, infantry battalion.
He has 81 so far. .5 of whomr are ma
tives OF Santa Fe county.
The volunteers who arrived in the
city last night to attempt the medical
examination were: John Lannon, Chas.
Green, Harry Kendall, Hillsboro: Louis
Gutierrez. Socorro: Frank Alexander.
Worden Hamlin, Alvin Cretes. H. c..
Rayburn. Z. j. Wells. John Miller, Las
Vegas; w. p. Hogle, Frank Love. Taos.
The volunteers sworn in yesterday
afternoon by Captain Cooper, mastering
officer, We're: George II. Quigg, John
Riedy, James A. Butler, Earl Stilson,
John G. de Bohm. Albert Rogers, Thorn
as l.. Freeman, John ID. Harding, John
NJ. Neal. John M. Leach, Wentworth S.
Conduit. This makes a total of IS men
examined and sworn in up to 4 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon.
DR.. Smith, surgeon N. M. N. e.. who
is also one of the railway surgeons at
the railway hospital at Las Vegas, and
DR.. A. A. Cruikshank, of San Marcial,
will arrive in the city this evening for
the purpose of appearing before the
board of physicians, appointed to cx-
anime candidates for appointment to
the position of assistant surgeon to the
volunteer infantry battalion to be furn-
ished by this territory. The board is
expected to meet here tomorrow.
The volunteers accepted for service
this morning were: Henry c. Rayburn,
Worden w. Hamlin, Thomas j. Wells.
Stephen A. Kennedy, James +. Alex
ander, Charles H. Green, Henry j. Ken
dali, Charles A. Parmelee. Emmett Laird
and John Lannon. The above number
completes the total required for the
special call to recruit the 1st u. S. vol
unteer cavalry to its maximum strength.
1t is estimated that nearly so men are
now awaiting %anXiously to be examined
| and sworn in for service under the sec
ond call. Captain Cooper, the muster
ing officer, says they are an exception
ally fine set of men.
The companies of volunteer infantry
to be raised in New Mexico will be des-
ignated as follows: Company A., Albu-
| querque; company B., Las Vegas: com-
pany c, Santa Fe; company ID, Las
Cruces. The following officers have so
far been appointed for these companies:
Company A, captain, John Borradaile:
1st lieutenant, l.. D.. Chamberlain; I'd
lieutenant, Louis ID. McRae. Company
b. captain, w. G. Reid. Company c..
captain. William Strover: lst lieutenant.
Page b. Otero; I'd lieutenant, Ireneo
Chaves.
Surgeon General W. r. Upton, Of the
N. M. N. e.. has designated the follow
ing board of physicians to examine
applicants for appointment as assistant
surgeon of the New Mexico battalion of
volunteer infantry: DR.. Atkins, Las
Vegas, DR.. Hope, Albuquerque, DR..
Sloan, Santa Fe; the board meets here
tomorrow.
Governor Otero has received over 200
applications for commissions and has
but Is at his disposal. Applications
have been filed from all parts of the ter
ritory and great pressure is being
brought to bear on the executive to Sc
cure appointments. He will, to the
best of his ability, subserve the interests
of the territory at large, and while
many will, of necessity, be disappointed,
it is impossible to crafty the wishes of