Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-12
VETERANS HERE.
Nineteenth Annual En-
campment in Session.
Many Old Soldiers are in
Attendance.
Parade and Camp Fire VIII be Held
This Evening.
OLD SOLDIERS LIVING HERE.

Perfect weather greeted the vet
Grams Tor the nineteenth annual en-
campmcnt which opened this morning
and viii close tomorrow The White
Oaks DELEGATION came in after three
days trip overland.
The department O: New Mexico was
or.an.zcd at Santa Fe. July -, lSS3.
Department Commander Merle aud
other department CfE GERS are here. The
delegates and altcrnatos are.
J. II Merle department commander.
company Z Thutieth Illinois infantry.
J. W Edwards. senior Gcpa TIN, Mt
commander. conn anl,. G.. Is. warren
post. cCmpaut J.. F1utnan,h indiana.
Co. j. Franco ChaVCs. lJnior vice
depal TN NJ mmand'I
+. +. Clic ton. resistant Gdiutant
general first lieutenant company VI
Sixth Iowa infantry.
Jacob Wcltmor, as! taat depart.
ment quartorWastcr general.
Col. l.. fl Rudisiile. council uf al
ministration, company II. Thirty
eighth Ohio Volunteer infantry.
j. VI. Moore. council Of aaminirtra-
ton. past commander.
Rev. Thomas Harwood. department
chaplain. company G.. Twenty NTH Wis
consin infantry, chaplain of regiment,
also chaplain of G. n. Warren post.
T. w. Heman. kearney post. licuten-
ant colonel Forty.eighth Missouri
State. White Oaks.
G.. W Bowman company G.. Seven.
teenth Ohio Volunteer infantry past
post commander. delegate
A. u Stanton. G.. X Warren post
Albuquerque. \. NJ, company Il, First
Colorado infantry.
j l.. Morris Thornton. n NJ. com
pany c and B. First United States cav
airy and Eighth United States caval
ny.
4 NJ. Whitcomb regimental band
Third Vermont volunteers.
John X. Patton. company X. On,
Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania vol
untoers. company Il, One Hundred and
Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers
White Oaks. y. NJ.
Smith H. Simpson, First infantry
New Mexico volunteers. Carleton
post, Santa Fe; residence, Taos. y
NJ
II II. Whiting captain Twenty fourth
Michigan volunteers and hrcyet major
Albuquerque
Aaron PETTY. troop u. Twelfth Ind
ana cavalry, G. X. Warren post. Albu
qucrque.
N c. Castillo company \. Thirty
fifth Indiana volunteer infantry, G.. Is
Warren post.
Valentine Herbert. company H. See
ond Michigan infantry. company G
Nineteenth United States army volun
teers. company c. Thirty-seventh, Tn
tied States army infantry.
j. G. klepingcr company +, Ninety
ninth Indiana volunteer infantry, Whit
Oaks
Major Whitoman, San,a Fe.
This morning al ~ o'clock the cour
oil of administration met at Grant hal
and checked over the accounts Tn
hrst session of the cncampment wa
held AT the same place this afternoo
when the reports were submitted
II was ? 20 when Department Con
mander McFie raped tor order. ID,
partment Chaplain Harwood offere
prayer. After the roll OF officers wa
cali 4 the report OF the committee o
credentials was received, Department
COMMANDER McFie made his Iepor
and anna, address. The report Of IN
assistant quarter master general, "a
sistant adjrtant general, of the cCunC
of administration and OF the Chaplai
were read and approved \ telcgrar
Of greeting was sent 10 presder
Roosevelt and committees were al
pointed for the next cnCampment.
This evening the campfire and bar
quet will be- held at Grant hall Tn
parade will form at I and move a
73U. While : O'Clock is the hour 81
for the exercises. il will probably l.
$50 before tho program is con
monCed.
Governor Otoro will not be prcser
and he has sent the following letter {
regret
Santa Fe, April s, 1902
Dear Sir am In receipt of you
very kind letter of the 9Th inst. e.
tending an invitation 10 myself, sta
and ladies to attend the campfire
the nineteenth annual cncamrmcnt
the G. 4. r., to be- held at Alhuquerqt
on April To- | regret to say that n
official duties will prevent me fro
being present on that occasion. ! wi
however, communicate with Adiutal
General WhitCman anC 7ndcavor
nave him and as many OF my sta
present as can attend
Thanking you for the very kind /
yitation. believe me 10 ho as Away
very sincerely yours,
MIGUEL a. OTERO,
j. W Edwards. Esq, Post Commando
G.. X Warren Post No. &, q. A. !
Albuquerque, \, NJ.
Among the visitors here is T.
Risk. a veteran of Lexington, Ky. /
was passing through Albuquerque tn
morning and on learning of the q
campment, stopped over.
G. r. Warren Post, No. 5, G. A. r.
Tho particular hosts of the cncam
ment are the members of G. X. Wa
rem post. The present membersh
and officers is