Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-04
TALKS ABOUT TRIP.
Major General Macarthur has Re :
turned to Denver Headquarters.
DISCUSSES IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

Major General Arthur Macarthur,
commanding the department of the
Colorado, returned yesterday from a
tour of the army posts in New Mexico
and Arizona. says the Denver Repub-
lican, March 3. He said that the trip
was one of the most interesting, as
well as instructive that he had ever
taken and that the affairs of the de-
partment were in splendid shape. The
general was especially enthusiastic
concerning the progress which is being
made at the hospital maintained for
the care of soldiers who contract con-
sumption while in the army.
Little is known of this work outside
of army circles" said General Mac
Arthur, but the results which are ac-
complished are wonderful. The hos
pital has been fitted up at Fort Bayard,
n. NJ, and is now one of the most COM
plete institutions of it's kind in the
United States. 1t was established
about four years ago and now has
about 200 soldiers and a dozen officers
as patients. 1t has been steadily en-
larged and improved since it was first
established and is now in splendid
shape. A majority of the patients who
are there now contracted consumption
while in the Philippines.
CURING CONSUMPTION.
THE surgeons there assure me that
with the combination of climate and
treatment actual cures are being ef-
fected in some very severe cases. One
of the rules of the institution is that
none of the patients must remain in
doors on fair days. In fact, it is vio-
lation of the regulations to stay in the
xtvhA h. thA,. fe, IL,
order that the men may have plenty
of air and sunshine on windy days a
large pavilion entirely of glass is being
constructed, at a cost of $4,000. 1t is
now nearly finished, and in it the pa
tients will be able to get all the air and
sunshine needed without suffering
from bad weather.
Soldiers who contract the disease
while in the government service are
sent to this hospital and kept on the
rolls for three months as enlisted men.
At this time if the prognosiS shows
that they are in serious condition and
that it may require two TO three years
to effect cure, they are discharged,
and are afterwards maintained by the
Soldiers Home at Washington. They
may be kept there for years and are
well cared for all the time. 1t is a great
! institution and il is doing splendid
work for the soldiers. The doctors are
all the time making original investiga-
| tions which will be of great benefit to
science.
! GOOD INDIANS, ALTHOUGH ALIVE.
AT Phoenix. AriZ., | visited the In
dian school and was greatly impressed
/ by the progress which is being made in
educating the Apaches. About 60O
/ Apache Indians, ranging in age from
3 to 23 years, are attending TINS
school, and are being given an educa
| tion as well as to perform all usefu
manual labor. The pupils at the schoo
all turned out and gave us a great re
/ ception, and later the governor of the
/ territory and | made a few remarks
| to the school. When you consider that
| the Apaches are the widest Indians
we have it is wonderful to observe the
way the pupils of this school are learn
ing TO do useful work. | learned thai
the girls are in great demand fol-
nurses, as they seem to have specia
| aptitude for this branch of work.
/ WON'T DISCUSS POSSIBLE TRANS
FER.
"On my way home ] stopped at Albu
| querque, and found the citizens there
] very much excited over the new army
post which they are to have. | went
out on the mesa and looked over the
sites which had been suggested for tho
post, not as a representative Of the
war department. but as commander ol
this department. | found that there
were several good sites to be had fol
| the post. which will be fully as large
as that at Fort Morgan. ! also visited
some big mines on my trip, among
them the great united Verde, the Con
gress gold mine, and other properties.
General Macarthur was questioned
concerning the rumOr that changes in
the department will cause his transfer
either TO Chicago or San Francisco.
THAT is something which | am not
prepared to discuss at present" he
said. 1T is official business. Again
it is not yet a fact. For these reasons
| can not talk about it at present"