Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-28
The Macarthur ReCep-
ton and Ball..
The Major General and Party
Royalty Entertained.
Large Crowd of Citizens Present to
Meet Military Officials.
GRAND TIME ENJOYED.

Brilliant and most satisfactory was
the reception to General Macarthur at
the Commercial club and the outpour-
ing of Albuquerque citizens was large
ana the welcome hearty The First
regiment band was stationed in the
ball room and played while the guests
were assembling
The hour fixed for the reception was
O'Clock, but the guests commenced
to assemble soon after 8. When the re-
ception party took it's place at 8, over
500 people were in the rooms.
Mayor o. N. Marion received the
guests and presented them to Gov
ernor M. A. Otero, who in turn intro
duced them to General Macarthur.
The others in the receiving line were
Major Varnum and Captain Brown of
General MacArthur's staff, Adjutant
General w. II. Whiteman OF Santa Fe,
Colonel e. G.. Austen of Las Vegas, Col
onel E. w. Dobson and Colonel John
Borradaile of this city, of the govern
or's staff. For over an hour the guests
were presented to the general and no
effort was made to rush them along.
The firse received were the veterans
of the civil war and members of the
Woman's Relief Corps. About twenty
seven of the veterans turned out and
Rbout dozen of the members of the
%oman's Relief Corps. While the pre-
&entations were being made, the First
Regiment band furnished the music.
MA short dancing program was ar
. ranged and after the reception proper
was over, it was commenced. For this
Di Mauro's orchestra furnished the
music. Dainty refreshments were
served at midnight.
The affair was one of the most elab-
orate in the history of the Commercial
club and many beautiful costumes
were worn by the ladies. The officers
of the governors staff were in full uni
form, but the officers of the army were
not. Among the guests from out of
town were Major Appel of Fort Bay
ard, Major Hardie, Adjutant o. w. Ret
horst, Lieutenant G. X. Day and Lieu
tenant A. L. Lippincott of Fort Win
gate; Major Van Doren, of Bluewater;
Judge John r. McFie, of Santa Fe;
Judge Daniel Mcmillan, of Socorro, and
President F. Nj. Murphy, of the Santa
Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad.
General Macarthur is greatly pleased
by his cordial reception in Albuquer-
que Regarding the new post, he said
the board was practically unanimous
in selecting Albuquerque on account of
its natural advantages, its advantage
as a trategic point and its climatic
conditions. There is no chance for
any other city to secure the post. and
nothing but the action OF congress can
prevent it from being located here.
General Macarthur recommends that
the same natural advantages be
brought to the attention of congress
that we're presented to the army board
and he is satisfied as to the result. He
: does not think his recommendation
will have a great deal to do with the
selection of a site, but the whole coun-
try will be plated by a contour map
and the location will be selected Dy the
engineers.
His Arizona trip was a revelation to
General Macarthur and he was aston
ished at the progress of the territory.
He is enthusiastic over the condition
i'm which he found the posts in Arizona
and Mex Mexico. and particularly by
tbe wOrkSone by Major Appel in cur
ing consumption at the Fort Bayard
sanitarium. lie believes the success
there will cause the building of many
sanitariums whicG will be conducted
on similar lines.
Major Appel declares that by follow
inc the method in vogue at Bayard,
consumution in the third stage can be
cured He has never so stated pub
iicIv before, but is satisfied now from
the results at Bayard that ii can be
done. DR.. Appel does not claim that If
tbo lungs are so far gone as to destroy
their breathing power, a cure can be
erected. nut he says one can be made
of tbe third or a heretofore believed TO
he homeless stage.
This morning, at 10 O'Clock General
Macarthur, Major Hardie, Mayor Mar
rnT and city Engineer Pitt Ross left
IN cTrI and drove out to Camp Whit
comb where they spent the day.