Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-01-01
BOOTH CAMP.
The Spanlsh-Ansrican War Veterans
Met and Elected Now Officers.
ADOPTED STATEHOOD RESOLUTIONS.

The regular meeting of Booth Camp
No. 255. Spanish American War Veter-
ans. was held last evening over Zei-
gers Cafe, with a fair attendance of
members. New applications for mem
bership were received, and the pros
poets for a large and enthusiastic
camp are very bright. The statehood
question was discussed by the mem
beers and the following resolutions in
troduced and adopted:
Whereas. II has been the sense of a
majority of the senate committee on
territories to report adversely on the
house bill admitting to statehood the
territories of New Mexico, Arizona and
Oklahoma. which was unanimously
adopted by the latter; and,
Whereas, In their report they state
that the citizens of these territories,
especially of Now Mexico. are not Gt to
become citizens of o state: therefore
be 1t
Resolved, That Booth Camp No. 255.
Spanish American War Veterans, of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, do hereby
call the attention of the honorable sen.
ate of the United States to the fact
that the territory of New Mexico in the
late war with Spain furnished proper
tionately al many. and perhaps more,
volunteers than any other state or ter
ritory in the Union, one man passing
the rigid examination of the muster
ing officer for every $50 of population
within her borders. The call of the
president of the United States for vol
unteers found New Mexico's quota of
400 for the First United States Volun-
teer cavalry, commonly known as the
Rough Riders, filed within two days,
with as many disappointed ones turn
ed away. The second call for over 100
more men to fill the depleted ranks of
the Rough Riders, was filed with
equal rapidity. The third call for four
full companies of infantry for the First
. Territorial Infantry Regiment of Vol
unteers was responded to likewise, as
was also the case in recruiting for the
Thirty-fourth United States Infantry,
which regiment saw service in the
Philippines. That each and every man
who went from this territory done his
full duty honorably in camp and on the
battle field can be attested by refer
ence to the records of the war depart
ment, as well as from the lips of the
Honorable President Theodore Roose-
welt, who commanded five troops from
New Mexico and to whom, at the first
annual reunion of the Rough Riders
at Las Vegas, New Mexico, he publicly
pledged himself to support New Mex
leo and Arizona in their claims for
statehood and stated that he would go
to Washington and speak in our be-
half. Be 1t further
Resolved, That while W 9 call the at
tention of your honorable body to what
New Mexico did in the war with Spain,
we also wish to state that the feeling
toward the flag of the United States
will always remain the same, and that
New Mexico would, in the event of an
other call, furnish twice or thrice the
number mentioned who volunteered in
the late war. Be it further
Resolved, That we call the attention
OF the honorable senate to the fact that
this was not only the cas- in the late
war with Spain, but also in the civil
war and the war with Old Mexico,
when New Mexico's volunteers to- the
Union army of the United States was
larger, proportionately, than that of
any other state or territory. and is a
matter of record. Be it further
Resolved, That Booth camp join in
the prayer of the great majority of the
citizens. of New Mexico in asking that
the coveted stars be placed in the
great American flag for the territories
of New Mexico. Arizona and oklaho-
ma.
Resolved, That copies of these ress'
buttons he forwarded to our good
friend. the Hon. Matthew 5. Quay
United States senator from Pennsyiva-
mia, and to Hon. Bernard S. Rodey,
New Mexico's delegate in congress-.
After the adoption of the resolutions
the following officers were elected Tor
che ensuing term: Commander, Har-
man II. Wynkoop; senior vice m
der. Coral +. Roberts; junior vice COM
mander, John Lane; adjutant. Erwin
Hale; quartermaster, A. V. Skinner;
chaplain. Edward Hale; officer OF ire
day. Warren Burgess; officer OF the
guard, p. A. Skinner.
The next meeting will be held the
first Wednesday in February, when d
smoker will be had after the installa-