Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-03-04

the sOns OF Mr.. " a. Fiske. OctOber
29 1904. Mr.. Raynoida, territorial
secretary. said 10 me that the Cover
nor before leaving Tor the east had
direCtcd him 20 KAY 10 me that was
20 furnish tw1 Krag rifles and cart
ridges to his lrothor, Page u. Ctero.
who wanted them for hunrdng bear
gave the Page Otoro the two rifles and
forty cartridges; they have not been
returned. About four years aRo the
same Page OtanO came and demanded
four blankets which he said the gov.
ernDr told him he could have. went
10 the governor about Il and ne told mo
10 lci him have them. which did
About the same time the governors
messenger came and enid the COVER
nor had se.lt him for SIX blankets FOR
use AZ his. the governors. house. l
gave him tho blankets pud aftcrward
wlion saw tho governor he confirmed
IT, None OF thom have been returned.
In 1899. and again Ia 1900. by the
governors order / loaned 20 tents 70
the Albuquerque fair association for
use during the fair, IN the latter year,
when they were returned one tent
was short, having bcen burned; the
next year they applied no me for the
tents, but the application was not &C.
companied by tho order az the COVER.
nc a-d refused 10 LEI them go. In
che year 1909 by the governors Or,ior
Z I loaned Mr. Crandan, superintendent
OF the Indian SCHOOLS. eight tents. who
used them By sending sch0ol chill.
dren by relays 20 camp IN the noun.
tadna. tbs following year Mr.. Gran.
dali came 10 mo and said the COVER.
nsT had told him he could have the
tents again, refused 10 lei them 20
for the reason that expected 10 have
an encampmcpt Of the militia that
year. ! reported my refusal % the gov
crncr, who said 10 me that | should
Apologize 10 Crandali, which did mo-
do, but when ! again saw him 7 said
10 him thar as a government OFFICER
ne knew very well the governor had
no rtgm 10 lend the tents and THAI Il
was hound % got him into trouble;
TINT II the interior department
thought L neccssary ~ send the In
dians % camp the department would
furnish him tents. Az an0iher time
loancd 90 Page Ofero. by the govern,
or's order. a tent and some mess out.
a. 10 take on a hshing excursion
None of Z was ever returned.
On one occasion / loaned twenty
four blankets 10 a party OF capitalists
who were going ont 20 look az some
timber lands belonelng 90 tha terri
tory This by the governors order.
After several weeks they were ~.
turned shur9 ono hianget These
thines happened 80 often that I can.
not now recall an Of them. lie nas ~
al times used the militia property as
u u we're his own private property.
He never gave me amy direcfion about
accounting nor Il he aecmed ca think
/ / was rascal enough 60 take care ~ y
for him, hut | have made up the r.
turns IN the absence Of orders as II Il
were on hand. until this year made
up my mind not 70 do It longer.
gave ont the property as ordered b.
do. because the governor was rospon.
slhle Tor u, and folk / had no choice
but n0 obey orders. Win respect %
! mo ordnance and quaftermastors
siOrCR Dcloneing 20 tho government,
the adlutant general ~ a mere clerk,
With no authority or responsibility
whatever.
respectfully request that an officer
~ she army be sent here without %
lay 10 Investigate the matter
Very respectfully.
w. a. WHITMAN,
Adlutant General.