Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-07
STRONG FIGHT ON
FORT BAYARD
BUDGET
HOUSE DISCUSSION ON
ITEM FOR THE HOSPITAL
Money for Ward Building Fin
ally Appropriated; Arizona
Man Says. Territory Is Anti
Japanese in Sentiment,

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A strong effort vas made in the
house to knock out an item in the
army appropriations bill providing
for the expenditure of $4,000 fer the
construction of an additional ward
building for the United States army
general hospital at Fort Bayard, New
Mexico.
Both Congressman Macon, OF Ar
kansas. and Fitzgerald. of New York,
made a point of order against the
item, and debate upon it ensued. In
defending the appropriation, Con
gresham Mann. of Chicago, said.
"The officials in charge of the Fort
Dayard hospital are adopting a cure
for tuberculosis, probably the most
advanced in the world, and they are
having greater success in that hos
pital in the cure of tuberculosis than
anywhere else in the world. one of
the members of this house now lies
on his back at Fort Bayard e%ndcavor-
ing to be cured under their method
Of curing the dreaded disease. with
every prospect of success, where,
without the methods they have now
adopted. in all probability, he never
would have a chance TO become again
a well man.
Tuberculosis has been spread
throughout the country, and if the
military authorities, if the surgeons
of the army, through their scientific
Investigations are able to add but a
mite to the ability of mankind to cure
tuberculosis, the expense Will be the
most willing expense that our people
bear for any PURPOSE
Mr.. Fitzgerald said he hoped that
an explanation would be made OF
what was to be done with the appro-
priation,
Il wan to say just Il word on this
matter said Mr.. Hun of Iowa. The
$4,000 is not for one building, but
for a number of buildings for CON
sumptivc patients ana administrative
purposes. | think none of the build
ings are to e9ceed $4,000"
Perhaps not that mueIl.' inter
rupted Mr.. Mann. Let me say to
the gentlemen the theory out there
is to keep the people. as far as pos
slblc, out of doors and ia as small
buildings as possible"
Continuing, Mr.. HUI said.
They asked for a much larger
sum than the committee reported for
hospitals. We cut the amount asked
for so much we were afraid, after cut
ting 1t down over 500, 600, they might
let Fort Bayard go by, and believing
that it is the most important hospital
and doing an immense amount Of
good-more good than any other hos
pital-we wanted to make it certain
that this money was spent there for
these houses, where the patients will
be kept out of doors and segregated
from each other as much as possible.
We struck out all the large buildings.
aud reduced the expenditure to that
amount. W. did not give them what
they asked for by more than 100000.
They wanted $4,000 or $4,000 for a
single building at other places"
lnterrupting. Mr.. Mann explained
that Mr. Huh did not mean that the
committee did not give the Fort Bay
ard officials all they asked for. but
mad reference to other hospital pro-
iects.
NO continued Mr.. HUI, eve are
giving Fort Bayard every dollar they
asked for. ! do not believe the point
OF order could be raised on it, be-
cause we cut down the total amount
asked for more than 500. 000."
with this explanation both Fitz-
gerald and Macon withdrew their OBJ
l%ections, ana the TEN was adopted i'm
the bin.
Nevada will not be the only state
TO indorsc the attitude of California
on the Japanese question. according
TO L. 5. Williams. of Williams. Ariz.,
a former member of the Arizona
legislature. who is In town.
The Arizona legislature. within the
next week or ten days. | believe. viii
pass a resolution sym%pathyzing with
california in the stand against the
japanese said Mr.. Williams to the
Morning Journal correspondent. Two
years ago / introduced in the lcgisla-
lufe a resolution indorsing the act OF
inc California Legislature in the school
question. This resolution passed
both houses unanimously. The upper
mouse then was republican by a ma
Jprity Of two. and when the resolution
reached Governor Kibbey he got busy
and referred it back to the senate.
which reconsidered the matter and ta-
bled the resolution. But we got what