Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-20
of National Guard
Here Not the Result OF
Lack Of Proper Public
Spirit
COL. B0RRADAlLE TAKES
ISSUE WITH GENERAL FORD
Attitude Of Former Adiutant
General darlington and 1907
Legislature Responsible for
Disruption of Company.

II notice IN the Afternoon paper,
said colonel John Borradailc last
night. that Adiutant General Il. A.
Ford is quoted rs stating that Albu-
qucrquc has a poor reputation in ma
tionnl guard circles and that he hoped
the new company lust organized would
succeed whore the old one had failed
owe all concur in General FordA
wish that the new company sucoce1.
III should succeed and under present
influences It undoubtedly VIII. must
take issue with the adjutant general.
however. in his statement that AlpN-
querque has a poor reputation IN ma
tional guard circles. The ad1utart
general Doubtless speaks from ms per
sonai experience with the natlnn =
guard since he came into the offic'.
II N true. that during this period ana
for some months before he became
adjutant general the rational suaf'i
shirt here has suffered q sev' =
lapse. This. however, can be traced
difectly. not to any lack of spirit on
the part OF the people, or any lack OF
patriotism. but 10 the attitude OF Gen
eral Ford's predecessor in office, M
infant General Harrington, and to leg
"lslatlon enacted by the legislature OF
llg0I. under which I'll OF the men who
had worked hardest and longest Tor
the good Of the national guard were
MOI only legislnted out Of office, but
out of any possible participation III
the guard. | was one OF the oitleers
SO legislatcd ont Of office ana WINS
| have always since hoped Tor tHe
success of the guard, 1t has been per
fectly clear that the attitude OF me
former adiutant general and OF th'
legislature which supported his views
had much to do with putting an eifcc-
tive damper on any effective worh
here and elsewhere in the territory. IL
takes times to overcome these things
lama hare say the adjutant general
has encountered the same kin Oh
feeling elsewhere in New Mexico.
oHe should not, however, allow
these things to lead him 10 believe
that Albuquerque Is lacking in h ma
tional guard spirit. When h ola
company was d"isbandcd here some
months ago, the flag which II snrren'
dered was found to have been pre-
scented 70 It by the patriotic women o.
Nlbuaueruue in 1882, after the com
panv had gone out at it's own expense
to fight Indians, ut a time whcn Dc
ing a soldier meant serious business
Tho guards were organized IN 1851
In that mpa were Bucky cNcii'
Al ". Flournoy, Louis Mcliae. Louis
n. Nhamberlin. William a. kimpaii'
sam Saltmarsh, myself and others
who have seen hard and continual scr
vice since Ia the national guard in the
service Of Albuquerque and in the reg
ulor army. OF the men who were
graduated out of this company
puckv ONeil died at san Juan. VIII
liam A. kimball Is now major ilnd
uuartenrastor IN the United Sta'es
army. sam Saltmarsh is lieutenant
colonel OF the seventh regiment 81 ~
fantry. california national guards
There are others VINO might be men
tiopco.
~"A1buuunrquc at hat time had onlN
about a.000 people, yet those people
suiscrfbed $1,000 to uniform the com
many. There was no Dick bill then %
nroyidc equipment and we had to pro-
vide our own. We did 1t and we
showed the right spirit then. 1t Is Z
spirit which exists today and II WIZ
only require the right kind OF leader
shin end backing from che mead OF the
ruard to- bring this spirit up 70 iis
old time standard. The new company
mas started well ANA 1t is TO be expect
l,d than ~ Viii succeed. Certainly th'
~.nlrft of success is not lacking here.
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Chamberlain's Cough Remedy new
err disappoints those who use IL LOT