Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-03-17
SOUNDS LIKE
A PIPE DREAM
Roosevelt to Organize Cav
airy Division to Fight
Japanese
GEORGE CURRY TO Be IN IT
Albuquerque Lets in Associated
Press and Country on
the Secret

Albuquerque, March 17.-Members
Of Colonel Roosevelt's Rough Rider
regiment of whom many ara in the
territory, quietly discussed today the
possibilities of the formation by their
former leader of another Rough Rid
ers' regiment in case of war with ia
pan. Although members of that IA
nous regiment are non-committal,
Colonel Roosevelt is TO have told
some of his old friends of that or
ganization when here on Wednesday
night, that in case of war he would
ask the permission of President Taft
I to organize an entire division of cav
airy, Former Governor Curry and
others reported that they would ac,
cept commissions in such an organi-'
cation. None Of the former Rough
| Riders will confirm or deny the re-
| port but it is being discussed freely.
! Roosevelt at Las Cruces.
! Las Cruces, n NJ, March LEX
president Theodore Roosevelt passed
/ through Las Cruces Wednesday, his
train arriving about II o'clock and re-
naming for about Is minutes. There
was an immense crowd of people at
! the Santa Fe station to welcome
Colonel Roosevelt, the crowd includ.
Ting studens and professors from the
college, the cadets, all of the far.
M ORG aDd tboir fa pnilia, X1yitbip n ro
dius of 10 miles of Las Cruces, and
practically the entire population of
this city.
|. Colonel Roosevelt was met at Mesil
la Park by the reception committee
the members of which accompanied
the train to this city. He was accom-
panied by Mayor R. L. Young, of Las
! Cruces, and then spoke for several
minutes. Probably the most import
, ant utterance he made was when he
! said:
: 81 am very much interested in your
J irrigation project, and | want to ear
: nestly urge you not to mix up with pri-
vate enterprises in respect to you.
2 power which you will derive from the
water to be conserved at the Elephant
Butte dam. Don't under any circum
stances, allow the control of this wa
. ter power with its vast potentialities
to go out of your control Don't lei
: eastern or foreign corporations gain
control of it. Keep it yourselves and
/ for yourselves and you will have a
birthright, the magnitude and import
? ance of which you can scarcely realize
2 a. this time"
a He also said that he was very sorry
e that New Mexico did not get statehood
e at the past congress- Il believe New
S Mexico will get statehood yet and
n don't believe you people got square
). deal, for your territory is certainly en-
" titled 10 admission into the union anC
i should have been admitted a Ions
:. time ago. However, be patient ant
l. keep up your courage, for | am conf
s dent that it will only be matter of ;
W few months until New Mexico is ad
s nitted and you people get your rights
e When you become state by all
d means have your state the right kind
'. Curry Gets Compliment.
n The cadets of the New Mexico Agri
1. cultural college were drawn up befor
Colonel Roosevelt and he addresses
portion of his speech directly tt
them, saying in part: There ar
Y. three great elements which max
good men and which you should cult
,e vate now while you are students
.e Courage, honesty and common sense
ID That is why | have stood by Georg
al Curry. He is man of courage, hon
al est in every respect and has plenty Q
le good common sense l want to Sc
S. you develop into game men and hon
ar est men,
e. Some Things He Said.
ID q assure you it is great pleasur
r to be greeted this way at this, m
a first stop in New Mexico"
ie Il was very sorry that Major LleV
ie ellyn got left at Ell Paso, because
IL have always been of the opinion tha
lo "a rough rider never got left"
Il am glad to see so many mother
with their children lere this morning
Don't forget the children.
D Il have always had a warm spot
III my heart for New Mexico as the me
&c OF my command came from this teri
20 tory"
~ 81 see large number of photograp
- - ers in the crowd and I hope you q
get good pictures of me-"