Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-17
Emergency Appropriation Of
Ten Thousand Dollars Ask
ed for Purpose of Adequate
ly Protecting Citizens in
Event of Intervention.
HOUSE AND SENATE
IN COUNCIL OF WAR
Governor, Adjutant General
and Captain Of Mounted PO-
lice Point Out Necessity Of
Immediate Preparation for
Trouble.

IrOuDle.
(SpCciat Telegram e. Evening TJeraldl
Santa Fe. y. NJ, April l7.--At e
Joint session OF the house committee
on ways and means ana tho senate
committee on state affairs this morn
ing, the attorney general was in
structed 10 prepare a bill for immedi.
ate passage appropriatlng gt9,6gO
for an emergency fund with which 10
send members OF the national guard
ana mounted policemen 90 the Moxi-
can border should any event occur
making troops necessary This acs
tion was taken after a lengthy debate
and after the Hituasion had boen laid
before the members by uovernor Me-
Donald, Adjutant General Brooks.
Captain Fornof % the mounted police
and others. The nearest companies
90 the border are az silver city. LAs
Cruces and Albuquerque. A stated
/ by Governor Mcdonald Il ia not tho
Intention to send troopa 10 tha border
now but % be prepared 80 put them
In the field on. minutes notice
should an emergency suddenly rise.
Governor McDonald said:
II am not borrowing trouble ana
am not Looking fgy II. ! hope no oc-
easiOn may ever arise where troops
Viii be needed on the border; neither
am ! seeking any greater responsible
/ ity than / have; but certain reports
and rumors that have come to Inc
seem to me TO make Il necessary 10
anticipate a little what might possibly
occur. In the event that you should
adjourn from Friday 20 Monday. sup
pose the telegraph would flnsh tho
news that this government had inter-
vened In Mexico. In that event sup
post there should be serious trouble
on the borders OF cur state 80 that
some OF our citizens would be In
grave danger OF losing thoir lives ana
property. As the situation now stands
/ would be powerleas for lack OF funds.
am not asking for funds 20 spend
now, nor 20 spend fooiishiyi I am
simply stating what might possibly
arise. J win not make the mistake OF
spending money or taking my steps
unless shall deem q am abgoiuto
necessity"
Tho governors remarks were np-
plauded. General Brooks estimated
that aproximately ti0.500 would place
Ia the field for sixty days 20 least four
officers, and thirty enlisted men Of the
national guard and two squads OF aix
each Of the mounted police, who could
uct Ia the capacity OF scouts For a
shorter time, more men could be
used.
The session Of the committee was
not all warliko and there Nas not
| much Wnrlike OratOry The members
| simply discussed the situauon that
might arise were Intervention 90 take
place and discussed a map presented
| uy the adiutant general showing that
isd miles of the state boundary tine
filled with isolated ranches would be
unprotected. General Brooks said
that no danger existed ln hls eBtima-
tion. unless. Intervention occurred.
but that Intervention was not improO-
able according So press dispatches. II
Is we'll known that there are NUM-
Der o{ Mexican refasoos on the New
Mexico side OF the line and that they
have quietly been arming themselves
| with winchosters and ammunition.
Fear was expressed that in the event
OF intervention they would 80 back
to Mexico and take along with them
whatever property and livestock they
could seize. They might insist that
some OF the spanish speaking Ameri-
/ can NltlaNNN ~ NNANAN ANN NuA wan
them whether they wanted 20 or not;
and In case OF refusal these American
citizens might be killed. General
Brooks said that thore are over zoe
American cltlzens in tho national
ruard and that be had tho utmost
faith In their absolute loyalty ard
that he would not hesitate % use them
on tho border az any time. He called
attention. however, 10 the fact that
United states troops In case Ol inter-
vention would az once march into
Mexico and that this state would then
ho forced io care for her own people
end that sho should bee prepared 20
} act quickly lie declared That tho
mere presence of national guardsmen
st the horsler would have a quieting
, effect and he urged that a email sum
should ho af the alaposal of tho EoN-
, ernor az once for use in an einerGoncy,
, Hc stated that ave national guard
} would be prepared 10 50 upon short
, notice and that the money should be
, ON hand % move them and aunaias
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