Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-11
Field Organization and Com
missary System Works Like
ClOckwork; No One Goes
Hungry or Thirsty.
IsLETA INDIANS
GET THE CONTRACTION
Band of 200 Headed by Gov
ernor Works With Zest ;
Finished Job Will be Finest
in State.
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Courier To- Evening ilcrald.l
Headquarters camp. Paiarito, sept.
n. 3 -. m.-One thousand strong'
the Good Roads Army 81 Alhuquor-
que and the Rio Grande valley conn
menced lts assault upon the rocks,
ruts. rivulets. chuckholes, bumps.
sand waliows and sinks Of the road
o. iaioln af 1880 this morning and arr
er day of uninterrupted. triumph
ant. victorious advance they have met
the enemy and they are theirn
with field commissary. hospital
and slgnnl system which would do
lcredu To the United States army
the officers Ina charge. including Con
erals T.. J., Grose A. o.. Stroup, John
=. Heaven. -. \. Macpherson, y. G..
Butler. Leonardo Hunick, DR. w. y.
Tull and the rest 90 the corps.
an under the general command o'
Field Marshal H. Is. w. SELLERS In q
blue jumper ana khnN ovcralls
kept the advance going ike clock
work ana everything moved with the
precision at the Army of the Po-
tomuc. Nol q man went thirsty, not
man was snndwichlcss no man
lacked Il shovel. NO shovel lacked a
man. not pint of ART was put ir
the wrong place. not q doughnut wac
wasted and even the holes were utii'
lied. A total of i10 teams were busy
all day, and seycnty-sevcn autos
which moved the army down com
mencing at Z o'clock this morning
dartod back and form over the twelV,
miles of operations al day, disirih
uting food ana drink. and ennblins
tho officers in charge Co see tina
everything was going forward salts
factorily
While there WAS FUN galore and th'
Elks In particular made "a holy circW
out OF a.. while john ! cole insisted
on composing an "Ode Co the Shovel
aud On reCltinR IL for the benefit %
the shovclers: while Isaac harih en-
gagged in "a spirited shovcing ContcH
with an ant and while there Wcr
other distractions every man rchlizcl
that he WAS there firstly and fore
mostly for TIC purpose of shoVoiih
dirt, and he ehoVolod Ia beat IA
band. Some rested moro frcqucntl
than others and some shovoled heaV
Ter ahovolsful: but everybody WAS %
the lob with serious determination {
work an day to the best of his ability
Tho cOmmissnry. under dircctio
OF -. A. Macpherson and Paul 4
Wyath. did good work, keeping th
steady stream of sandwiches mnvin
"a the four camps ana from them I
the suh-distributing stations alor
the twcnty-nnc sections. There va
plenty to eat: the coffee flowed iroi
the coffee stations In an amber oui
rent which WED with the Rio Grand
Ia size. and hnrres OF ice wat,
gurgled down hundreds of dust
thronts. The Occidental Bunch, III
Bitunthlc Brigade the Brewer
Boosiera, the Business College Cre'
Springers sockdolagers' aud an u
rest We'd with each other In the @
fort To move the most dirt,
In all about five hundr,
men from AlhuquerQu0 we're orougl
down and worked on the road. the
were zoo men from lsletn and MAJ
more men ana teams from along q
river who volunteered TO help.
complete list showing every ma
every team every auto and every d
nation will be- made and puhlisho
Tho lslotas were in command of Go
ernor Alollo Lucero and their VOL
was n most Important aid, for Whit
credit Is due y. q Lonergan OF q
Indian service,
Tho completed Job win not be
hap hazard pile Of dirt but a res
graded. surfaced highway the best
the state n viii be "a monument
the civic enthusiasm and the loy
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