Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-03
Major Whiting Tells
OF ADuquerqueans at
Old Soldiers Home

| Editor Morning Journal:
When | left California on March
49, for this city, the status Of Albu-
lqueraueans at the Soldiers Home
was about as follows;
! Captain Armstrong was about 20
start ON trip to Albuquerque, via
| san Diego, san Francisco Salt Lake
and Denver: and. unless some bloom
ing young widow delays his progress,
he ought to be here within It couple
Of weeks. He was in excellent health
and spirits. Lieutenant Sid ID. Col
lender was enjoying himself. lie had
shortly before returned from visit
TO Kalamazoo, Mich. The Bonsalls,
Charles Il. aud Mrs, well known
Ihereahout, are living at No. ll6
North Third street. Snwtelle, u small
town Immediately south of the home
grounds Mrs Bonsall seems to have
regained her health completely, and
likes the climate very much. Char
ley Is quite an invalid from deaf
ness and rheumatism; but generally
manages to get up to the dining hall
for breakfast and dinner. Aaron PEI
fley who has been a member Of the
home fer the past ten years, | saw al
most daily. til he went to the hos
ptal two months ago. He had hopes
OF soon getting out. He has a beauti-
ful little garden spot Just outside of
the grounds on the west side, cover
ed with rare trees, bushes and fruits.
They all wished to he remembered to
friends, and he, particularly to II. w. !
Hopkins Brown, the old railroad /
man aud fisherman Of the Jemez |
country in years agonc. had expected |
to pass the summer az Jemez and vi |
entity. but has, | believe, put II off /
for another year, Richard Cava- /
naugh, known all over southern New !,
Mexico and Familiarity called Dick |
by his friends. Is an old regular sol |
der with a good record. While a ciu- |
zen IN Kansas i'm the l0's, he was one |
of that noble band that fought the |
Cheyennes on Arrickaree Island in !
the Arkansas, under General q. A. |
(Tonyl FORSYTH, ana whore all were |
heroes. John or Jack Patton is also |
at the homo. I remember back 20 |
&C, when he was a soldier in the
Third United States cavalry In New |
Mexico. He and Dick Cavanaugh |
went TO the home believe. from
Governor McDonalds Carrizoro ranch |
in New Mexico, ana were visited last /
summer several times by Mrs Me- |
Donald. w. j, Worden who came TO |
New Mexico (SoCorro county,, In the |
70's, is also an inmate of the home, |
and is now employed in the Office of |
Major Moore, the treasurer Ralph |
NJ. Parker, printer In Albuquerque |
in the early SOS and later an editor |
and publisher occupied a cabin near
the home grounds with a soldier |
oomrade lie has done good deal of
work on California papers. lately on
4 No tfllxntFfn .tf "a
paper devoted 20 the interests Of the
soldiers, being edited and published |
10y Mrs, schultz, a bright aud charm |
ing woman and a hustler for BUSH
ness,
In late, senator Catron and others, |
az q committee of the United states
senate TO investigate affairs in the |
Pacific home, made a very thorough |
examination. Their very exhaustive |
report recommended many changes /
for the hettor. especially among the |
OFFICERS in charge, General " y. A.
Barry, The present governor. entered |
the army from Massachusetts and |
lost an arm at the battle Of the We'll
don railroad, az that time being in
tho Fifth army corps Of the Army OF |
the Potomac Afterwards he went TO
Nebraska, and went To the homo |
AANth Ahfft, Nutlt dtll Ahiblfifu ht !
was ndlntant general of Inc state. /
Captain NJ, S. Murray. U. S. A. tre-
tired). qnartermaster. was in service
at the New Mexico Military Institute
at Roswell FOR about i've years be-
fore going to the home. Though he
has much moro on his hands in this
last position than he had in New
Mexico, he is fully up TO the mark.
aud most worthy, courteous and