Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-10
FeveriSh Activity In Military
Circles in Santa Fe in Anti
cipation Of Immediate Troop
Mobilization,
COLUMBUS SELECTED
AS GATHERING POINT
Two Companies in Las Cruces
to Remain at Home on AC-
count of Large Number of
Refugees in MesilIa Valley,
I.e.el.. olsrAren 70 noanlaa .oYas.u


county, will be the point Of mobiliza-
tion for the New Mexico national
guard, and the troops win begin to
move as soon as the railroads assem-
ble the necessary equipment and mos
tive power This will probably be by
tomorrow afternoon.
The two Las Cruces companies for
the present will remain at home and
will be reinforced by two other COM
panies because of the heavy refugee
population IN the Mesilla valley. The
two remaining hattanons of the First
regiment of infantry the battery of
field artillery and the hospital corps
will proceed directly TO Columbus and
doubtless will be the fret militia to
cross the border into Mexico.
The twelve infantry companies are
recruited up to the minimum strength
af 65 and tonight are buslly recruiting
M 10 the full war strength of i42.
Recruits are flocking to the national
guard armories by the score tonight
and enlisting. so that fully 1000 men
will mobilize Recruiting agencies
will be maintained at various points,
and recruits will be sent forward un,
ill the fun war strength IS obtained
Officials Are Busy.
There 'erish activity In military
circles capital tonight. While
the mr. m plans had been per
fected 4nths ago, the arsenal and
supplies, as we'll as most of the rest-
mental staff officers have their head
quarters here
Not only the two companies of in
fantry but the regimental band also
will go from Santa Fe The Red Cross
society will meet tomorrow afternoon
and begin its activities. The mopilza-
ton orders reached into the high
school classes, taking three Of the
boys, and up TO the district court tax
ing Colonel T.. C. Abbott from the
bench and Captain Edward l.. Stafford.
who was promoted from lieutenancy
only today, out of the clerks office,
Chief Justice Roberts viii assign
different district judges to preside al
Santa Fe as need arises Judge NJ. G.
Meehem is the first judge TO be called
upon. and will hold district court in
Rio Arriba county in Colonel Abbott's
place.
Almost every store shop, office ana
institution at the capital gives mp some
Of its workers. including the New
Mexico museum, which gives up three
of its men,
Nationai Officers.
There are twelve companies of in-
fantry in New Mexico, stationed as
follows, Las Cruces, . Carlsbad, /,
Artesia, Silver CITY / Santa Fe,
2; Albuquerque, 2 Deming, |, Clovis,
/, and Portales, t. Roswell has the
field battery and also the hospital
corps The officers of the national
guard are as follows. Commander
in-chief, Governor William G. Nc
Donald; adiutant general, elarry ].
Herring. Judge advocate general,
Frank w Clancy. quartermaster,
Mai NJ l.. storm; Capt Robert e.
Dow: surgeon general. Nal II. a. IN
gals, Of Roswell captains, Charles
$. Greeson, Roswell H. F. Kaufman,
Albuquerque, f.. +. Doepp, Carlsbad
NJ. =. Skeon, Artcsia William II.
Lloyd, Santa Fe. lieuteuants. X. II.
Gudeer. Silver city; James f. Ger
many, portales Terry NJ Baker. Ar
tesla, Daniel COoneY, RosWell First
infantry field and staff officers: Col
Edwin c. Abbott, Santa Pc. Lieut.. !
Col w. G. Porterfield, Silver city
Mai. H. =. l3ujac, Carlsbad, Mai. H. |
w. Ilfeld. Las Vegas; Mai Arthur /
BAH. silver City, Capt. Norman H.
King. adimant Santa Fe; Capt T. !
w Thompson, quartcrmaster, ROs- f,
well Capt. mmes L. Seieman. com !
missary. Santa Fe. Capt r. j. Vim |
cent, Silver city. Capt. Carlos Vierra, !
inspector Of small arms practice /
Santa Fe. first iieutenAnts, Guy A. i
Reed. battalion adjutant Carlsbad; /
J. - Powers. Las Vegas Harold |
Hurd. Roswell second lieutcnants. /
J. j. McMillcn, Tyrone. James II. Nc /
Hughes Ccrrilos. Musician-in-chlof, !
Bartolo Ramirez, Santa Fe.
Company Officers. Las Cruces, /
Company A. capt Philip l.. Dessauer.
first lieutenant, Jose r. Romero.
Company y Capt. Gerald II. Totteni
first lieutenant J. A. Isaac. second
T.. l.. Holt Carlsbad.
Il Capt William w. Dean;
first lieutenant, Eugene a. Roberts,
second heutenant. Fred NJ. West and
Edward Lusk. Artesia, Company G;
Capt j -. Atwood first lieutenant
J. T.. Newkirk second lieutenant r.
. Doughertv Silver city Company
Il: capt Carl Hinton. first lieuten-
ant. C. ". McSherry. second lieu-
company ~ Captain James Baca. I
'irst lieutenant. John NJ German,
second lieutenant, Michael Gorman
company +. Captain. Edward J. SAT-
ord. first lieutenant. *. .. Windsor
'econd lieutenant NJ Il. DeBord
Albuquerque. Company G. Captain, j.
4. Toulouse. first lieutenant; H. NJ.
Peck. second lieutenant, G. r. Eller
1eming. Company I Captain. Arthur
". Brock. first lieutenant John c.
second lieutenant. clyde Earl
ely Clovis. Company Il Captain. 4
Perry. Keown. first lieutenant. flo-
lart r. Miller: second lieutenant, ]
: Luikart, POrtales. Company Nj
,aptain. T. ]. Molinari first licuten-
mt. ]. c. Compton. Field artillery,
Battery a. Roswell: Capt. Charles NJ.
Dc Bremond first lieutenants, James !