El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-05-17
SLAUGHTER
ANTELOPE, deer
DUCKS And QUAIL,
WARDEN DECLARES

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ord.r s-nsirst hmr.Irn h N.w Msxico
,na 49,. ia .Itha,,ch co-ntrov.rsie,
with the .rrv -. rot d.sired ~ rae
anno,nted : iaros number Of deputles
alone the border and hs. instructed
thens 70 Arrest .nvone found vioiatlno
the uame iavvs ~ ths state.
mr. Rouauips ietter 20 censraI
pershina foIIows:
Gen. John i. pershing.
San Antonio. Tex.
Cir.
Several davs AGO while travelling in
the southern norton OF New Mexico
IN connection with NV duties as state
game warden. found evidence that
the soldiers on The border west of iNl
paao 70 the Arizona dine. have been
killing a great MANY antelope south
~ he sonihern Pacific railway
realIv cannot see anv reason for
s,o, s1oyobtar inaamnch as the men
orc oil wall s~.nnlied with nlentv of
s,hstonttal FOOD ana n 10 not neces-
.arv For tbam n danend unon wild
oome IN tha aactions thronyh which
thew trave for subsistence. and + was
VOW mrcb aatorished m find that the
hieb class Of troops that have been
alamo Inc horder for several
months nash sbonld use such poor
judgement T4tlI
ma sta+a ~ Neu, Mexico has been
oodaa vorine for ! great MANY wears.
M ro,,gb tho madium of an absolute
oInsad saason II nraserve the differ.
az hords ~ antalona mat we still
havo lest II has been I G
IN Soma sectiona and partially so
IN othars and then 10 nave the hard
worl NJ tbese MANY Years DESTROYED
~ j seu, short weeks hv a bunch Of
thouobtiaaa mon n seems tn me that
a. ,s sonoatbino mat must no given
nromnt attention thoueth the damage
has Iraadv baen done
Ma oniy bova tbev baen shooting
. rtalona IN the nIains west ~ the
Dc crende hut thev nave also yio-
lated tho pame laws Of he state as
well as the federal bird law by com
IN +bo Pic Cranda In Dona Ana
.ovrty and slauehtering he ducks
tha r;ver and n the nonds even
.ho,,ob Enowins hat the ducks were
Irsadv b-aginninp to mate. and that a
groot MANI remain IN the valley and
oast ~ tbjs I'VE have very positiye
We have evidence also that they
ave been nm in me Organ mountains
~ 90 Cruces shooting a great
door and killing not onlv the
,,,nrs mt oleo the does even per-
Lrouirc hat n was against the
'tata Law n Viii does
W. have also been Informed that a
,re mt manv mail nave been killed on
10 %rIains cost ~ tbe Organ Noun.
and this o,,t of season
T. bava +oran this matter I'm with
state a-ttornev and he han adyis.
n mo that 90 far a. he a find there
3 no reason why an enlisted man
Mould have any privileges over the
rdinary citizen, as far as the state
anne laws are concerned, particularly
yhen we are not in a state Of war
nd they do not have to depend on
vild game for food supply.
These men have hunted in New
rexico. not only breaking the game
aws by killing protected game, and
anne out of aso but have hunted
vithout the purchase of a state hunt
,g license. 1t is barely possible that
lev may be permitted to escape the
of a hunting license fee, but
lrely there can be nothing in mill
law that would In any way per.