El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-09-13
STATE WILL SEND
OVER 800 DRAFTED
MEN TO TT. RILEY
ON SEPTEMBER 10
Orders For Mobilization
Issued and Rail Plans
Are Made
SPECIAL
CARS.AND TRAINS

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Over 500 men, representing the
young manhood of New Mexico, will
be travelling in special cars and on
special trains "Wednesday, September
IS, on their way to Camp Funston,
neal Fort Riley, Kan. They will rep
resent New Mexico's 40 per cent OF
the quota of drafted men responding
to the call of the colors.
The plans for the mobilization OF
these men at various points in this
state and Colorado, as well as Texas.
and the arrangements to provide them
comfortable sleeping quarters and
wholesome meals, have been per-
fected and New Mexico's little army
will move with celebrity and ease to
its objective point.
Major r.. C. Reid stated today that
Albuquerque will be the point for a
number of cities to assemble their
troops. Silver City, Los Lunas, Las
Cruces, Hillsboro and other places
between will send their men to AL
.buquerque in special cars over the
Santa Fe railway. There a special
train will pick them up and hurry
them on to Alamosa. The drafted
men from San Juan, Rio Arriba, Taos
and Santa Fe counties will travel
also to Alamosa, but over the ID. &
R. G., In special cars. Union coun-
ty men will move over the c. & S. to
Amarillo, Tex, to join the Pecos val
ley troops and there will entrain on a
special headed for Newton, Kan. 1t
is estimated that 533 men will travel
over the Santa Fe railway; 154 over
the D. & r. G., 40 over the Pecos val
ley lines and 113 over the Rock
Island, making $40 in all.
The hardships to which the guards
men called out to Mexican border
service last year were put will be con-
spicuously absent in the mobilization
of the drafted men this month. The
men will have tourist sleepers which
are comfortable; they will alight
three times a day and dine sumptu-
ously at Harvey eating houses.
Arrive in Camp Sept. Fl
1t is expected to have the New Mex
leo men in Fort Riley by September
ri, perhaps late at night. The Sill
yer City men will leave their homes
lat S, p. m. on September 10.
The men in remote points in the
state must leave in time to get to
Alamosa, Colo, on September 20 or
into Newton, Kan, by that date.
Santa Re Sends 20
Santa Fe county will send 20 men
and the order for them to report was
received by Trinidad G. de Baca,
clerk of the local draft board, from
Adjutant General James Baca. The
order requires him to have 20 men
for entertainment at 1905 a. m. Sep
TENDER 20, and the men must as
semble at the armory at 6 p. m. Sep
TENDER 10 so as to make it sure they
will be ready to leave over the ID. &
R. G.. on the following morning. All
of the men leaving this and other
counties must have been certified to
by the higher or district board.
The following are the names OF
Santa Fe county's score of men:
Santiago Macs, Galisteo.
Isaac Berry, Madrid.
Manuel Rivera, Santa Fe.
Jesus M. Labadie, Santa Fe.
Federico M. Lopez, Santa Fe.
Macolvio Velarde, Santa Cruz.
Jose Perea, Santa Fe.
A. e. Milligan, Hyer.
Frank A. Catanach, Santa Fe.
Grover Moore, Rencona.
Pablo Montoya, Santa Fe.
Jose Cortinas, Santa Fe.
Eliseo Baldonado, Cerrillos.
Francisco Alire, Santa Fe.
Hugh C. Day, Venus.
Ramon Gonzales, Buckman.
Eufemio Rivera, Nambe.
Jose B. Ortiz. Santa Fe.
Jesus M. Ortiz, Santa Fe.
Ramon Garcia y Sandoval, Pojua-
mo W a