The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-19
CAMP PROJECTS ARE
MOVING bR|SKLY IN
HANDS OF RUSTLERS
Plan to Exploit Albuquerque s
Advantages for Division Can
tonment Under Headway; Work
on Guard Camp Ordered Begun.

Work ON the task Of preparing data
and arguments relative to Aibuquer-
que's advantages for presentation next
Thursday 10 the board Of army Off
sers appointed 10 designate the place
Tor the establishment OF a division
camp In New Mexico went on with un-
abnted energy today.
Along with the assurance that Aibu-
querque's claims with regard To the
big federal cantonmcnt viii be pre-
scented with force ana dircctncss camo
the announcement that actual work
On preparation for the national guard
camp. which has bocn definitely or
defed located here. VIII be started ON
Monday
Men win begin oxcavnt'ng FOR the
water mains and the setting up of eloc-
tric light poles the first ihlng on Mon
day morning. aud 1t will he pushed
through without ict-up until compile
tion II is expected that the camp
viii be ready by the end of next week
Several hundred guardsmen are ready
to be transferred TO u. and by a week
from next Monday IL Is expected that
the camp Will be- under way NJ the
mobilization uud training point for ar
the recruits Of the New Mexico reg
imcnt
Division Camp Moves.
A. for the division camp, the Carr
committee means 10 leave no stone
however slight. uuturncd in driving
home on the army board Albuque =
duc's ability 10 meet, ana more than
meet. every possible requirement oi
the division training plans.
city Eng .neer Ross finished today
nisr showing every natural feature of
the country about the proposed camp
ana every ranch and stretch Of leased
or privately owned land ON IL. That
map will be in the boards hands be-
fore II reaches town.
Col u *. y. Sellers. Of the citizens
committee which Capt Clark heads,
was busy ON a half a dozen things
today. but he paid particular attention
To stirring up the holders of open lands
on the mesa 20 the importance of at
tending the meeting az the Commercial
club on Monday night. At that meet
Ing the committee viii ask the men
who own or lease lands that lie within
the scope Of the possible training area
10 sign over the tracts and give the
government free hand in nanuvering
lrcops
To Get Rid oC Prairie Dogs.
Nv connection with the camp pros
pccts plans have I fcn laid To- eradicate
prairie dogs from the erea involved.
The assistance of J. g. Crick, Of the
United states biological survey who
has conducted such work for year or
more IN Arizona. Texas ana this state,
has been enlisted. Mr. Crick scattered
his automobile NJ. Kerensky said In
part
1T may appear strange that I, a
civilian who was never "A soldier. have
undertaken the ncayy task OF restor-
ing discipline In the army but ] uc-
Ccpt Il because I understand that this
discipline is based on your duty ami
reciprocal respect I have never known
what this discipline Is bat noN ortholess
propose to introduce an iron discipline
. into the army and I am sure ! shall
succeed
! This Is necessary not only at the
! front but also in the interior OF the
country i'm order 10 bring the liberty
which has bc,u conquered into the
| constituent assembly This great ma r.
tional council, invested win soverelgn
luuthorlty will show that u does not
} wish to repeat tho sad events of IN"
revolution of 1905 when the peasants
conquered the land hut we're not able
. to keep II u their hands.
II am shortly going 90 the front
! ALLOW me therefore. To say in ihe
trenches thar tho Russian peasants
wish tn have the land which belong,
l 10 them aud that mo- force snail take
Tie from them. Eut also allow me to
say that the peasants demand, In order
to achieve this object that everyone
shall do his duty ben spirit of reli'
sacrifice.