New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-04-16

During the last six months the gov
eminent has parted with a large num-
Der of ships 1t built during the war.
Army Reorganization.
Army reorganization legislation will.
il now seems probable, be completed
before adjournment is taken. 1t is alb
solutely necessary In the judgment of
the wal department that this legisla-
tiOn shall be in force by the beginning
of the fiscal year July /. The house
has passed a reorganization bill md
the senate committee on military af-
fairs is now giving that bill considera-
ton. While the recommendations OF
the war department are In a general
way carried out by the house bill, the
bill as a whole falls considerably short
OF the aspirations af the department.
The failure to make any provision for
universal training or for a reserve
army is particularly disappointing to
the general staff. There are probably
enough votes in the senate to put n
universal training provision in the bill.
but senators realize that the house
would not accept 1t and so the proba-
bility Is that the senate will not delay
the passage of the bill by attaching
any such provision. 1t is believed that
the senate will take a somewhat more
liberal attitude with respect to army
legislation than did the house.
About the hardest nut congress has
to crack relates to legislation that will
take suitable care of the soldiers and
sailors of the world war. Some ex-
preston on this subject, 1t seems, will
have to be made before the session
comes TO an end.
Interest Aroused In Gardening.
The United States school garden
army which enlisted a million boys
and girls in the war time and two mil
lion and a half last year has perfected
plans to make the summer of 1920
surpass both preceding years in num-
Der of children enrolled In home gar
dens and In amount of land cultivated
and products harvested, and In aroused
interest In everything that comes from
healthful work on the soil.
In an announcement covering the
work for 1920, Director John l.. Ran
dali of the interior department says:
with the coming of a new year the
problems that confront us are to In
crease the numbers in the United
States school garden army to make
the garden work more permanent, and
to increase Its educational value. The
motto of the garden army-'A garden
for every child-every child In n gar
den'-can only be realized when gar
dening becomes a definite part OF
school work.
1.-THE president recognized the value
OF school-supervised gardening by
making 1t a productive line of defense
during the period Of the nations need
Congress has appreciated the service
of garden leaders to the country and
has recognized the permanent value Of
this work by granting an appropriation
to continue the United States school
garden army. This is a work o for
ourselves or any organization, but one
devoted in a spirit of service 10 the
education of children"
Interest is General.
The 1919 record of the school gar.
den army reveals that the qualities OF
pluck, perseverance, and "stick-to-itive-
ness were demonstrated In almost the
same degree by the children Of every
section-from New York city, where
6O,654 children raised garden prod.
ucts worth S7l5.17S.7l, to the quiet III.
tie mountain town Of Montezuma.
Colo. where the garden flag waves
over "the great divide" and from Min.
neapolis, MIMI, acre. to Corpus Chris.
Il. Tex. where the children combated
successfully the devastation of storm
and tidal wave.
Although the financial returns Of
school-supervlsed gardening-$4s.OO0..
600 In l919-sOund sufficiently impress.
sive In the aggregate. the $4,000 gar.
den teachers Of the United States are
a unit I'm believing that the lessons Of
self-gOvernInent. organization, individ
ual responsibility. thrift, and communI
ty effort which the children have
gained from their garden work have
been far above all tangible results
Nevertheless financial results are i'm.
portant. and a nationwide review of
the tangible results of school-super-
vised gardening cannot fail TO he Of
significance TO those who have coop
Grated by furnishing money assistance
and awards, trophies. and prizes.
Efforts Crowned With Success.
The total value Of the garden prod
ucts in different cities varies greatly
because of climatic conditions. amount
Of land available for gardening, and
adverse weather conditions. But de
spitc such drawbacks as storm and
drouth. the children's work In practi-
cally every instance was crowned with
success. Intensive cultivation wa
called into play to offset dry periods,
and although repianting was necessary
at times. the children faltered
In brief. the children learned ito make
such unpleasant effort as life later on
is sure to require of them"
Chicago reports 10000 children en-
rolled In garden work who produced
an average value for each child of 50
Cleveland. O.. had 7.s40 home gardens
an area Of IS acres. and Az
large tracts totaling 90 acres. The es-
timated value of the LIS acres cult
waited by school children. was S19.-
S35.
NEEDED FORGIVENESS.