Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-09-26
GUARDsNEN ARE
D I'll | IN DAILY
RENCAMPMENT
Adjutant General Brown Calls
Attention to the Maneu-
verS and Target Practice
at Fort Bliss.
Especial Correspondence to The Journal,l


Especial Correspondence to The journal
Las Cruces. N. NJ, Sept. 25.--
Writing to the Las Cruces Chamber
of Commerce. announcing the an
nual maneuver and target practice
of the national guard of New Mex
leo at Fort Bliss, Tex, october IL
| to 81. Henry r. Brown. adjutant
| general, says among other things:
1.-THE governor is anxious to see
the citizen soldiery of the state be-
come more closely affiliated with
our other civic organizations, and
the state is interested in maintain
ing a national guard as an exercise
of it's constitutional and sovereign
right to bear arms. The intent of
this constitutional provision was to
place at the disposal of the chief
executive a final means of enforce
ing law and order, should in his
opinion such a. force be justified.
1.-THE state Of New Mexico spends
minimum Of $4,000 annually OH
this force, for armories and admin
istrative purposes. The federal
government is interested in main
tanning the guard of our state as a
second line of defense to be used in
case of national emergency and
with a view to training and devel-
oping it progressively, has appro-
priated 100000 to defray the total
expenses Of the approaching en-
oampment and an additional $780,
600 for the pay of officers and men
and the upkeep of public animals.
during the entire year.
THUS it may be seen that
maximum OF 100000 in cash is eX-
pended annually on the guard OF
the state. This does not take into
consideration the equipment, cost
ing not less than 100000. issued
by the federal government without
expense to the state"
General Brown adds that in con-
sideration of the importance at
tached to this work by the federal
and state governments and because
of the appropriateness of support
ing the state laws with citizen SOL
diery it is expected that the cham
bers of commerce and the pubic
generally will give their active CO.
operation and influence to encamp-
ment.
THAT most training may be dis
General Brown adds,
at is necessary that each organi-
cation go to camp with at least its
strength. namely for
Of infantry. three officers
and sixty-five enlisted men,"
Las Cruces has two companies
Company A, engineers, Capt. Utll
Lane, and headquarters company,
engineers, Capt. Joseph w. Lowe,
A third unit Cavalry is now being
organized This means band and
horses and mules and equipment.
The Las Cruces armory is to be re-
at an outlay Of $4,000. and
barns and stables costing $4,000
will be built as soon as the COM
pany is organized.
Mai. J. C. Waterman. head of
the military department of the New
Mexico College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, said that everything
that is possible will be done to send
the full strength of the two local
companies to Fort Bliss. and to that
end he Is enlisting the support of
heads of business houses.
Officers and men of the Las
Cruces companies are right on their
toes. Captains Lane and Lowe
have their men out at drill every
evening, and it is expected they'll
will make strong showing at the
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