The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-07-24

The Avalanche has so generously
kept the Artillery organization be-
fore the people that every one in
Lubbock must be familiar with the
fact that a full fledged military unit
is located here. This unit il a Bat
terry Of Light Field Artillery desig-
mated as Battery c, l3lst Field Ar
tillery." II is now fully organized,
inspected by the proper officials, ap-
proved by the War Department and
mustered into service. II has al
ready received about S25, 100000
worth Of its equipment consisting
Of uniforms, tentage, pistols, pistol
ammunition, etc. A part Of this has
been issued to the men. The bulk
of the euipment will arrive in the
near future and preparation must
be made for its storage.
So far there has been no inten-
sive campaign made to raise the
necessary funds 10 build the stables
and ware-honses. Many have gen
erously and voluntarily sent their
contributions to the office Of the
Avalanche but many others, Just as
willing, have waited to be approach
ed. The matter Of funds has not
been pushed and the stables have
not been started owing to the un-
certainty Of recognition of the or
ganization. A proposition Of this
magnitude cannot be closed over
night. 1t takes time to complete
any worthy deal. IL would never
have done TO spend the peoples
money in constructing buildings that
would not be used Now that all
uncertainty is removed we must
build those stables and the necessary
storage places at once
This week the boys Of this bat
terry are going 10 Fort Sill, Okla,
20 pay a debt Of citizenship To their
country. They have volunteered TO
prepare themselves and 10 keep fit
for any armed duty we may require
Of them in the future They 90 TO
Fort Sill to the National Guard Ar
tillery School for about fifteen days
strenuous work as a foundation Tor
the program Of training az home
They have volunteered for service
in order 70 be prepared to stand be-
tween US and danger while we en-
gage in the more peaceful pursuits OF
life II is the duty Of the young
man TO train for National Denfense
and these young fellows are per-
forming this duty
When these boys return home we
want those stables and warehouses
ready for them. IL is probably they
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back with them. The heavy material
such as artillery pieces and wagons
will soon be here and must be stor-
ed. A rs milimeter artillery piece
costing $40. 10000 cannot stand ont
in the weather. Neither can four
such guns be thus exposed. Thou
sands of dollars Of harness and sad
dies must be properly cared for. In
fact, we are advised that full field
equipment is coming at the enor-
nous valuation Of a quarter million
dollars. No other institution in the
city has such a valuation, not even
the plant Of the Texas Utilities Co.
Lubbock is bound TO feel a pride
in this great organization composed
entirel vof Lubbock boys The Of
ficers are Lubbock boys and each
man belongs TO Lubbock. Five
boys will be given steady jobs al
the stables on good pay-the others
will draw a certain per cent Of reg
ular army pay. A total payroll Of
about eighteen to twenty thousand
dollars will be spent n Lubbock an
nuaily; the feed for 3 head Of hor-
Us viii be bought in Lubbock. and
these horses eat three times day;