Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-28
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Fl. BAYARD BOYS
To A. {. F. HEAD
2 Remarkable Demonstration
Of Patriotism When Gen.
eraI PerShing Visits Dis
abIed Men,
breaches DOCTRINE
OF PREPAREDNESS
Need for Adequate Army to
Avoid Predicament OF
1917 Pointed Out by Vet
eran Overseas Leader,


Fort Bavard, N. NJ, Oct. e.
Gen, John j. PershinG came to Fort
Bavard today and brought mes
sage of cheer to $50 sick. wounded
and gassed soldiers, patients Ill TINS
isolated hospital who sustained IN
Jury and sacrificed their health
under his leadership in France tour
wears ago. 1t was not the Generai
pershing they had seen in the mud
of France years ago. strict dlsclp-
linarian, alert and preoccupied III
running an army of 100000 men.
II was a kindly. fatherly citizen,
clad in a civilian business suit OF
gray, who talked to the disabled
soldiers here today. and visited the
bedsides of scores.
And here. as elsewhere in his
trip through the south ana west
his theme was preparedness" re
talked in the open air arena TINS
morning to several hundreds.
Ready TO Go Again.
"You who were wo~
sassed, despite your sufferlngss,
would YOU go overseas again II
YOUR government needed you?'
ST. he AbkGus A1u llC hNP ~hNN
with cheers in the affirmative.
A weather-beaten old man in the
audience stood up and waved al
the general. His grey beard reach
ed half way to his waist.
"You would SO. wouldn't you
asked General Pershing.
II tried to go last time. but the
sergeants said they didn't want
boys" the old man answered. He
is B. r. Laswell, a 90-year-old con-
federate veteran who served under
General Price in the Shelby
(Tenn.) Greys. He was a contrac-
tor here when Pershing was at
Fort Bayard in 1886 and they held
a little reunion together.
Want Adequate Army.
1--WE want an adequate army so
we will not be caught unprepared,
as in 1917" declared the general.
And we want a great national
guard and a greater reserve, in
order TO keep nlive tlte traditions
OF the regiments and divisions that
made up the ear old A.. L. Il. You
all know that a nation not pre-
pared goes down and down. God
bDOmo l. uO HUI ndilL dDOtiitl Nai
but IL another Is forced on us. we
must be ready"
Memories of the old days at Fort
Bayard were recalled.
81 came here in 1885 just out of
West Point and just commissioned
a second lieutenant" said the gen.
eral. II was the greenest young
officer e,er in the west. stayed
here year and then went to Fort
Stanton. There is another way in
which Fort Bayard is remembered
by me. had brother very dear
TO me. He came out here for the
same reason you are here. He left
this wonderful climate. The end
might have been different had he
stayed. advise you to stay until
your splendid medical officers tell
you that you are ready to leave"
First Assignment Here.
General Pershing's first assign
rnent to duty was at Fort Bayard
with Troop l. of the Sixth cavalry.
He arrived here at 11:15 and left
at $3.50. returning to Deming,
where he went into Arizona over
the Southern Pacific.
AT noon he "7ent to the site of
the Sojourners club building, now
in process of erection, and drove
a gold nail into the first beam put
into the building. He praised the
work this Masonic Organization is
accomplishing in the hospital. He
also signed a blackboard with
waxed chalk, and this, with the
golden nan, will be preserved in a
frame in the new building.
tie also visited the post school
and inspected the post.