The border vidette., 1931-05-30
WAR SECRETARY UNYIEL DING
ON CAMP CLOSING
Tuesdays Hera!d)


the worse, according to tele..
grams received here from secre..
taries of Senator Hayden aud
Congressman Douglas from
Washington after series of con.
ferences held with various high
officials.
Notwithstanding the gloomy
outlook the Nogales chamber of
commerce. civic officials and busi
ness leaders continue fighting
for the retention of the troops
and the proposed abandonment.
of Camp Little, Nogales, and
Camp Jones, Douglas.
A telegram received here today
from Washingson By q. r. Sisk,
publisher OF The Herald and
president of the Nogales cham.
ber of commerce. from J. e.
Gavin, secretary to Senator BAY.
den and B. F. Gavin. secretary
to Congressman Dougla, said:
POLICY OF RETRENCHMENT
Since receipt of your tele.
gram with twenty FIVE others
from citizens, business interests
and civic organizations in No.
gales, we have conferred with
the Secretary Of War, Adjutant
General of the Army, and Gen.
eral Mosely of the chief of staff's
offi:e, all of whom insist that the
policy of retrenchment which
precipitated the order of aban.
donment for SO army posts
throughou the country including
Camp Little, Nogales. and Camp
Jones, Douglas, is based on
specific recommendations from
the President and must be ad.
herred to by the War Depart
ment.
Positive demands have been
made by the President upon ell
governmental agencies to effect
material savings on their appro-
priation for the new fiscal year
to reduce the present treasury
deficit which has now reached
$500, 100000.
LARGE APPROPRIATIONS
10 the case of the war depart
ment the total appropriations for
the current year are SAT-, 900, 900
which represents IL percent of
the total appropriations Of all
governmental activities. This is
the major reason why the war
department is being compelled
to take advantage of every pos.
sible saving in order to comply
with the Presidents announced
program.
Senator Hayden and Con-
gressman Douglas have sent
vigorous protests to the secre.
tary of war against the aban.
donment of Camp Little and
Camp Jones and they have also
furnished US with certain essen.
tial facts in support Of retention
of troops in both camps which
we incorporated in q formal let.
ter to the secretary of war. Az
a final appeal we urged the sus.
pension at least until economic
conditions improve in Douglas
and Nogales of any orders now
in contemplation for transfer Of
troops at Camp Jones and Camp
Little. We were told it would
require quite a period of time to
definitely work out details OF
troop transfers involved but no
encouragement was given ~
that there would be any change
in the announced abandonment
of Camp Little and Camp jones',
TO HEAR DOUGLAS
Congressman Douglas ex.
poets to return to Washington
about June 9 and we 80 informed
the secretary of war who said
that be will be glad to give the
congressman an opportunity to
be personally heard in opposition
to the pending program but we
found the secretary unyielding
in bis declaration that the Presi.
dent has spoken on the subject
and there in no way to modify
the plans underway insofar as
they affect any particular post.
We are sending you today q.
copy of a formal statement of
facts we personally handed the
secretary of war in order that all
interested parties in Nogales.
may be advised as to the extent
of our personal effort in the
matter"