0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 17
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                          JOHN ARTHUR SMITH
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0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE PARKS DIVISION OF THE ENERGY, MINERALS
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0012|     AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IN COOPERATION WITH THE NEW
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0013|     MEXICO NATIONAL GUARD AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO STUDY
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0014|     THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PRE-WORLD WAR I MILITARY
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0015|     EQUIPMENT DISPLAY AT THE PANCHO VILLA STATE PARK IN COLUMBUS
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0016|     IN LUNA COUNTY. 
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0017|     
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0018|          WHEREAS, on March 9, 1916 Pancho Villa and more than six
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0019|     hundred villistas raided Columbus and the United States army's
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0020|     Camp Furlong; and
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0021|          WHEREAS, eight soldiers, ten civilians and more than two
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0022|     hundred villistas lost their lives; and 
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0023|          WHEREAS, the villistas were pursued by General John J.
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0024|     "Blackjack" Pershing in a punitive expedition into Mexico; and
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0025|          WHEREAS, the punitive expedition was instrumental in
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0001|     preparing United States troops for entry into World War I and
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0002|     involved the first combat use of aircraft and various other
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0003|     mechanized equipment; and
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0004|          WHEREAS, local historians have located examples of the
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0005|     aircraft, military vehicles and equipment used in the punitive
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0006|     expedition which may be available for display in an
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0007|     appropriately designed facility; 
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0008|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0009|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the state parks division of the
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0010|     energy, minerals and natural resources department, with the
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0011|     cooperation of the New Mexico national guard and other
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0012|     interested parties, determine which appropriate pre-World War
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0013|     I military equipment of the type used during the punitive
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0014|     expedition is available by donation or purchase, and the
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0015|     approximate cost of acquisition, restoration and display
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0016|     within Pancho Villa state park; and
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0017|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state parks division of
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0018|     the energy, minerals and natural resources department and the
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0019|     New Mexico national guard report their findings to the
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0020|     legislative finance committee by November 1, 1998; and
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0021|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0022|     sent to the director of the state parks division of the
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0023|     energy, minerals and natural resources department and the
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0024|     commandant of the New Mexico national guard.
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