History and government of New Mexico . tions was quicklyoverhauled and readjusted tomeet war conditions. Technicaltraining in mechanical andengineering lines was given bythe Agricultural College, atthe request of the War Depart-ment, to hundreds of enlistedmen from New Mexico andother States. 306. Financial Support.—Every call for money to beused by the great war organiza-tions was answered with un-bounded generosity. The awfulspring of 1918, when the Ger-mans were driving everything before them and the causeof freedom was in its darkest hour, found in almost everyNew Mexican home the grim det
History and government of New Mexico . tions was quicklyoverhauled and readjusted tomeet war conditions. Technicaltraining in mechanical andengineering lines was given bythe Agricultural College, atthe request of the War Depart-ment, to hundreds of enlistedmen from New Mexico andother States. 306. Financial Support.—Every call for money to beused by the great war organiza-tions was answered with un-bounded generosity. The awfulspring of 1918, when the Ger-mans were driving everything before them and the causeof freedom was in its darkest hour, found in almost everyNew Mexican home the grim determination to make anysacrifice necessary to defeat the despotic Central May and June (1918) the Y. M. C. A. campaign for$30,000 to be used among the men on the European battlefront easily secured $60,600. In July the Salvation Armyasked for $18,000 and got $24,600. Then came the UnitedWar Work drive in September for $204,000, answered bysubscriptions totaling $286,000. Side by side with this generous and self-sacrificing. GovernorMerritt C. Mechem1921- 256 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO giving in support of the great war organizations went anequal loyalty and enthusiasm in lending financial supportto the government for carrying on the war. In everyLiberty Loan campaign during the war New Mexico wenttriumphantly over the top. These official figures forthe State tell their own eloquent story: Liberty Loan Date Quota Subscription FirstSecondThirdFourth May, 1917October, 1917April, 1918October, 1918 $1,375,4003,095,7003,658,5003,243,300 $1,834,6003,945,7506,001,7506,170,300 A further subscription of $1,873,100 to the Victory Loanin April (1919) after the signing of the armistice carriesNew Mexicos total to the magnificent sum of $19,825, Looking Forward. — In the great National crisisNew Mexicans had been called on to stand up and becounted. They had acquitted themselves with courage, independence, and resourcefulness that hadbeen bred in them through g
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