The Coconino sun., 1901-04-27
THIRTY.FOVRTH ARRIVE.
4 Noted Fighting Regiment Returns From Active Service In the
 Philippines.


 fourth volunteer infantry have re- turned to their homes in Phoenix, the regiment having been mustered out of service. The Manila Times gives the regiment great send of on the eve of its departure from Manila, of which a few extracts are as follows:
 Last evening the regiment was re- viewed by Generals McArlhur, Whea- ton and Young with staff. The regi- ment formed in battalion front, and in conjunction with three batalli0ns of the Thirty-third infantry, made the first brigade review of the returning vol unteer regiments. General McAr- thurs eulogy to the regiment for Its indefatigable and persevering work was a magnificent tribute to the Thirty-fOurth and indicated the high appreciation in which the regiment is held by the commanding general.
 The path of the Thirty-fourth has been long and rocky one with many by trails and pitfalls with perpendicu larly sharpened bamboo bottoms. It. has suffered hardships which few or organizations on this island have ex perienced, and none with more forti- tude, endurance and fidelity. It has been a fighting regiment from practi- cally the day it landed until relieved to prepare for home and muster out. It has done its work well and won the admiration of all with whom it has as- sOciated.
 The Thirty fourth volunteer infantry was organized at Fort Logan, Colorado, and recruited from picked men of the Rocky Mountain states and territories, embracing, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and some from Minnesota and Dakota. A large contingent of these men are vet erans of, the Cuban campaign, having served with that sterling body of men, ROosevelt's Rough Riders. A big percentage are from the regular ser vice in the Spanish war.
 After thorough course in practical marksmanship and manipulation of the Krag and the requirement. of field tactics, the regiment took passage on the two transports, Belgian King and Columbia, arriving in Manila bay, October II, 1899, and took station at Pasay, being the first of the new vol unteer organizations to report for duty in the Philippine islands. The same month the regiment was relieved from Pasay and ordered to proceed by rail to San Fernando and form part of General Lawton's mortimer expedition. Colonel Kenyon was placed in com mand of the infantry forces, consist. ing of the Twenty-second, Twenty third and Twenty-fOurLh infantry regi. ments. The magnificent work accom- 'plished by the expedition marks it as one of the great military achieve ments of Philippine campaigning, and in which the Thirty-fourth took d most active and prominent part. From San Fernando the rigiment proceeded to Cabantuan intact. At this point hap pened the divisional movement which kept the regiment widely separated during it's entire campaigning.
 In November part of the regiment was sent through Victoria and Rosales, engaging the enemy, taking prisoners and capturing arms and ammunition. Pressing through the province of Nueva Ecija, Aguinaldo's force was encountered. His private papers were taken, together with several import ant military prisoners. Miner.