Arizona republican., 1903-06-20

fact that their return was safely made
and no serious accident occurred dur
ing the campaign. it is likely that
nearly every member of the company
is now glad he was called out. They
are just as sorry as anybody that such
unlawful demonstrations as the Mo
rCnci riots occurred I'm Arizona. But as
they did occur aid had to be put down.
IL gave the guardsmen valuable expert
cncc in military duty; experience that
will benefit them in the future should
their services be required They learn
ed more about real service in their
eleven days campaign than they could
I'm twenty Fourth Of July sham battles,
and what they learned they will re-
member for the reason chat they learn
ed il in sCberness and at time when
obeying orders might havn meant fac.
ing bullets. Colonel McClintock Is as
81 o. of the militia as any commander
Could be OF his men and feels as GER
toin of their bravery as though they
had been subjected TO the last test. the
test under fire. While the lime pit in
cide1t was bloodless. five minutes be
fore the rioters were dispersed and
While the militia was marching up the
hill Gs fast is possible, there was ev..
cry indication that the little handful
Of soldiers would have to mix things
with 700 sullen foreigners. supposedly
armed, and some OF them known to he
so. All that prevented a conflict was
the steady and unwavering body that
marched Etraight toward the unlawful
gathering till brought to a halt by their
officers While this incident. which ~
already an old story, was the one
H.
soldier did his duty equally as we'll on
guard and ofttimes alone, where con
ditions were perhaps more trying both
physically and mentally than when they
were acting together in &body
Fer the first two or thre days il
rained or drizzled almost continuously
and standing guard on a bleak hillside
in the rain, not knowing what momept
something might happen. was. to fay
thG least, a sort Of work few of the
boys would want TO DO for a dollar
day for anybody but the great territory,
OF Arizona. But they were faithful and
their officers say that rather than
leave their companions alone, those re-
lieved from duty for 4 two hours sleep
would drop down beside them between
the rocks and sleep in the rain within
easy call in case of an emergency
1t is said by some of the returning
soldiers, and to the credit Of the Amer
leans employed by the companies. that
the incident became practically a race
conflict or an anti-American demon
stration. When the trouble first start
ed the Americans in the smelter and
elsewhere went out in sympathy with
the miners. but when they saw where
things were tending and that the NAL
contents We're not Americans, were q Is
orderly and threatening the desuruc-
ton of property, Notwithstanding they
were union men. they reported TO the
company officials and volunteered then
services in the protection of property.
That really made the disorderly ele-
ment easier to handle after the troops
arrived than ii would have been If the !
strikers had had mixed among them |
the better class Of white laborers. 1t |
placed the active strikers on the foot
ing of d mob. which can never stand I
before disciplined men
Not the least interesting features of /
the incident at this date, when the .
trouble is practically over. are the tales
o. the returning guardsmen about