Arizona republican., 1910-10-03

guardSmen would come back via the santa Fe, but this plan was changed and they returned as they went, over the s. P.
 THE LAST DAYS.
 Everything considered, the camp was a very easy one on officers and men. There were only a few long hikes" and these were taken at so mild a pace that no one had chance to complain In one of the sham battles the Arizonans charged at dQuble-quick time up a steep hill. This was the hardest work they did.
 Tuesday and Wednesday of the last week were devoted to sham battles, or strictly speaking, to one sham battle Thursday was a day of rest and preparation for breaking camp early Friday morning. In the after noon the Sibley tents were struck and shelter halves put up for the night. The next morning only a short time was required to pack all the paraphernalia not carried by the men themselves and load it onto the regular army wagons, which trans ported it to the station, a mile away. l llt Cdlilp 6IOunu was lllCI bliOAOd6h- ly policed. In other words the men were extended in a long line and marched over the ground, with in structions to pick up every scrap and piece of paper. The California Guardsmen, who went into camp at the same place yesterday, found no causeNto complain of the condition of the grounds.
 The sham battle of Tuesday was planned to be the most extensive of the entire encampment The AriZo- na troops, with a regiment or so of regulars, several companies of ar tillery, signal and hospital corps, were. pitted against several other regular regiments. About the time the territorial soldiers began to see chance to shoot the blanks with which they were so heavily loaded fire call was sounded In some man ner the dry grass, with which the fields thereabout are covered, caught fire Hostilities were called off foI that day and both sides set about combating the flames. Artillerymer cut three branches with the long knives they carry and armed with . green limb, the soldiers beat back the fire. over three hundred acres were burned over.
 Next day the battle was fought Thousands and thousands of blanks were shot in the rifles of the soldiers and in the big guns. For more thar an hour deafening thunder reverber- ated through the hills and dales ol Atascadero. When the umpires de cided to stop the fight the result was still in doubt Many had beer captured on both sides. The umpires never did decide which side had beer victorious. They did say, however that the forces came too close -to- gether and that had they used tho same tactics in actual warefare botf factions would have been practically annihilated.
 COMPANY A WINS.
 By a narrow margin Company A won out over Company B in the race for orderly appointments. Each after who were detailed for guard duty The selected for Colonel Tutthill Com pany B had one man made orderly and shortly after two men from A were selected, right in succession Then B got busy. groomed Louis Stewart for the place and he made good. But the next night Sam Shrig- ley of A was adjudged the most sol dierly in appearance of all the mer who were dtailed for guard duty. The next night Dell Strawn, another 4 member, was made orderly. That was Wednesday night and there was only one more guard mount B meant tC have the last orderly or know tho reason why. and pretty nearly tho whole company put in several hours in getting Private O. B. Aman ready to capture the glory. A man was sue cessful, making three orderlies for [ and four for A
 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. One of the most important result: of the encampment was the formation of the National Guard Association o Arizona, an organization to. be af- | filiated with the National Guard As sociation of the United States. Thos, entitled to membership are the com missioned officers of the N. G. A. anc every officer at the cap, numberins about forty. joined. Those who wer, not able to get away for the en campment are expected to join al soon as they have the opportunity. A constitution, later adopted prac l tiCdlly as 1t stood was drawn m b-