Arizona republican., 1910-10-03
AFTER THE
 CRUEL VAR Vanguard of Arizona Troops
 Arrive Home | MANY ARE LETT BEHIND To Struggle In as the Fancy Strikes Them--Philosoph- ical Over Failure To Re ceive U. s. Pay-Associa- tion Formed.
MANY ARE LEFT BEHIND

The cruel strife Is over. The ad- vance guard of the Arizona army returning from the theater of war at Atascadero, California, arrived home yesterday morning. Other cit izen soldiers will be struggling in from now until October Is, which is the final limit of the tickets pur- chased for them by the government.
 Only a few members of -Compan- ies A and B, the local National Guard organizations, returned yesterday. More men from A came home than from B. All the companies were turned loose in Los Angeles Friday night, each individual soldier being given his ticket. Major Carl Hayden of the first battalion, Captain E. P. Grinstead and First Lieutenant Sid ney Stewart of A arrived yesterday morning. With them were First Ser geant Joe Sween of A and Sergeant Major c. R. Price of the first battal- ion, as well as several privates and non- commissioned officers from A and E. The latter company is sta toned at Prescott and sent down only nine men, who were attached to A during the encampment. Four B members and a few from c and D, of Tempe and Mesa, also came in yesterday.
 The returning warriors all say that they had a bully time. There was little to complain of at Atascadero. After the first few days the commis- sary department supplied rations of fine quality Practically no one be- came seriously i'll and comparatively few were afflicted with petty ail- ments. Some came in contact with poison oak, which abounds on the Atascadero hills. Among the un- lucky ones was Captain Grinstead. whose right eye is inflamed and swollen. Private Dell M. Strawn of also has a severe case of oak poisoning.
 NO GOVERNMENT PAY.
 Both men and officers are philo sophical over the refusal of the gov ernment to pay them for their ser vices at Atascadero. It was not until Friday morning, when the Republican of Wednesday reached the camp, that the enlisted men knew positively that the government would not pay them. Up to that time they had understood that there was still a chance that Uncle Sam could bepersuaded to dig down in his jeans and give them what they expected to receive.
 There has been considerable misun-
 
 ceived by National Guardsmen of Arizona. Many thought that all the pay came from the government and that since the war department had refused to come through with the money, the Arizona boys would re- ceive nothing at all for the encamp- ment. The government is supposed ! to pay National Guardsmen on en- campments at the same rates they pay soldiers of the regular army | Privates receive 50 cents a day, cor porals 70 cents, sargeants $l and first sergeants $150 The territory pays all enlisted men s1.50 a day and of ficers the same as regular army of ficers.
 The Arizona boys received theil territoriay pay for nineteen day: Adjutant General Coggins sent tc Atascadero a check for each captain covering the total amount due him self. his officers and men. Severa captains succeeded in cashing theil checks at Paso Robles but many O the companies had to wait until the! reached Los Angeles before they re ceived any money. Undoubtedly ther' never was a more poverty-strickel bunch of Arizonans abroad than tn boys of sthe first infantry when the. boarded the train at Atascadero sta tion Friday forenoon. One with fiji teen cents in his pocket was mil lionaire, while he who had nicke was greatly envied. When the guards men left they, expected to receiv government pay several days befor the end of camp, therefore they tool along less money than they woul have taken otherwise. When terri torial pay was received there was
 general squaring up of accounts.
 Ordinarily the territory does no pay until after the militiamen retur
 from encampments but in this cas
 the adjutant general. knowing hoy matters stood, sent checks to Atasca
 dero so that the boys would not hi Los Angeles dead broke.
 When the captains distributed tn territorial pay everyone felt happ! Nineteen dollars was enough to SC Los Angeles and the beaches, buy few souvenir post cards and pay 10 sleeping car berths home.
 On the way over Pullman car ac commodations were provided. On tn way back. however, most of the com panies had so many members stop ping over in Los Angeles, or goin
 up to San Francisco for a few day! | that it was hardly worth while. Onl
 two or three special National Guar I sleepers were on the train that lei
 Los Angeles yesterday afternoon g f three o'clock. On the outward tri
 there were eight, one for each com