Arizona republican., 1916-05-23
VALLEY SHOULD
 FURNISH THREE HUNDRED GUARDS
According to Figures Com piled by Adjutant General Phoenix and Vicinity Should Send More than Other Counties

If Phoenix was to respond as Loyalty to the call to arms, as Yuma and Snow flake. two of the smallest towns in the state have, there would be at least three hundred men leaving for Doug las in the near future, was the state ment made at the adjutant generals office yesterday afternoon.
 Only nineteen recruits have been sent from Phoenix since the regiment left for the front. This makes a very poor showing when compared to Yuma which sent .34, Snowflake S3, and Bis bee 39. Other towns in the state have contributed the following number of men: Tucson 22, Prescott 23. Mesa :. Globe :, Tempe 13, and Flagstaff, Williams and Winslow have sent seven together. All together there have been one hundred and ten men sent out of the little town of Yuma. At this rate both Cochise and Maricopa should send three hundred men.
 In regard to the men who are willing 10 go in case of actual service, but who can't see their way clear to go at the present time, Adjutant General Harris yesterday gave out the following state ment.
 We find that there are many men in Arizona who offer the excuse that they are not sure that the government will need them or they would be glad to join the regiment. Many of these same men say that they would like to at tend training camp. It is very doubt ful if the president would call the Ma tional Guard into Federal service un- less they were actually needed
 If they are not needed and will be in the service for only a short time the training under army officers will be better than any that could be obtained at one of the summer camps, if they are needed in the near future they will be properly trained. 4 seems to me that enlistment in the Guard at this time will give the training that many say they want so that they will be ready to go if needed and on the other hand if they are not needed it is cer- tain that they will not be long retained in service.
 Personally l can not see any reason why man should not go for the train ing if he believes that the troops will not be long in service. or why a man should not go for the training to be ready if he believes that his service will be needed. Arizona will not be called on to furnish volunteers. one regiment of infantry is twice our quota, and to keep that regiment in the field will require all the men that Arizona will be able to stand"
 ig will send out a large number of men within the next few days. A recruiting rally was held there last night and a great deal of enthusiasm aroused. The Globe band offered it's services. an6 several influential men delivered talks calculated to inspire the young men tC enlist.
 Harris was greatly enthused yester- day over the passage of the Hay ArmS Preparedness bill. He received a cOpN of it as it was passed, and it was found that the section he wrote. in regards t, the reserve battalions, for nationa guard regiments had been left in. Thi calls for a reserve battalion, composed of four companies to be in active train ing all the time.
 AS the ranks or the regiment in tn, field are depleted. they are filled iron the men in the reserve battalion. T. get men for the reserve force. the bil provides for drafting all men betweel the ages of IS and 40. This will enabl the officers to bring up the Arizon regiment to full war strength and keep ing it there within a month or so.
 Word was received from. the cam at Douglas yesterday that Company had been mustered in, and that Com pany A would be mustered in. yesterda There is only one mastering office at the camp, and he can only muste Tn one company a day. It is expecte that the whole regiment will be ush cred into the federal service before tn week is over.
 U has been a mistaken impressio among parents of boys who are unde age, that they could refuse to go int the federal service and make it sticl This is entirely wrong. The Arizon enlistment papers, carries double CT lstment. stating that they are wilin to serve the nation as well as fl state at any time
 Lieut. Col. II. H. Donkersley. hf