Arizona republican., 1916-04-19
COMP ANY B"
MUSTERED OUT
Adjutant General Issues
Order Calculated to Cut
Out Dead Material. Large
Number of Men Mus
tered Out of Service

Final action necessary to obliter-
ate Company "A" Of the Arizona Ma
tional Guard, and for a good many
years stationed in Phoenix was taken
yesterday when Adjutant General
Harris issued special order number
20, transferring about 40 men to
company b" and the remainder Of
the enlisted men to an unassigned
company which win be reorganized
Company b also went under the
axe. The order also contains q
clause which musters out that COM
pany, and with it all those men as
signed from company "A
Col. Harris stated that the object
of his seemingly summary action was
10 get rid of those men belonging to
company a" who lived out of town
and were not available for service
The new unassigned company. is
made op of the residue of companies
A and b. Company "B" will he
transferred to Stafford as soon as the
newly organized company there is ac-
cepted by Lieut.. Ristine who will
inspect the company on the nine
teenth.
The order which created the dras-
tic change, is given in full as follows
!. The following enlisted men are
hereby transferred from Company
"A" to Company b LIST Infantry:
Henry L. Allen, Orville H. Ander-
son. Jas. F. Babby. Chas A Bandy,
Jas c. Beck, Robt H. Benton Robt.
j. Bennett, Clarence A. Chalmers, J.
{. Conrad J. r, Cox. John A Dun
can. 5. c. DuRie, Amos Dye, Harry
G. Evans, Morris Ford, Oliver Gem
pert. Jacob V. Harshman, Clarence
Henderson, Merlin J. Hinton, Andy
II. Holmes c. Jones. l.. H Larllin
Lee Long, Walter Messer Geo. Mey-
ers, Samuel /. Nicks, Geo. L. Owens
Fred Peterson. VIM. b. Rainand
Frank c. Sharperkotter. Louis F
Stewart, Jesse c. Truman. Hugh VIII
der. J. Wilson, Allie +. Young, Ash
ley X. White. Edward Munchbirg
Chas a. Gaetions Lloyd NJ Pinker-
ton. Adlebert J. Strait. Jr, Arthur w
Strait, Francis w Phillips, Carl d
Meyers, Claud NJ. Thompson.
;. The following enlisted men ar,
hereby transferred from Compan!
A" to the lst unassigned company
Thos J. Allen Geo. R. Bering, Ed
die p. Brown. w W. Crozer. Jacl
Dubler, Ramona French, Len G
Grimes, Dave 3. Hassett. Howard
Hickman. Walter S. ingalls,, Fred L
Johns. Jr., VIM. Jordan, Edmund O
Kahle Grover c. Karls, Jack Luns
ford, A. j. Linville, Samuel Novinger
Merrill d. Petty. Edward w Raley
I nj Y To
r. Sullivan, Paul Vaadon. VIM W
Wright.
8. The following enlisted men are
hereby transferred from Company
b" to the 1st unassigned company
Ernest p Adams, Earl Benson, Tee
/. Bradfield, Clarence f. Chase Err
nest l.. Crumb, Geo Curnutt Chas
p Edwards, Clark Eads, Clinton L
Jackson J. A. Jacoby, Albert w
Moore, Randolph McElhaney. Earl G
Nell. John K Pickrell, NJ. B. San
didge w c. Miller.
4. The following enlisted men arr
hereby transferred from Company
"A" to the Reserve: J. b. Armburst
The following enlisted men are here
by transferred from Company b" Il
the Reserve: John w Bassett, Lama
Hook, Henry NJ. Huddleston, MN
Mckinley Geo. NJ. Mcneil, Scott S
Morrison Howard T. Morrison, How
ell s. Payne. oscar Penn, Leo. Penn
Eugene de Forrest Wheelock.
D. The enlisted men of compan.
"B" Phoenix are hereby mustered on
Of the service of the state becaus
Of the tranfser of the company t.
Stafford. LIST 1t. Frank Smith will
prepare the necessary discharges TO
the men mustered out of the servic
and forward them to this office 70
approval
6. Captain Edward ]. Helsley am
LIST 1t Claud A. Shamhart are here
by assigned for duty to the LIST un
assigned company of infantry. Is
1t Lyman La Tourette is hereby at
tached to the LIST unassigned com
pany of Infantry for duty.
I. LIST Lieut.. Harold A. Briggs,
hereby assigned for duty as Adjutan
LIST Battalion LIST Infantry
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