Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-26

careful consideration. From the be-
 ginning of the war MT. Douglas has
 often expressed to his friends that he
 was anxious to do anything in his power to aid his country in the war
 and was willing to make any reason
 able sacrifice in this effort. He made
 this willingness and desire known
 sometime ago to H. B. Davisson, sec
 ond senior partner in the firm of J.
 B. Morgan & Company, who is the dl' rector general of the American Red
 Cross. Recently when in Washington
 he met John D. Ryan, who is director of war relief and repeated his willing ness to serve his country should a place be found where he could rem der desired assistance. Mir. Ryan assured MT. Douglas that there was
 urgent need for competent men to
 handle the great work of the Red Cross and at once communicated with
 Brigadier General Murphy( who urg- ed that MT. Douglas come to France at the earliest possible date. Since he was informed of this call he has been rushing his business into shape for
 lis departure.
 He has large focal interests here and it Douglas. He is a director in the Bank of Bisbee and interested in the Bisbee Improvement Company and a number of others besides several en- terprises in Douglas.
 He is president of the Bank of Doug las and president of the Douglas h. vestment company, holding the control of the electric light and power plant, the Douglas Gas corporation, the Gads den hotel, the Douglas Traction & Light company and the large ice plant. Second in command of all these en- terprises is w. H. Brophy of this city, who will give some extra time, when necessary to keep them going success fully as they have been in the past. C. O. Ellis has been so long at the head of the business management Of the Bank of Douglas that the absence of Mir. Douglas will not result in any wavering of this splendid financial in stitution Mir R. G. Arthur will be spurred to extra endeavor in the man agement of the public utility enter prises because of the absence. of Mir. Douglas.
 MT. s. P. Applewhite, who has been the valuable assistant and private sec retary to MT. Douglas for number of years in all his business enterprises will have charge of the J. s. Douglas office in Douglas and MT. Douglas is leaving with the satisfaction. of know ing that his business interests will be well cared for during his absence whether that be short or long.
 Hurts To Leave Family.
 MT Douglas showed plainly yesteT day that about the only regrets that he had in connection with his depart ure for France was the parting from his family. Mrs. Douglas he said, would accompany him to New York and then go with their youngest son, James, to Mt Clair, New Jersey where James would enter the McVick- CTS school. Later it is the intention of Mrs. Douglas to go for visit with her son Lewis wherever he may be To- cated He was given a commission as second lieutenant as a result of the training he received in the officers re serve camp at Presidio, California. He has been assigned to the artillery branch of the army and now goes to American Lake, Washington, for train ing. He will accompany his parents 70 New York and go to his post from there.
 The best wishes of hundreds of cit izens of Cochise county and of Arizo- na go with MT. Douglas His public spiritedness and interest in the indus trial progress of Arizona has endeared him to the state. That Arizona's most prominent and useful citizen may come back to the state is the earnest hope of all.