Weekly journal-miner., 1917-06-27
YAVAPA| TROOPS AT FRONT MAY
 BE NO DREAM
MANY YOUNG MEN WILL ING TO JOIN THE FIRST ARIZONA, BUT WANT TO STAY HERE FOR FRONT TER DAYS.
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

It may be important to have a war, but nothing is going to interfere with the progress of the Frontier Days sports in Prescott Cowpunchers, prospectors and others, who have been interviewed in considerable num- bers by members of Lieutenant An derson's recruiting squad, have pro- duced number of promising pros- poets for enlistmcnts, but each ono has said that this business of going to war could wait until the last bronc had been ridden and the last steer tied.
 The number of young men who have appeared receptive to the com polling facts set forth by the recruit ing party for the First Arizona infan- try, indicates that Yavapai county company in the regiment may not be an idle dream after all When the young pen realize that they may be permitted to go to war in each others company, under leaders selected from among Yavapai county or Arizona men, many objections to voluntary enlistmcntS will fade away.
 The recruiting machinery for every branch of the military and naval forces of the United States is being built up and strengthened against an anticipated flood of applicants during the last weeks before the selcctive draft will be applied. Sentiment seems to be that "if we have to go. let's wait until VIC have to-" And yet, there is an undcrcurrcnt of pride, that is cx- pcctcd to send men by the tens of thousands 10 the recruiting stations soon after the date of the draft has been announced. On the other hand, there arc many young men who arc remaining out on account Of parental or employers objections. who will be positively glad when the draft takes them, for the spirit of adventure and inc hankcring after the more or less exalted life of member of the great American army of freedom, is not lacking among the young men of the nation.
 Lieutenant Andcrson's party will be | n Prescott for several weeks at least. ! They have secured two rooms in the l Lawlcr block. In the outer room, is table, typewriter, a few chairs and other appurtcnances of a recruiting l office. In the inner room, are the | cots and personal belongings of the lieutenant and his three men. There, ! hey have established themselves with l the adaptability to circumstances of military men, to await whatever duty calls them in this neck O the woods.
 Duties of the recruiting party arc not all recruiting. An incident illus rates this. There was a man of cvi- dent Austrian extraction and no par ticular business, taking his meals at ! local restaurant, where a phono- graph happens to be part of the furniture The Austrian got into the 'labit of objcctiug abusivcly to the waitrcsses, whenever they played patriotic selection. Once, Inc insultcd one of the young women. Anderson heard of this, and detailed his men to take their meals there. The husky have waited patiently, while the waitrcsscs have worn "Thc Star Spanslcd Banner and Souza's medley of American airs thin. but the foreigner has deemed discretion the better part of valor. and has, thereby, avoided sundry hurts to his physical and mental self II
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