Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-23
GOV, CAMPBELL PAYS
 VISIT TO CITY ON
 HIS WAY 10 PHOENIX
Came To Cochise County To Confer With Army Officials At Douglas Over Canton ment Site. To Inspect Militia At Naco.

Governor Thomas E. Campbell was a visitor to the city last evenng. com ing up from NacO. where he had spent the day inspecting the Arizona militia. The governor met number of friends at the Copper Queen hotel during his short stay fin the city. The governor made the present trip to Cochise cOun- ty for several reasons, according to statement made just before he left on the Golden State limited Tor Phoenix. One was to give encouragement to the southern counties in the present great drive for the Red Cross: another to pay q visit to the camp of the First Arizona infantry at Naco; but the principal and immediate cause was to get definite information regarding what had been done in the matter of locating an army training camp in the state of Arizona.
 "I am very anxious to have at least one of the training camps located in this state," said the governor. When l saw camps being named by the war department in various sections of the country I became anxious about Ari- zona and wired to our congressional delegation in Washington asking about the prospects for Arizona receiving a camp. l was much surprised when I received a telegram from Senator Ash urst saying that no recommendations had reached the war department for the establishment of a camp in this state. He was also informed that the secretary of war had expressed wish to have training camp in Arizona, but in the absence of any recommendation of suitable place had not considered any place.
 'I had heard that General Greene, after his visit over the state at the head of a commission to examine pro posed sites for an army training camp, had recommended a site for such a camp in the state, so I went to Douglas to see the general and find out definitely about the matter. Gen eral Greene told me that his commis- sion recommended two places in the state as meeting the requirements for a training camp. This report was mailed to the commander of the south ern department at San Antonio on June 3, from Fl Paso. wired this fact to Senator Ashurst this morning and I have hopes that one of the training camps-will be located in the state. You will understand that my efforts are for no particular site, but are being put forth in the interest of the entire state"
 Governor Campbell is very much disappointed because of the failure to recruit the First Arizona infantry to war strength. He said the regiment now has a strength of $40 men. where as full strength would be 2,000 men. He is in doubt as to the fate of the regiment, not knowing whether it is in danger of being mustered out or whether it will be filled by men who will be taken into the army by means of the selective draft.
 Governor Campbell said that all his reports from Arizona were most grati- flying concerning the efforts being made to raise the S100,000 dollars which Arizona is expected to raise for the Red Cross. At Phoenix Wednes- day nearly s1O,0OO were subscribed and the work of canvassing the city was nearly completed. He thinks that Ari- zona will raise much more than the al- lotted amount.