Arizona republican., 1917-10-30
NEGRO TROOPERS ABOUT T0 C0 T0CANT T0NMENT HONOR GUESTS
 AT B|G PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT

which organization also furnished the lunches for the drafted men to eat on the train while enroute to Camp Funston
 through the combined efforts of the local Red Cross chapter and the Phoe nix chamber of commerce, blankets and comforts were furnished. The Red Cross and the chamber of com merce also provided the banquet and several of the entertainment features of the afternoon and evening demon strations The Tennessee barbecue"
 was prepared by C. S. V. Jones. Mrs.
 Lila Rooser was chairman of the com
 mittee which solicited a number of
 the comforts and necessaries present.
 ed to the men. In the handling of
 the general arrangements Mrs. Stearns
 was assisted by Mrs. Jessie James.
 Walter M. Harrls was chairman of the
 day. He was assisted by Paul Green
 Colonel James H. McClintock, the
 first speaker of the evening, in his
 opening remarks, paid q tribute to
 the services of black and brown skim ned men ill other wars in years gone
 by, augmenting his appreciation of their value and efficiency by the state ment that his opinions were based upon actual experience Colonel Me
 ClintOck recalled the work of the famed Tenth" cavalry, in the Spanish Amer ican war. In closing he called atten- tion to the fact that Walter McMeath, who heads the negro contingent, was | formerly a corporal in the Ninth cav airy, and received his honorable dis l charge in 1915.
 We may feel assured that MT Me | Meath will return to us at least a | lieutenant" said the Colonel. ! Prof. Landry, principal of the Doug 1 las school in Phoenix, was the next | speaker. In a paper which he had 1 prepared for the occasion, Prof. Landry l told of the upward trend of the negro ! race, and said that at such a time ir
 the nations dire need racial consider ations should not be put ahead of pub
 lie welfare.
 You will be provided with the best
 weapons in the world" said Prof Lan. | dry addressing his words to the draft 7, ed men, 'and on the end of youl l guns you will have a bayonet tha |, will reach from Arizona to Berlin" N J. c. Adams, who next addressed the
 assemblage, assured those who mus
 remain at home that they would b,
 well cared for in the absence of thei
 bread winners, and that in the even they were unable to do so themselves through organization and cooperation the other citizens of the communit, would see to it that they would re
 ceive proper attention. We get closer together in time o a national crisis" said Governor Thom
 as E. Campbell, 'and irrespective o our social plane or religious creed be fore, this will serve to efface such bar riers. Otherwise I would consider tha war was in vain, because I feel tha this is one of the chief objectives O the great struggle. Governor Campbell said that neithe his official or personal notice has thu far been directed to one single case i which d negro, summoned to service i the national army, has placed a clair for exemption And that is goin some," said the governor. "I don feel sorry for these men," continue the states chief executive, "but con graduate them instead for having tn greatest chance ever afforded the negr . race to indicate the kind of materis I of which it is made" w. r. Crump, in his address, de clared that the flag was big enoug and broad enough, in his estimation, . shelter the representatives of all na tions, no matter what their birth ( 4 T the principle upon which the Unite States entered the war. Following are the names of the l men who leave this morning: John H. Smith. w. F. Blake Charles Brown. Tom Clemons Thomas J. Crawford Samuel Wilson Walter McMeath Jerry Dukes Floyd Shomo 8 James Noland 8 Edward Hawkins H Willie Yam T Ford M. White a Roswell McCool Perry Williams Fred Polk Those from out of town who we 3 entertained with the local contingel ! were:
 T W. T. Blank Il Sam Lackey John Wright
 Jessie Johnson