The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-09-07
CITIZEN SOLDIERS LEAVE
 CLIFTON F0R F0RT RILEY

OOyS were ordered to Tall ID and young ladies decorated them with red, white and blue badges. W. H. Moon, floor manager, called "sol- diers speciar' and the dance was on and lasted until after midnight Prof . J. A. Davis. superintendent of Cliff ton public schools, welcomed the guests of the evening and bid them ben voyage.'' Later in the evening at the request of Sheriff Slaughter, Prof. Davis read the following letter from Governor Campbell: Phoenix, Sept. 6, 1917. My Dear Sheriff Slaughter: Please deliver the message below l from your county:
 You are now soldiers of the great National Army of this Republic, rep resenting the highest type of Ameri- 1 can manhood. and charged with a duty of sublime importance. Your every act will be watched with intense interest and great soli. citude. not only by those connected with your family and filial ties. but by the State of Arizona and the whole United States. A Republican form. of government, based on Democratic principles produces the highest pos l sitie degree of happInGss and pros | perIty for it's citi2s Is:,.D, citizen s'rl, which cannot t:il to rake pa tf:,'tS and soldiers
 You are, therefore. soldiers of frrn 1"m battling for the cause or world wide Democracy. Let your evs'' ac tinu furnish an eEaIr Die of cleanli. ness in body and Id. acceptance and observation cf discipline and rnsrect and obedience to thosc i:, authority over you
 My affectiona,e thought and re- gard goes with voI ;n your plea sures tria's and har.is'1ios in the h.a: tf battle and in he tense moments of uncer: ainty winch must assail .Cu. Ma God keep yo.; ,ni brlny ~op stFeIE' back. nob,e participants in a w.:- iG's victory.
 Resp -tfuily.
 Thomas E. Campbell,
 Governor of Arizona. The boys who leave Saturday morn ing will arrive at Fort Riley Sunday afternoon travelling over the Rock Island Lines as far as Kansas City. The first contingent from Arizona, approximately 250 men, will at once begin preparations for the reception of the next forty per cent from Ari- zona who are expected to leave the state on September 18th.
 Additional Men Selected
 In addition to the names of the I'll me nfrom this county previously certified to the District Exemption Board at Tucson, as called to military service from this county, the local exemption board, composed of Sheriff Slaughter, Dr. l.. A. W. Burtch and Deputy Recorder l.. N. Callicotte, this week certified the following ad- ditional names. This makes total of 215 certified from this county to date:
 Ed Roy James, Metcalf Romaldo Pulice. Morenci Mike Pecolatto, Morenci George Lowden Sammis. Morenci
 Barney Teodore Rradberry, Clifton Manuel Robles, Morenci
 Gilbert Yocky, Morenci Willie Joseph Stinson, Metcalf Louis Massina, Morenci Harry Clayton Jennings. Morenci George Thomas Shaw, Morenci G. Edmund Johnson, Morenci
 Ernest Cecil Hendershott, Clifton Arthur John Wehr, Morencf Jose Otera, Clifton NictOr1anO Roman, MOrencl Manuel Burges, Metcalf Florencio TelleZ, Clifton Charles Omer Smith, Morenci William R. Hurley, Clifton Gilbert Cribbs Keith, Clifton Albert Hoverrocker, Clifton John Crawford Spann, Morencf Elmer Lincoln Weeks. Morenci George Armstrong, Morenci Santiago Lozano, Metcalf Francis NJ Gardiner, Clifton Victor Alexino Edgren, Morenci
 Thomas Jefferson Gamble, Clifton Arthur Lee Mclaughlin, Clifton
 William Alfred Chisholm, Morenci James T. Stinson, Franklin