Bisbee daily review., 1917-12-02
IN DEAR old PHOENIX
T0WN-GL0BE WRITER
ROUTES THE ENEMY
First Battle of His Military Ex-
perience Befalls JeanV
Spear, Late of the Arizona
Record, and Formerly of
Bisbee.

Jean V. Spear, one of the brightest
of the mining district writers in Ari-
IONA, g young man of indeed high pro-
mise, recently contributed some rare
humor in a letter to the force in the
office of the Arizona Record at Globe.
from which he resigned to enter the
army. Before reporting for service he
is visiting the home of his parents in
Phoenix, his father being Editor ]. w.
Spear. of the Arizona Republican, a
one-time resident of Bisbee, with his
family. as editor of the Review. and
widely known here and elsewhere in
Arizona Editor Hogue. of the Record,
prefaces the letter thus:
Jean doesn't say whether the tanks"
helped him in his victory. but there is
always the possibility that he. single
handled, engaged them and won out
with sheer superiority OF numbers,
such as four of kind, three queens,
etc. The Elgin watch incident GER
tainly sounds Chicagoese. Read Jeans
letter while we pass:
TO CHARLES EDWARD HoGUE:
Subject: Trials, Travels and Tribu-
lations of the Fifth Contingent.
From: Commanding officer:
Have the honor to report the con-
tingent has been increased in num-
Der. The addition was occasioned by
the discovery of 'Arkansaw' whom
have attached 10 my personal staff.
call. him Arkansaw because he halls
from Socorro, n. NJ. He is supposed
to be in camp. | am in line for
ing him away from the army.
Have the honor to report that this
detachment recently participated in
brisk and sanguine engagement We
emerged victorious from the combat
with no casualties and succeeded in
capturing a large quantity of enemy
supplies.
The engagement mentioned took
place IN P. seven leagues from
Tempe. About 9 o'clock Monday even
ing, Arkansaw, who was serving as a
cavalry screen, discovered two Ger
mans and a Jew behind a barricade
composed of a stack of chips and re-
inforced with a deck of cards in the
A-Hotel.
Deploying in open skirmish forma-
ton. we advanced to the attack. The
battle commenced with an interchange
of the heavy artillery, our side using
the famous "5's" with good results.
Under their cover, our infantry ad-
vanced TO the fire control sector We
occupied strategic positions and pro-
ceeded to entrench ourselves behind
the reds and blues. using a fringe Of
whites for camouflage, the enemy be-
lieving we were pacifists.
For more than an hour the strug-
gle ragged with little advantage to
either side. Seeing that we could
not hope 10 dislodge the foe with the
ordinary tactics, Arkansaw and l.
decided to discomfit him with a ruse
In the midst of the hand-to-hand
fighting. ! drew three queens and COM
menced the execution of the coup d.
etat that was to rout the enemy Sig
mailing my subordinate. advanced 'ov-
er the top" under the barrage afforded
by the royal trio Arkansaw rushed
another pair of Bettys. which he had
TO my support and the
charge was launched in the face of
a whitening fire.
Terrific Hands.
At close quarters the struggle was
terrific, the Boches bitterly contesting
every inch OF the ground. At a range
Of less than three feet, we discharged
a shell of solid shot into their trenches
our store of ammunition.
In our frenzy We even beat our OPP
ponents over the heads with the table |
stakes. | then unmasked the battery
Of queens and the enemy was routed. |
fleeing pell nell and leaving heavy |
losses upon the field. Incidentally. |
we captured an Elgin watch, two scarf !
pins and ring. all of which have been |
informed. We have secured much val |
liable information from the watch
At the present time We are en- |
,amped near 2 -.., in which have /
my Headquarters P is entirely |
by irrigation and bunk. |
The farmers pay for the former and |
everyone Tor the latter. The princi |
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