El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-24
DAVIDSON IS
OFFICER NOW
Rough Rider Who Went to
France With Lieut.. Col.
Greenway Commissioned.

Phoenix. Ariz.. Oct. "A letter
from France tells that W. A. David
son, who went overseas with Lieut.
Col Jack Greenway. OF Bisbee. has
been made an officer Of engineers.
He is understood TO have received
the rank Of major. Davidson. an old
time cavalry regular and first SER
Seant. best known in the army by
the pseudonym OF Willy Jones'" and
first sergeant Of a rough rider troop
in the Spanish war. was a hosting
engineer at Ray and Superior and Ia
ter was head OF the police force at
Ajo.
The promotion OF Col. Pelham Glass
ford to brigadier general IS inter
esting locally, as Phoenix is the home
Of his father, Col ". A. Glassford,
L. s. A., was retired recently after
lifetime in the signal corps, in which
he commanded at Fort Omaha and
san Diego. also serving as chief sig
nal officer in Il number OF depart
ments, including that OF the Philip
pines.
Mashbir Is Major.
Sidney +. Mashbir, of Stafford. is re-
ported to have been prompted to the
rank OF major, with assignment TO
p
cuse. y. Y. recruit camp. Maj. Mash
Dir had his first military experience
rs q cadet in the University OF Ari-
iona and later was lieutenant Of
the Arizona national guard. For
while he was city engineer Of Tue
SON
Stonemnn TO Be Commissioned.
George W Stoneman. former chair
man OF the Democratic state commit
tee and prominent local attorney. is
understood to have been nominated
to a majority in the judge advocate
generals department. His father. a
famous cavalry leader in the civil
war. commanded the military depart
ment Of Arizona in the early EOS and
later was governor Of California
King Gets French Medal.
Lieut. VIII c King. Of the aviation
corps. has received the French war
cross. for bravery shown in the cross
ing Of the Marine last July.
P. c. Beckett, former manager OF
the Old Dominion mines ut Globe and
later assistant to the president OF
the Phelps-Dodge company. has en-
tered the military service AT New
York
DR.. H. a. Hughes. who has been
surgeon OF the Phoenix police re-
serves and who now is a relief ply
stefan at Winslow. has been commits
stoned as a captain in the medical
reserve corps
Clarkson McNary. son OF DR.. o. c
McNary. Of Tempe. IS . member OF
n special class 70 be graduated from
West Point in November.
Tom Geare In France.
Thomas Geare. late captain o. the
high school football team, has
arrived in France. a lieutenant in the
109th pioneer infantry.
Walter Turlburt. n former Wells
Fargo emplOye in Phoenix. has been
~ N
ordnance corps TO a lieutenancy. W.
S Pickrel. late o. the Phoenix Ma
tional bank. also has been promoted
from the ranks. after graduation from
a course at Camp Pike. r. T. Geary,
Of the Tucson electric lighting SER
vice. has been commissioned at Au-
Eusta. Ca Bruce Delhi. a former Ray
Consolidated engineer. is q new in
fantry Lieutenant, as IS Nick D. Col
lier OF Yuma
James q. McGrath. OF Phoenix. IS
4 second lieutenant in the veterinary
corps. and shannon r Cowart Of
Fort Apache. Is a Junior officer in
the quartermaster corps.
Many Go 10 OfficerS' Schools.
Among a large number OF young
ordered TO officers train
ing camps are Howell Manning. OF
the Tucson Citizen staff. selected
from the university students camp.
Paul Fernald. OF Tucson. who goes
into the engineering brancns Harry
J. Saxon, OF Nogales. former sheriff
Of Santa Cruz county and a member
OF the first state legislature. who
VIII enter the cavalry arm: Theodore
Goodman. Of Phoenix who viii be in
a machine gun division. and IS 9TH
ers sent from the students camp at
the university
c. A. Mckee. former principal OF
the Glendale high school who went
TO Texas 10 do Y. " c. A. work,
writes that he has transferred 10 the
army and that he SIS going TO try to
make the best private Uncle sam ever
had"