El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-27
ARIZONA AND SOLDIERS SUFFER-
WHEN OFFICIALS co CAROUSING

mo the fiscTedt Of dry state must be laid Of
the most disgaoeful orgies reported years It must
be laid 20 the state because the principals were off
Gals Of the state L is Azonas shame and the state has
stand responsible for It unless there houseceanng.
The incident occurred at San Diego California when
Gov W. p Hunt his staff Of officials went there to
review the 15sh infantry which used 70 be the First Arr
infantry According to the versions Of the affair
prnted coast and Arizona papers and denied autho-
caEsy, certain Of the state officials had booze festival
II the Q. S Grant hotel, The being the
quarters Of an Arizona hoy who was cadet at the oficers
cau1p. number Of soldiers the af-
fair and appeared IN the lobby Of the hotel IN drunken
conollou II IS charged 1ney attracted plenty OF aten-
tion Of In fact the whole party" attracted at
tention and there was a furoTe at Camp Kearney-
Two Of the youths were student officers They were
relieved from duty in The training camp and reduced to
Tie ranks. The board found that OF them not
drunk but @Tas blamew0rthy primarily in failing to stop
civilians from using his room for improper purposes,
thereby causing soldiers 70 disgrace themselves and their
uniforms
The student officers to blame for allowing soldiers
become intoxicated what is TO be said Of the state Of
ncias who participated in the orgy they did not dis
courage 1tg And what conduct IS this to come from the
officials ~ state which pIides itself having legislaed
the liquor evil out Of existence? Men along in the prime
n me- presumably men OF judgment as ven as maturity
ought to be above drawing boys into such affair draw
ING soldiers into an act which meant military degradation
o. c5untenancng their BENG there they did not draw
them into It. Tie parents Of the young Of the 15sh
infantry are png protests INTO the governors office and
they have night to protest
Thus far Gov Hunt has taken the wrong Of pre-
tending to ignore the episode and pass It. The Off
Gals involved IN II have not been made known by
The state administration realizes the shaefulness Of the
drunk party but to lack the courage TO out
IL the open and expose the persons whom the blame
should Be placed Gov Hunt has to stand FOR lot in
order 20 keep things running and preserve sebance Of
harmony in his Official heusehold but be undertakes to
stand for this Of thing be grave rsk Of losing
The esteem which large part Of the citizenship Of the
state hss held him, personally.
President Wilson and the secretary Of took the
stand Tor strong sober army They have received general
support in their plan Every state where troops are located
using best efforts to keep the proper at
-osphere their vicinity. Arizona prohibition state
California Is trying to keep liquor away from the soldiers
san Diego And yet Of the officials Of proh-
bou state 60 TO San Diego and put Orgy IN which
Arizona soldiers take part for which they punished
That surely is for thing gross violation Of the hos
pts.ity OF sister state disgrace to the officials and
soldiers concerned, and sIch the whole state Of Ar
Lons-if Arizona stands for It.