The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-04-12
VAMPIRE REGIMENT
THE 15sTH U. S. INFANTRY, ARI- IONA, HAS MADE A SPLENDID RECORD.

tb Ffe '-aA 2 THE 15sTH U. S. INFANTRY, ARI-
 IONA, HAS MADE A SPLENDID
 RECORD.
 The 18th U. s. Infantry has be- come the Vampire regiment of the army. This regiment, which was the First Arizona Infantry, has been known at times as the Hardy Noun. taineers. It is composed of men from the border and from the Rocky Mountains of the Great Southwest.
 Miss Theda Bara, the vampire of the movies, has recently adopted the
 regiment as her own, having been unanimously elected as godmother by it's members; thus the sobriquet,
 '"The Vampires That Miss Bara has the honor of looking after the destinies of notable military az gregation cannot be denied. The
 record of the Vampires is long and honorable one. Commanded by Brig. General A. M. Tuthill, formerly its colonel the regiment was the first of
 the national guard units called into
 the federal service following the raid
 at Columbus, N. M., in the early
 spring of 1916. During the disturb
 ances along the Mexican border the
 last two years this regiment has been
 on the job looking after the interests of Uncle Sam in manner that has won great credit to the command. I% When the war with Germany came | it found the regiment still doing duty
 on the frontier, it having never been
 mustered out of the service. During
 it's tour of duty the regiment was sta
 toned at times at Naco, Ajo, Doug ] las, Nogales and Ft. Huachuca, pro- I lection of these points being en- l trusted to it's care. During this long
 and trying period of service the late
 General Funston and General Persh-
 ing had occasion to inspect the regi-
 ment and as a result of their praise l worthy reports it won the reputation 1 as national guard organization sec
 ond to none in the United States. On one occasion the regiment ma marched I 32 miles in one day, which won for it I Needless to say, the other regiments II of this accom- plishmedt. Strenuous
 as the border service became al times, it held few thrills for these ', men, most of whom have passed their entire lives on the great
 stretches of the painted desert and
 plains, or in the fastnesses of the
 lower Rockies, whose towering
 ranges lend so much to the scenic charms of Arizona. f+o Men Rough Riders.
 T The ranks of these border boys are made up Of cowboys, rangers, line riders, Indians, miners and ever
 Mexicans, some of whom have seer service in the various armies of the Moutezuyna republic. These mer hail from the very heart of the coun , try where Bucky O'Neil raised a good l ly portion of Roosevelt's Rough Rid
 CTS of Spanish war fame. Put the
 Vampires in the saddle as a cavalry
 outfit and it would be safe to say that the world has never seen suc1 a congress of daredevil rough riders For few indeed there are among its members who are not perfectly a
 home on the hurricane deck of wild broncho, 'ridin' 'em straight III and scratching 'em fore and aft ,
 The experience of the miners has al ready manifested itself in the trencf digging ability of the regiment al Camp Kearney and army engineers have highly commended it's work Killing rattlesnakes and battling wild steers is part of the every day life of these big game hunters from
 the COW camps who are now primet for Hun" hunting on the Hinden
 burg line-and when they hit tha line something is surely going to han pen. Col. Harry D. Smith, who com manded a cavalry organiza tion whe1 tbines were hot down in the Browns vile country, leads the regiment
 Both he and Lieutenant Colonel Don kersley, old time plainsmen} that he
 is. only smile confidently, in self-sus tained manner, when mention is made
 of what the Vampires intend to dt to Fritz. f-t ] The 15Sth is noted for its. numer < ous, novel and distinctive features Wherever it goes it's approach is her aided by it's crack band playing "Ths Foundered Mule,'@ the official marcl of the, regiment. It's special buglt call is the long drawn out vail of tht coyote, which concludes all call. sounded within the regiment, ani which all it's buglers are required tt execute. It was this call which start
 led the Mexicans across the line iron Naco when they first heard it,and it. weired vail, sounding like the voice of lost child crying in the desert, i. apt to have similar effect on tht Germans when it echoes across Nc Mans Land.
 Mule Skinners Wonders.
 Speaking of mule skinners, the American army is famous for the ex
 tensive vocabulary of it's "skinners, but in this respect the Arizona mer