Arizona republican., 1919-08-13

and with so many A. w. o. LIS, some from the front, some means had to be taken to stop it. If they made these prison camps attractive, they would be full all the time.
 Therefor I believe the 'higherups' selected men whom they could depend upon to treat the men rough and so instructed them He according to mili- tary opinion, would be a poor officer if he didn't obey instructions. Smith just fell into bad job and was the goat Why not go after the ones who put him there?
 Prisoners Were Desperate
 Tt is true he had a great many des- perate men and former convicts to deal with. Tn the the draft they get all kinds, They aid not stop to pick out the best. have in mind several men who were arrested and convicted in Phoenix on various charges of burg lary, forgery aad bootlegging who when apprehended by the deputies took pot shots at thera and after being con victed put the proposition to the authorities to enlist if they were al- lowed their freedom. This was a sound scheme and a convenient way to rid the community Of undesirables, but poor Smith was inexperienced in the art of handling this type, having form serly been Q line officer on duty with fthe 15Sth infantry I think he would ihave much preferred staying on duty Fn the line rather than being a bull
 Smith had the buck passed to him, and he took it like man and was stuck and is now reaping his reward. L.ots of people since Smith passed the buck, are trying to slip it to Colonel Gtinstead who the state should be pls,ud of
 7There is a man to fill every jeb wlnsther the job be agreeable or other wisaa. It takes a hard boiled man to fill that sort of job, and according 10 1aanorts he filled the job and did as he was bid Before either of these two men .patriotically offered their lives for Uncle' Sam they bore excellent reputas tfons,- as far as can learn one I knew quite Well by reputation and am mindful of the time and energy he de- voted to the state military system I give htm the most credit for the eff ficiencg ef the Arizona troops of the 15Sth.
 Pers,1nally was lucky. spent sev- eral dazs in Paris. got caught playing stud with the sergeants. it caught me for Ehe brig possibly under sefne one as hard1Qiled as Smith. Foftun- ately on ahe back of my discharge are the words service honest and faithful, while many a more competent officer than I re6ssived the words 'untempera- mentally f5 for military service sim ply becausz' they didn't stand in with their superior officers. l believe it is II. ,1 A stand by aal men who offered their lives whether they received hard boiled jobs or not.
 There are a few of us who will run to join the next war, just because of rewards some of the men and officers received for filling their jobs Every one was dissa1 isfied about something
 The privatas had it in for the cor porals because they were over them. The corporals W ere never satisfied with their sergeantss All sergeants had the idea that the junior officers could not give the proper command in drill with out first asking him. The junior Of ficers were dissan tisfied because the higher ups hadn't recognized their ability and hadn't made a brigadier out of them The company commanders oC10O1t C1tC0 AOA tA4C1l HQt+Ct AOlcs
 fsEver so many young medical of ficers couldn't sees why. according to them they left a $3S000 year practice to be bossed by some one who didn't know as much medicine as they did and so on to the generals who all thought they shoulGihave been selected l to fill Pershing's job. and now we l hear that Pershing wants to be presi- l dent
 l All of the men were sent over to fiIl l a job. They have, finished it. Some fitted their jobs better than others and h1ose who did the best should bet . D. $. c. and be satisfied.
 T don't think anyone in the A. E. F nod excluding Central Pershing obeye6 orders any better than sHard Boiled Smlvlf therefore give him a medal and turn him loose. He, filledsa tough job.