Arizona republican., 1919-03-06
r AMOUS ARIZONA BAND SOON HOME f ROM OVERSEAS
Great Band Of 15Sth h. fantry Slated For Early
 Retu1n-Won High Hon or In Paris Before Wilson

1 NEAR BORDEAUX. France.-Un- | less some unforeseen military jinx bobs up and queers things, the home folks l in Arizona. and southern California will soon have the pleasure of listening to the 15Sth Infantry band, which was chosen out of all musical organiza- tions in the American Expeditionary Forces to play for President Wilson during the chief executives stay in Paris. After a six weeks stay in Paris, ] during which no less than four con certs were played each day. the famous ! old Arizona border band managed to sneak out of the little burg beside the | Seine, in spite of the violent protests of Parisans. in order to rejoin it's reg iment which. with other organizations in the 10th Division. expects to sail for the states at an early date.
 Although orders from the war de- partment call for the sending of all troops to demobilization camps within the district from which the men were 1 inducted or enlisted, a careful examna- ton of the personnel of the 15Sth band has revealed that it will only be slightly affected by this order, the greater ma jority of bandmen being from the l southwestern states and, therefore slated to accompany the Sunshine Di- vision back to it's old training ground Camp kcarney. So now. between rehearsals and drill hours. the band boys are wondering what shall We play if we go through Phoenix" or do you suppose they still remember our old Mule March in San Diego and Los Angeles ?"
 Regiment Given High Honor.
 Members of the 15oJn band were not the only ones who "copped off all the glory in Paris, for the presidents honor guard, during the first part of MT. Wilson's stay in Paris, was made up entirely of veteran officers and non commissioned officers picked from all the companies in the i5Sth infantry. And, although it never realized it's am bition to get to the front before the srmistice. the Arizonians are in a measure satisfied that they at least so demonstrated their ability as soldiers behind the lines 10 be recognized as they were
 During it's season in Paris the band was engaged by a large French phono- graph concern (Pahte- -Freres) to make a dozen records of the latest America n
 Jazz" melodies and those records are enjoying an almost unprecedented de- mand throughout France
 The 15Sth band is far from being an unknown quantity in California and i Arizona. Organized many years ago when the l5Sth used to be known by i. its pre-war title: First Infantry, Arizona National Guard" the organ ization enjoyed a good reputation from [ one end of the border to the other. In l June, 1917, Band Leader Albert R.
 Etzweilder decided that there was no
 limit to the height to which his or
 eanization could rise in the military
 musical world, and steps were imme-
 diately taken to increase the organiza - lion both in size and in efficiencv.
 This movement was carried on after
 the arrival of the Arizona regiment at
 Camp Kearney until the 15Sth modest ly admitted that its band was the best in the big southern California Can : tOnmcnt. Same Old Arizona Band 5 The band that played in Paris was practically identically the same that played through southern California ? during the third Liberty loan campaign { last spring, and then toured it's home l state, Arizona prior to it's departure
 overseas. 5 Following are the members of the r organization who will be able to look l back in later years upon the fact that f they were chosen to play in the gayest city in the world upon the occasion of the first visit to Europe of any presi- { dent of the United States: F Musician Walter J. Born Douglas a Ariz. $ Musician Carl C. Bystrom Warren ' Minn. t Musician Richard Cloudsdale. Bisbee Ariz. t Corporal Frank L. Christensen. St
 Johns, Ariz
 Musician Avery Corpstein. Phoenix , Ariz. { Musician Joseph R. Crandan. Hol. 9 brook. Ariz. { Musician John II. Crose. Prescott i Ariz. k Sergeant Edward F. Eldridge. Naso
 AriZ.
 Musician Donald D. Adams. Los An. $ geles. Cal 9 Musician Thomas E. Adams, Doug. 7 las Ariz ! Musician Everett K. Falck. Ret
 Wing, Minn. 8 Corporal Claude M Frazier. Tempe
 Ariz.
 Musician Karl R. Goetz, Kingma n ! Ariz. n Asst. Band Leader Richard Harper | Bisbee, Ariz. f Musician Gilman Haugen Meurose , Minn.
 Musician Stanley Hayes. Douglas
 Ariz.
 Corporal Joseph Holden. Bisbee Ariz A Musician Alvah w. Hult. Morenci
 Ariz. n Musician Paul G. Johnson. Minne. ; waukan. N D.
 Musician Paul E. Keller, Flagstaff Ariz.
 !, Musician Charles Laws. Phoenix n Ariz.
 Musician Harold G. Lindoft Flag. - staff. Ariz.
 Musician Guy A. Maktima. Phoenix g, Ariz.
 - Musician John Mckinley. Yuma - Ariz.
 s Musician William T. Moore. Chi l, cago, H. c Corporal Scott W. Merrill. Ohio. q Sergeant Secondo Musse, Douglas
 Ariz. .t Musician William T. Osborne, Doug II las, Ariz, e Sergeant Fred D. Perry Phoenix V Ariz is Musician Eugene C. Pommel, Doug
 las, Ariz.
 Musician William L. Reardon, Sal
 Diego Cal.
 Musician Wheeler G. Rosenberger
 Titpcop Ay.iv