The Arizona copper camp., 1919-09-13
Company {
Leaves Ray
for Border
Company I, 3rd Battalion,
10Th Infantry, Replaces
Company T: at Camp Gates

On September 3rd the commanding
officer at Camp Gates received instruc
tions to prepare to entrain for Doug
las, Ariz., detachment from the 3rt
battalion to replace the boys who have
been in Ray since March 1S, 1919.
With the departure of the boys from
the E company, 18th Infantry, 2nG
Battalion, the Rayites will be sorry
The boys, under the efficient com
mand of Captain A. G. Smith, have
by their courteous conduct and gen
tlemanly manners endeared them
selves to the people of Ray. Not since
the troops have first been stationed
in Ray, some three years ago, have
a more refined or better behaved de
tachment appeared in our midst and
it has been a pleasure to know the
men who are doing their duty among
us are of such splendid types.
1t has. always been treat and q
pleasure to know that at the club
during the social hours, at the dances
given by the club, or the dances on
the Red Cross platform, either by
public or private organizations, we
could find some of the boys whom we
could meet and talk with in a friend
ly manner and thereby be able to
learn of some of their varied expert
ences and narrow escapes and at the
same time give the boys the oppOr.
tunity for enjoyment amongst us
which they are not privileged to have
in their homes or hOne-towns, some
of which are thousands of miles away.
Without mentioning the personnel
of the detachment would be like writ
ing story without name.
In command, was Captain A. G..
Smith. From the first time he made
his appearance, he began making
friends and has continued to do so all
during his stay. He is an excellent
type of military man, and the fact
that the boys all swear by him is one
of the best things we can say. He
has taken great interest in his work
and the kindly feeling of the boys is
reciprocated by the captain and the
efficient manner in which the work at
the camp has been conducted be-
speaks for each and all of them the
high standard which Captain Smith
has been able to maintain.
While Mrs. Smith is not part of the
she has lived in Ray
since the arrival of the boys of Co. e,
10th, and by her charming personality
has won so many friends that the en-
tire camp will miss her. She was
ever greeting with a pleasant smile
and no matter what the station of one
in life, she treated all alike and had a
kind word for ALL She was always
regarded as social leader and the
many functions and outings which she
attended was always improved by her
presence.
The next in command, until his re-
tirement on August 18th, was Lieut..
G.. A. Roche, who left the detachment
for Globe on the 10th of August, and
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18th. Lieut.. Roche was another type
who made friends and kept them. He
friendship of all and by his many and
good stories was always a welcome
guest or visitor.
This article would not be complete
and it would not be fair to the boys
themselves if we did not mention
First Sergeant Milton T. Lewis, Ser
geant John Denton and Corporal
Swink, acting Mess Sergeant. The
success of the entire organization has
been practically as much dependent
upon them as the two previously men
toned officers. They have done their
part, and willingly. They are each
held in an esteem of which none of
them could feel other than proud and
it is a source of great satisfaction to
The entire command to know that they
such an exceptional detach-
ment of the 10Th Infantry as the COM
pany has shown themselves to be
since their arrival on March 18th,
1919.
In their departure from Ray, the
best wishes of our entire community
goes with them for their unqualified
success, individually and collectively.
! On behalf of Company E. Nineteenth
Infantry, Second Battalion, the Cop
per Camp representative has been re-
quested to express to the community
at large and the individual leaders in
particular the sincere appreciation of
the men composing Company E and
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