Arizona republican., 1919-05-30
H|S FINAL DUTY AS BRIG LEN. WAS. DONE IN PHOENIX.
Gen. Hickok, Who Present ed Frank Luke Medal, Goes to Fort Bliss to Re sume Pre-War Rank of Lieut.. Col.

Brigadier General Howard R. Hickok commander of the Arizona military district, performed one of the last acts of his administration yesterday in the presentation Of the Frank Luke con gressional medal of honor. The presen- tatioE ceremony was the last in which he will rank as a brigadier general of the United States army. Tomorrow General Hickok will turn over the com mand of this district to Colonel Carna- han of the Twenty Fifth infantry, the last act he will perform as a general officer. He will then go to Fort Bliss to resume his former rank as lieuten- ant colonel of the Seventh cavalry.
 The beginning of the war found Gen eral Hickok a lieutenant colonel in the regular army. and in the urgent need for highly trained and experienced of ficers he was taken as were many oth- CT regular army officers of his rank. to serve as a general officer in the new army With the ending of the war and the demobiliZation of the greater part of the army he reverts back to his peace-time rank in the regulars. as other officers who have had the same experience will do.
 Served in France
 General Hickok is a native of St. Louis, Mo, and a graduate of West Point. He has passed practically all his life in the regular army, ranking as lieutenant colonel of regulars when the war broke out
 Some months later Colonel Hickok was ordered to overseas service and entered the American general staff college at Langres, France the highest institution established in the army where officers were trained for highly important positions. After his gradu- alton from the staff college he was as signed to the Fifth (regular) division as it's chief of staff
 General Hickok served in this ca pacity during June and July, 1918, at the front with the division. So satis- factory was his work that the follow ing month he was ordered back to the i United States to assist in the organi- Zation and training of the 90 additional draft divisions then being formed. General Hickol was immediately given command of the 18th Infantry brigade of the Tenth Division, organ ized at Camp Funston, Kansas, last August. Shortly after, he commanded the troops of the division in their re- view before Major General Leonard Wood. it's commander. when the men of the Tenth, after less than two weeks training together, impressed witnesses as being among the finest and best trained in the entire army
 To Arizona District l The armistice was signed while Gen . eral HickOk's division was still at the camp, and he remained with his bri- gade until it was demobilized last Feb ruary. He was then assigned to the l command Of the Arizona military dis ] trict, which he since has held. l General Hickok yesterday said his administration in this district had been very quiet One or two trifling raids i by Mexicans having been the only events nearing importance and these amounted to nothing.
 General Hickok will relinquish his 1 temporary rank of brigadier general 1 tomorrow and return to his regiment at Fl Paso. His place as commander oi the district will then be taken by Col onel Carnahan.