Arizona republican., 1919-02-01
MY-NAvY MEN ARE TOASTED IN
 SONGANDST0RY
One Hundred Fifty Returned
 Service Men Banquetted At Y. M. c. A. Gov. Camp bell Toastmaster at Event

Host for the evening to nearly 150 men returned from the service of the United States, soldiers, sailors and ma rines, the local Y. M. C. A., last night gave the boys an evening, and a dinner, that long will be remembered, and that may start an organization that will make Arizona history. The dinner was a rouSing good, home cooked turkey dinner, served in a better than profess sional manner by bevy of Phoenix young women
 Following the dinner, Prof. John D. Loper president of the Y. NJ. c. A., act ed as toaStmaster. In his introductory | remarks he said: Tn behalf of the Y. | M. c. A. 1 bid you welcome. We have been watching you, we were proud of you when you went away, proud of you when you were in your country's Serv- ice, and we are proud of you now that | you have returned
 Songs by Miss Clara Hazard and readings by Miss Vivian Young were greatly enjoyed, followed by the speak CT of the evening Governor Campbell, who said in part; Soldiers, I salute you, you have done we'll This is prob ably the largest gathering of returned service men as yet held in the state of Arizona. The purpose of this meet l ing of unity, and to give some of us the opportunity to pay you the homage we owe you
 "Homes and Hearts Openv l Tt told you when you went that you were going to uphold the ideals of the state and the nation, that we at home would back you to the utmost care for those you left behind, not as a matter of charity, but of duty, and that when you returned there would be place for you in our commonwealth. We want you to know that our homes and our
 hearts are open to you.
 These are not idle words You car
 do much for your state, and you nave
 the right to demand proper recognition
 l hope, as you have been engaged ir big things, that you will continue to en.
 gage in big things. Let this be onl, your first meeting, may you get to- l gether frequently. I should like to SC, you build for yourselves, with~you , own hands, building that will be you ? headquarters in the years to come. an, ] a monument to the things you have ac ? complished.
 :. In concluding, the governor state, that anything that his department 0 the state administration could do fo t the returned soldiers would be cheer
 fully done upon request.
 , Honor France Flag and Soma e Then followed one of the pretties e events of the evening" Mrs. Frankli
 D. Lane came in bearing a French flas
 and began to sing the Marsellaise, an
 instantly every man present was on hi
 feet at attention, and stood throughou
 the singing of the national song (
 France
 The soldiers, sailors and marine
 present were then asked to introduc
 themselves tc the gathering, and to te
 Of their interesting experiences They were all there, representative or every branch: infantry, artiller, cavalry, coast artillery, aviators. sailor and marines, and their experience
 ranged all the way from near comed
 to almost tragedy, their terms of sery
 zee from two months to three year : and they hailed from half the states IL the union.
 = In concluding the evening, Secretar IL Sexson of the Y. M. c. A, announce e that returned service men had bee h granted free memberships and priv le leges of the "Y" for period of thrt j. months, and that a special room ha n been set apart for their use for meetir Q and amusements.