Arizona republican., 1919-04-16

as 60 Republicans at one time, in a bundle. But when he got the first one, he went off by himself and read first the news, then the advertising and then the wrapper which happened to be a part of another paper. He then passed the paper along until it went through the company. After that every issue of The Republican that reached him was read by all the members of the com pany, some of whom had never heard of Phoenix and probably some of them had never heard of Arizona. The only other paper received in the company was from small town in northern New York But the Republican came to be regarded as the organ of the reg iment.
 Private Young had no inkling that the war was so nearly over until o'clock of the morning of the day the armistice was signed. The private sol diers, he said, probably knew less of what was happening generally or what was likely to happen than the people in the remotest of the states.
 Tell Them Little
 They were not allowed to know what was going on next to them. If de- tachment was ordered to move forward at a certain time, it had no knowledge that attachments next 10 it on either side had been ordered to support it. The soldiers only knew that if they went forward and were not supported, they would have to fall back and try # again.
 It was the design that the soldiers should know as little as possible so that in the event of their capture they could yield nothing to German pressure and cross questioning.
 'The braveSt man I ever saw said Private Young, twas a British captain: Our regiment had been trained by the British and this captain remained with us to see that we put the show on right and he always stayed out in the open where he could see. At the time we were getting ready to pour liquid fire on Serenges, the captain crawled out a long distance ahead of us with shells and machine gun fire bursting all around him, and as soon as we let the first shells go he stood upright to see whether we had exactly the right range.'
 On one occasion the company re- ceived word through the French intel ligence department of an intended Ger man raid in force at a certain point. It was to take place at 10 o'clock one night and the company was ordered to put on the show. The Germans, how ever, advanced the time of the raid an hour so that the regiment arrived at it's post only few minutes before.
 Quick Work Necessary
 If had only five minutes to get in readiness. That involved the wiring of the guns, job that devolved on Pri- vate Young because of his technical electrical knowledge. In this case it was touch and go. There was not an instant to spare. It was either to get the guns in operation or to get out quickly and camouflage the place, oth- erwise the artillery of the enemy would have blown the plant out of France.
 This was a branch of the service not fitted for men with habits of hesita- ton. For instance, in charging the Stokes mortar, the shell was thrust down into the muzzle, A pin at the end of the shell coming into contact with the bottom of the mortar discharged it, so that the man handling it, had to get his hands out of the way with great facility Now and then a soldier would lose finger as penalty for lingering.
 In this kind of service, there are ne cessarily many casualties. Of the con- pany of Private Young, consisting of 200 men. there was at one time only 54 for service. The rest were either inca pacitated by gas or wounds or else had been killed. During the war Mir. Young said he never saw an Arizonian and met only one after the armistice was signed. He was William Crozier of Phoenix, whom he saw in Verdun.
 Mir. Young is glad he went through it, but does not want similar exper- fence. He was returned to this coun- try in February, landing at New York whence he went to Des Moines. He was accompanied to Phoenix by his wife, and will remain here as the state agent fer the Homesteaders. an Iowa insur- ance company, a branch of which he is now establishing in Phoenix.
 Mir. and Mrs. Young, now that they are established, are at home to their friends.
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