El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28
Ell PASO HAS WARM WELCOME, FOR
RETURNING TROOPS

IL PASO welcomes the officers and men of the 145rd
l. and 144th machine gun battahons the 18th supply
train the fourth military police and the 18Th infantry
sent to Fort Bliss for Rehabilitation By the middle Of
the week the last these troops fresh from France should
have arrived from CAMP Merritt Once here, they VIII be
gin to feel they are getting home.
These men are an westerners. Mostly they are from
Arizona Mexico with from California and
some from the Pacific northwest and few from the
Rocky moEHtain states she regiments are originally An
zona and New Mexico organizations however, and gov
ernors o A LsrszoIo n New NeZico and Thomas E.
Campbell Arizona VIII be here bid them welcome IN
the names Of their respective states The soldiers VIII find
their stay here is to be unpleasant in
any way The kind of reception that awaits them
in the streets Of their own home towns has been pre-
pared for them IN FL Paso
The 18th infantry home with unique record
i has had large part IN the war without ever having
been in line bal title unit From the ranks Of the
old First Arizona infantry, weh later became the 15sth
more Lhan 100 oIceIs nave Deen pI0VoeQ Tor me nation
The regiment has provided brgadier general two colo
nel three lieutenant colonies, four i've majors and
Of captains and heutenauts Practically every
who noncomussioned officer the old First Arr
commission later and Of them got battle
experience Moreover the regiment furnished hundreds Of
requirements for units the front Its personnel with
the exception Of Of the Officers and enlisted men,
changed several times over Some Of its old dead
and others uvaded The remainder scattered through
many regiments Of the army
The regiment is also unique II that while started out
as national guard organization, 1t became practically
seiecrTe service regiment IL was 1eueTazed with aDouI
500 national guard officers and and filled IN with
about 1900 selecve service mostly Arzonans, sent
Camp Dodge Camp Kearn In the various changes
Of personnel since that time draft have furnished
of the requirements However the national guard OF
fcers retained command and the present commander
Col s. n Satmarsh formerly lieutenant colonel Of the
Seventh California infantry He feels peculiar friend
ship for the old Arizona guard regiment for his troops
served with the First Arizona In the national guard
campments at Camp Atascadero, Cal bygone years
The regiment comes back with the added distinction Of
having served president Wilson's bodyguard IN Paris
and the band of the 158h known the presidents
hand
One battalion Of the regiment lacks four months Of hay-
been in service four years. 1t called ont for strike
duty the ClIfton0Tenc district in 1915 under COIL
mand Of MAJ H. H DonkeTsey, Of Yuma, who died
after the signing OF the armstce with rank OF lieutenant
colonel As the strike the battalion and
the of the regiment went into border service for the
Mexican emergency and stationed at Nsco Arlz when
the United States went to with Germany. Il was
transferred thence to Camp Kearny, CAL and from there
sent to France.
These Arizona and New Mexico troops must have a !
feeling their hearts they return home Their
welcome began in New York The mining committee Of
Rocky Mountain club only supplemented the funds
the states Of New Mexico and Arizona had provided for
their entertainment but the copper magnates themselves
good time with sight seeing trips, dinners and theaters
Funds Of nearly every big copper company IN Arizona and
New Mexico contributed to the entertainment Of the boys.
much others may condemn the mining interests
the southwest for political other reasons, these
turning soldiers know that the indicators Of great
wealth. patriotic anybody else and willing TO
spend some their money show that their hearts
right place What is to the point, these COM