Arizona republican., 1919-06-11
1T 34OTH REACH PHOENIX
 FRO|N OVERSEAS.
Despite Early Hour, Large
 Crowd and Band Are at
 A. E. Station to Welcome Boys of " Arizona's s Own"

The vanguard of the Arizona boys Of the 340th field artillery from over- seas service reached Phoenix yester day morning, coming from Fort Bliss where they were mustered out of ser vice. To say that the boys were glad to get home again is not sufficient. Ordinary English will not suffice to portray the delight of these men to get back to Arizona, to their parents. their wives and children and to their sweet hearts.
 Accompanied by Governor Campbell, who, the boys say, was of very great help in getting them home much sooner than they would have been able to without his assistance, 43 men left Fl Paso Sunday afternoon and the Salt River Valley contingent arrived here about S:30 yesterday morning.
 A. 4. Betts, chairman of the citizens committee for welcoming returned ser vice men, It. w. ". Herne, secretary of the War Work Community Service, ! a representative of the Great War Vet erans. and a Republican representative, i caught the $50 and went down to ! Maricopa to meet the special car that l was bringing the boys home Republican For Each One
 The Republican man took a bundle of morning papers under his arm, all blazoned across the front with Wei 1 come Home, Boys of the 14oth," and 1 distributed them to all the boys.
 Were they pleased? % boy, here comes The Republican," said one It 1 been a long time since I've seen any | thing that looked that much like home l Comment and thanks flew thick and fast. They read with great interest the of ba oh; as related by Captain Getsinger, and were surprised to find their names in ! full
 Then they began telling stories of their experiences, and it would take a ] volume to relate what they told be- tween Hansen Junction and Phoenix. 1 There were many disappointed rela- tives and friends whose sons and , brothers and sweethearts were not on the train this morning. Dozens of them asked the governor about their boys. and he explained over and over that they were being discharged slowly, but would surely all be home by Thursday. Quite few who were already out stayed over a day in Fl Paso to shop around Some of them got in last night more will be in this morning and tomorrow.
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 From the station. as the train was pulling in, could be heard the Indian school band playing. and from a big crowd that had gathered, in spite of the early hour, round of cheers went up as the car was backed in. while from every window soldiers hung out and tried to pick out their friends and loved ones from the crowd. The rest of the citizens committee was there to care for the needs of all. cars had been provided, and in less than a minute, ap- parently, the carload of soldiers had been swallowed up and were on their way home.
 Affecting meetings and reunions there were in plenty. Mothers. and \ wives. and sweethearts, and fathers that had sent John or Bill away with a smile, but had never expected to see him again, shed tears of joy, and even the service men, used to scenes of battle which they had faced without a tremor, had suspiciously moist eyes.
 Didn't Delay Biscuits
 One of the most interesting men aboard was the company cook for Bat tery A, Chinaman named Tin Him