El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-03

LAYING established precedent by giving public vel
Arizona and New Mexico national guard troops
and TO those Fl Rasoans who have already returned home
FL Paso would be falling down she failed 70 extend the
same warmth Of greeting to the 34oh field artillery Of
Arizona and New Mexico and to the Fl Pasoans Of the
seth and goth divisions It good news then, that mayor
Charles Davis others Of the city taking the uitia
tive IN deciding thar those returning soldiers must be vel
coined ana IN gong ahead WITH the arrangents INSOFAR
definite arrangements possible. They being
made with respect to the 34oth arermen 500
Of whom are to arrive here Thursday or Friday and viii
be made for the seth and Goth division when the time
their Troops left IN the army Of
cupation while other troops were being have
been reading Of the welcome given the home and
they believed they would be completely forgotten
when they reached home soil They VIII find, however
that the American people less forgetful than that
Fl Paso gave hearty greeting to the l5eth infantry
formerly the Arizona infantry which contributed hun
dreds Of requirements to combat organizations al
though Il never as regiment saw mont line service itse
But the 540h artillery did service and considerable
OF It. The regiment is composed Of Arizona and New Mex
c3 who were taken on the first draft cal and were
trained part Of the 89h division under command Of
Mai Gen Leonard Wood at Camp Funston, Kansas. They
are bankers miners copuncheTs and clerks Of
many other professions and occupations almost completely
representative Of the industries and businesses Of the south
west The s9th division took part in several Of the big
battles during the later days Of the war Gen Pershing
rated 1t for third place among al the combat divisions II
led In standing only by the third division and the
ond marines The division took 5oe prisoners 127 pieces
Of artillery 455 machine guns, advanced 50 klometers
against enemy opposition during 90 days the front line
and its casualties included 1886 killed The 34oth field
artillery with the division throughout took part in all
It's fighting and sustained fair share Of its casualties
The regiment has already received welcome in the
states The Rocky Mountain club consisting Of south
western men living in the east has shown It big time
The taken from the Battery to Grants Tomb,
The Stock Exchange Tombs prison and went through Fifth
Avenue They cabaret and taken to theater.
Then they had party at the Rocky Mountain club until
time to GO back to Camp Upton Gov Thomas E. Camp
ben who is coming here with the Anomalies Mexico con
ugent Of the regiment met the at the pier in New
York and has been with them since
Unless his plans changed because Of Unforeseen cir
cumstances he VIII be with the when they vel
coined and VIII part company with them only when
they 70 to their home towns.
The regiment has been welcomed home BY one unofficial
parsonage the mother Of soldier who killed She
went from Arizona home to New York to greet the
troops and learn from them the manner in which her son
made the great sacrifice
Like the 15sth infantry, the 340th field artillery VII
feel that really is getting back home when its members
first glimpse the ssgebrush and rocks Of the southwest and
when they reach FL Paso they VII know that after the
strains and losses OF those who surviving back
with the homefos That Is the way q Paso wants them
70 feel
they soon VIII be back IN the ranks Of industry. An
has work be done than hands and brains TO