Arizona republican., 1919-01-24
COL. GREENWAY MOST HONORED
 MAN FROM HERE
Famous AriZonian And His Orderly Are Again Just
 Plain Citizens Officer Has Many Concentrations

There was no representative of this state in the fury on the western 1ronl of whom AriZonans are prouder than Lieutenant Colonel John c. Greenway who left the general management o1 the Calumet X Arizona on leave of absence when the United States went to war Colonel Greenway returned tC New York some time ago, still suffer ing from the effect of having beer gassed. He left the hospital last Fri day.
 The record of Colonel Greerway is set forth with official brevity in th' following service letter:
 c. II. e.. Sec. 1. ,.
 125 Dec, 1918.
 Commander -inChief.
 Lieutenant Colonel John C. Green
 way:
 COMMENDATION
 l. As you were once a member of this section of the general staff, and are now returning home after the completion of your duties in the A. F. F.. I take this opportunity Of recording in this official way a brief statement of your distin guished service and of our high ap- preciation of all you have accom-
 plished
 2 You came to the service fully equipped for the emergency. Trained in a mans outdoor life in the Southwest. you possessed all the mural qualifications of a leader. It was such men as you who made the achievements of the Rough Riders possible.
 Xo,1 Vuora a6pnnctaH y1-ifb tho
 important staff work at these headquarters during the formative period of the A. F. r., and when our troops went seriously into the line. you were with them in action on the TouI, Cantigny. Chateau
 Thierry, St. Mihiel, Mouse and Douamont fronts. In these sec
 tions you were either commanding your battalions or your regiment.
 For good work you were promoted
 to a lieutenant colonel: for gallan-
 try in action you were recommend
 ed for the Distinguished Service
 Cross.
 f. The cessation of hostilities
 and the stopping of all promotions
 under instructions of the war de- partment alone kept you from re-
 ceiving further promotion, as you were twice recommended for colonelcy.
 ,. Please accept our congratu- lations for all you have done. For me. personally, the associations I
 have had with such men as you
 form the most treasured part of my
 military life. 1 am sending a copy
 of this letter to the adjutant gen. eral of the army for file with your
 military record.
 By order of the C. in C.
 GEO. VAN HORN SCHELEY. Brgadier General. c. $. Asst.
 Chief of Staff, 6-4 Tn the following dispatch sent frol Camp Dix is an interesting account the adventures of Bill" Davidso whose object in life became the bus ness of attending Colonel Greenwa with whom he fought as Roug Rider:
 Camp Dix, x. J.. Jan. 11.-(Special In two hours Lieut.. Col, John | Greenway and his orderly, "Bilr' D. vidson. became private citizens yestel | day. Greenway is an Arizona minin | king. q Rough Rider. a Yale footba | player. and a hero of the Yankee diYii ion. 'Bill'' is also q Rough Rider an so devoted to Greenway that when l was turned down by the enlistment O ficials because of age. he slowed hin self away in crate of quartermaster supplies and made the passage France undetected.
 "Once in France he was up again i it again. for he had no money and I passports. and couldn't speak the lar 1 guage, but he made his way to u l front. Here he was held and W; 1 about to be sent back to the Unite 1 States, when he managed to get woi 1 to Captain Greenway, then with u ] First engineers of the First divisio ! That officer ,astonished, but please l at the sagacity of spirit of the wes ] erner put the matter up to higher O ficialS and got permission to enlist u 1 veteran Rough Rider at the front
 From that time on they were nev l separated. They went through mo- of the big battles side by side durir ! the terrible fighting at Chateau Thiel i ry and later in the Argonne, whe i both. men were thrice gassed. It ws i in the latter fighting that Lieutenal l Colonel Greenway, in command of regiment. took 2.960 men over the tC and came back with 260"