Bisbee daily review., 1919-01-05
ARIZONA BAND WINS PRAISE
  Letters From France Tell Of BiSbee Soldiers ALL LONG FOR HOME SHORES

Pride in a noble task we'll done
 coupled with an inOrdinate desire to
 return to the life of a civilian, as
 they knew it in the days before the
 great war. and above all. the longing | for a sight of the faces of loved rela-
 tives or friends, marks a series of | letters from men of the army, received
 from young men. All of them either were former residents of Bisbee or are well known here.
 Sgt. Allan Falby, writing to The Review from Camp de la Melbourne, sends splendid news of the band of the 15Sth infantry formerly the First Arizona National guards). He says: Editor Bisbee Review:
 Dear Sir-I am taking the liberty of writing a few lines to you about the success attained lover here" by our band. the 15Sth inIlntry, formerly the First Arizona, thinking it might interest you to hear of their being chosen as the general headquarters band. There are nine members of this band who enlisted from Bisbee. The solo men are all from the old original C. & A. band.
 am not a member of the band, hay ing left it some eight months ago. Am attending an officers training school, but resigned when the arm istice was signed and believe me, will be back with the band just as soon as I can say farewell" to this place.
 Doto,.- ;e o copx- of +ba articla in the New York Herald. December 3, printed in Paris for the A. E. F.
 Heading: "15Sth Infantry Band Will Give Afternoon Concerts.
 'The 15Sth infantry band (repoFted in yesterdays Herald as having been appointed to headquarters) is the winner of the U. s. army band con- cert contest. The majority of the musicians of the 15Sth band were at- tached to prominent crchestras in the United States Guess those orchestras were of the Orpheum and Eagle Theaters).-
 "The band has been praised by the leader of the French Republican Guards band and by General Pershing and his staff It has been selected by Pathe Frers to make their phono- | graph records. Concerts will be given every afternoon from to 4:30 D. m. l on the veranda of the headquarters | building. All members of the A. E. F. stationed in Paris are cordially in vited."
 The band is about all We have left :. in the outfit that's 100 per cent Ari: zona and every man in the regiment is some proud" of the band.
 Hoping you will pardon the liberty have taken in writing to you,
 l remain respectfully yours,
 SGT. ALLAN FALBY.
 P. S.-Sgt. James Warrick, of Bis bee, sends his best to Dear Old Pisbee." We all receive more "kick' from the Review mailed to us, than we do from a payday.
 The following extracts from other letters, will doubtless be appreciated by their friends and acquaintances:
 Pvt Albert D. Hynes, who now IS in detention camp at Camp Merritt, N. J., instead of in Bisbee with his relatives and friends, simply because 3 man in his barracks took the meas les. says in part, in letter to his sister. Mrs. James H. Bell, of this ,ity:
 Hard luck overlook me again to- lay Was going to start for some camp in the west tomorrow, but a fellow in my barracks took the meas es and 30 of us were put in quaran- .ine for at least IA days. Spent a Yery nice Christmas in New York ,ity. at the Astor hotel, getting up lmong the Fifth avenue swells. Had : every imaginable thing to eat, cab i lret and a dance. Went to the Pal ice theater and all over town. l am till having my wound dressed. but 1t ' s getting along fine. I wouldn't have aken a million dollars for it. That wound saved my life. Will tell you III about it when l see you. Could ; write book easily. l can hardly { wait to get out of the army and then