Arizona republican., 1919-05-10
.COL E.P. CONWAY MADE \ RECORD ID BE PROUD IF
Phoenix Man Was Among the First Fifty Thousand Troops to Reach France and Was Sent to the Front Soon

A brilliant military record is that of Col. k. Power Conway, who. notwith- standing early reVerses and disappoint- ments, finally succeeded in demon strating his ability to the extent that he was among the first % 900 American troops in France.
 Colonel Conway entered service May 10, 1917, as a candidate for an infantry commission at the first officers train ing camp at Presidio. Calf. After ap- proximately seven weeks, he was hon orably discharged for physical reasons because of q past history of tubercu- losis Shortly afterwards he joined the engineers and was commissioned a captain and ordered to Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas.
 Early in the fall of 1917 he was or dered overseas and arrived in France with the first 500C0 men. Shortly after arriving he was assigned to duty with the Fourth British army in the Yp.es sector. First at the headquarters Of the Second Anzac corps tengineer sec tion) and later assigned to the 306th Royal Engineers and Ninth British corps
 To Important Sector
 He was later ordered back to the American army and made assistant superintendent of roads intermediate section, A. l.. F.. with headquarters at Nevers. Soon thereafter he was as signed to the First battalion 23rd en- gineers. Toul sector. in which the American troops had just taken over a | section of the line.
 He was subsequently ordered to gen 1 eral headquarters. 4. r. r. (Chau- monD and from there assigned to the ] 2Sth Engineers, at a post in the NOsGes From there, Colonel Conway was or dered back to general headquarters. ir division of light railways and roads and from there to the Bacarat sector On division of ligh. railways and road 7ut through the 18th and 42nd (Rainbow) divisions territory. From there he Wa 1 ordered to the staff of chief of liaSior light railways and roads, and subse- quently was made chief of labor foi the A. E. F. He was promoted tC major June 12th, 1918.
 On General Staff
 Later, he was attached to the Fourt} or engineer section of the general staf i and on August 10. 1918 made q mem Der of the general staff of the A. E. F , He was on the first order on which any 1 other than regular army officers Wer' made members of the general Staf and given an original assignment e inspection and suggestion on engineer ing construction and other subjects O / the Fourth or engineer section of tn : general staff. This duty took him ove much of France and some of Italy, h traveling many thousands of miles
 After the St. Mihiel drive, the roa' problem of the A. E. F. was acute an, at the request of the chief engineer. h. was released from duty as q membe of the general staff and was mad manager of roads of the A. E. F.
 He was ranking officer of his depart ment, there being no full colonel il | charge and would have been promote, to q full colonelship late in Novembe had not the armistice been signed. H served with the Third or Army of Oc cupation in LuXemburg and Germany { COblenz sector.
 While in service Colonel Conwa, was in the following skirmishes an, actions: Flanders. Foul and Vacara sectors, and served throughout the Ar gonne.
 Owing to the greatly decreased roa program of the A. F.. r. after the sign ing of the armistice it was possible f dispense with the road department an he was later ordered back to the Unite States. He landed in New York 500 , after the first of the year and repOrte to Camp Humphrey, the big engineer ing camp in Virginia. From there h was assigned to duty in the chief en gineer's office in Washington. worllin on army reorganization plans. This a subject in which Colonel Conway vitally interested as he feels universs , military training and adequate pre- paredness alone can save this natio . from huge disaster in the next wa . which, in his mind, is in the not fa1 distant future.