Arizona republican., 1920-02-19
CELEBRATE ARMY
 FESTIVAL WEEK bEG|NN|NG MON.
Army Band, Speaker and
 Exhibit Will participate in Event Here - Many Things on Program-To Arouse Interest in Army

Next week will be Army Festival Week in Phoenix, and throughout the week PhoenicianS will be given en- tertainment of martial character in honor of the occasion, and to arouse interest in Uncle Sam's new peace time army. This was announced yes terday.
 Features of the week, which has for it's object the purpose of bringing the citizens in the army and the citizens out of the army into closer touch and sympathy, will be the presence of the famed Nineteenth infantry band Tn the city all week. with collection of war trophies and exhibits, and con- certs, public meetings, speeches, and the like.
 Captain Charles G. Friedenthal and Lieutenant Alden H. Seabury. of the United States army. are now in Phoe- nix to represent Colonel William A. Shunk recruiting officer in charge of the southern California-AriZona dis trict, for Festival Week is also a part of Uncle Sam's great recruiting cam paign.
 Major Herbert R. Fay of the ad- jutant generals department, will be in the city all week, and will give a number of speeches on various oc- casions, telling of life and opportuni- ties in the new peace army the United States has created. Major Fay will speak at a large number of meetings during the week, including those of several organizations of the city, both mems and women'S-
 Parade Next Monday
 The Nineteenth Infantry band from Douglas will also be in the city all week for the festival events, with Captain Donaldson in charge. A huge searchlight, used during the war for anti-aircraft observation. will also -J < Jt sible that the band will give it's first concert late Sunday night
 A proclamation was issued yeSter- day by Mayor Corpstein setting aside next week. beginning Monday, as Army Festival Week in Phoenix. While no program has yet been completed. a number of the events of the week were learned yesterday.
 Army Festival Week will open next Monday with a big parade, in which the Nineteenth Infantry band and the searchlight will have prominent parts. will be given by the band, nearly every afternoon and evening, though the place has not been announced
 A feature of the week, too, will be the community or block dances which will be held Wednesday and Saturday nights of Festival Week Adams street will be roped off be- tween Center and First avenues for these dances, and music furnished by the military band of IS pieces.
 Show Equipment and Trophies
 Included in the week will be displays and exhibits of modern American army equipment and of German equip ment, including war trophies and weapons and the like.
 The infantry band will arrive in Phoenix, Sunday night from Douglas. it was announced yesterday, and Major Fay is expected to be here about the same time.
 be in charge of Captain Donaldson of the Nineteenth Infantry. Major Fay's speaking program will be ar ranged by a local committee.
 Tn support of the army's efforts to interest young men in enlisting, the government has made the special dis pensation this week of allowing young men to pick their branch of service, any organization they may desire, and the camp to which they wish to go. If they desire to leave the United States, they can enlist for service in Hawaii, the Philippines, Alaska or Panama.
 Mayor Corpstein, in common with the mayors of other cities yesterday issued a proclamation calling upon United States Army Week. His proclamation is as follows:
 Proclamation
 Whereas. the week commencing on Monday the 23rd day of February. 1920, has been set aside to be known as United States Army Week, the purpose being to bring about better understanding and more hearty CO., operation between that vast army of Americans comprising the civilian ranks and those Americans wearing the United States uniform and com prising its armed forces, and
 Whereas, during said week the said uniformed army proposes to enter tain the civilians of the city of Phoe- nix and vicinity by various events such as band concerts and open air dances
 Now Therefore, I. Peter Corpstein, mayor of the city of Phoenix, do most urgently request that each and every citizen and resident of this city will, during the week commencing on Mon day the 23rd day of February, 1920, give his hearty and enthusiastic sup port to the bringing about of a better understanding and more hearty CO., operation between the citizens of this community and those among us who belong to and represent the armed forces of the United States of Amer ica to which end I recommend that all ing said week as guests of the United States Army.
 Witness my hand this 18th day of February, 1920
 fSigned)