Arizona republican., 1920-07-04

Keeper. cook. truck drivers, air com pressor man and caterpillar runner are all ex-service men.
 Engineer c. B. Little and his assist ants on the Borderland construction are x-service men. Also Pima coun- tvs auditor for this work. W. J. Travenner, transitman working on the Benson-Van construction in Cochise county saw a years service in France prior to the armiStice.
 $. C. Redd county highway engineer for Greenlee county, also acting as en- gineer for the State Highway depart ment on new construction between Clifton and Franklin, was in the ser vice captain of engineers as well as his assistant, E.. c. Lynde. Five others composing the crew under MT. Redd are ex-service men.
 The Mesa Superior road camp was run by former Captain B. NJ. Gaila- gher, engineer in charge, and Gen eral Foreman Ernest Hall. who re- | signed from the Arizona state senate 1 to enter the war as a private. Prac- l tically all of the truck drivers employed on this job are ex-Seryice men. All ] of the engineering crew, the cook and l his two assistants, the bookkeeper ana | the timel1eeper, and the three foremen | were all former service men. l am ln- | formed by the foreman that every ex- service man asking for employment on this job during an entire year were given employment.
 l Forces working under the direction of former Lieutenant J. M. Brown on the Phoenix Tempe and Tempe Mesa highways are composed largely of men who answered the call to the colors- l A majority of these saw service in France in the engineering corps or in- fantry with the exception of one who saw two and half years service 1 in the U. $. navy.
 The repair of the Tempe bridge is under the supervision of Captain John H. Zeitler.
 Former Captain E. C. Dietrich, who 1 has charge of the state paving work ! in Pima county, had for his assistants on this work men who had seen ser vice.
 James A. Duggie. in charge of the truck and maintenance work in Santa Cruz county. served four years in the army. enlisting as a private and dis charged as lieutenant.
 The force of men under the direction 1 of Charles Hartman, master mechanic in charge of the repair yards of tho | State Highway department, is com 1 posed entirely of ex service men, in cluding men of all ranks from private to lieutenant.
 Former Captain A. F. Harter, who leIL the SIdlS f1lSnWdy QcpdItttlSIlb HI 1917 to enter service, is in charge of 1 the construction of the Marinette bridge across the Agua F'ria, and the repair work on the Coldwater bridge which crosses the same stream. His bookkeeper. MT. Willis E. Remington, is an eN-captain. Most of the truck drivers engineers, etc, are also ex- service men.
 The drafting department contains eight men who saw service in the great war.
 T. F. Johnson, invoice clerk, was for merly a major in the adjutant generals department.
 The state truck inspector, Wesley A. Hin is a former first lieutenant in the tank corps.
 our bridge department, which covers both designing and construction, is uf1- der the supervision of Merrill Butler former captain of the 316th engineers Harry Hagen. who was in the aerial service is resident engineer in charge of the work on the Globe -Ceronigo highway.
 F. c. Twitehell. former division en- gineer with the State Highway de- partment, was one of the first officers graduated from the officers training school at Presidio, San Francisco. and was sent overseas with the 23rd engi- neers. He is now in charge of the pri- son camp and the construction of the Superior Miami highway.
 C. F. Bone. in charge of the crew which constructed the pilot road from
 Miami and now in charge of construc-
 ton forces on the Upper part Of the
 Superior Miami highway, saw service with the 23rd engineers. His original
 crew on this work were all ex-service men.
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