Arizona republican., 1922-02-04
Former Resident Of Territory
Celebrates His 10th Birthday

At her home, 102 East Roosevelt
street, Mrs. Edward Richardson gave
a dinner on February l in honor of
the 10Th birthday of her father, Ed
win A. Brown Of Visalia, old-time
resident of the territory Of Arizona.
There was present at the dinner Z.
A. Brown and his wife, Emma
Brown; his son, John II. Brown, a
prominent member of the w. o. w.
and his wife, Nettie Brown; Everett
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Rich
ardson. Cecil Richardson and Mil
dred Richardson. Mr. Brown is a
veteran of the Civil War a member
of the G.. A. r.. and might be called
a pioneer of Arizona. After his dis
charge from the 18th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Cavalry. seeking further
adventures he enlisted in Co. A,
Third Battalion, 14th L. s. Infantry,
afterwards reorganized as Co. "A, 32d
Infantry. He accompanied that reg
iment to Drum Barracks, California,
via the ISthmus of Panama. In de-
scribing his experiences Mr.. Brown
says:
Leaving Drum Barracks, Will
n1ington, Calf, we proceeded by way
of Fort Yuma, Maricopa Wells, Pima
! Villages. Sacaton, Round Valley and
| N~ONbOhNOOu HNpllHRS u Il OTL
! served as commissary and quarter
master sergeant enroute. A few days
/ before we camped at Round Valley.
Major Miller of the 14th Infantry
and his entire escort Were ambushed
and killed by Apaches. The bodies
had been found by party of citi-
zens and temporarily buried. My
first duty after reaching Fort Grant
was the fitting out a party to bring
/ the bodies to the post Some time
/ in 1866 the government made a
treaty with the Apaches and it be-
\ came my duty to issue rations 10
them. | often fed Cochise and his
band. Part of the ration consisted
of corn on the cob; this we brought
| from a man named Israel, who with
his partner, owned ranch on the
| San Pedro about two miles from
| the post, and l never turned my
back on the ranch without wonder
ing If that wasn't the time the IN
dians would Go out
In the spring of 1867 my COM
pany was ordered TO Camp Nc
| Dowell, where / remained a short
| time doing routine duty and occa
sionally clerking in the quartermas-
| ter department, then in charge of
Capt. G. G. G. Carr (notice the alli-
teration) lst Il. S. Cavalry. How
ever, / was not to stay there long.
was soon ordered to Maricopa
| Wells to take charge of the govern
ment property there, and here / had
lots to do. 1t was my duty to re-
| ceive grain from the Indian traders
at Maricopa Wells. Pima Villages.
Sweetwater, Sacaton, receipt for it
and forward it by government teams
to Mcdowell: to issue rations TO de-
tachments of troops enroute to mill
| tary posts, including hay fer their
horses or mules; give receipts for
| blacksmith and woodwork done on
all passing government wagon trains.
| shoeing mules and generally looking
after the interests of the United
| States. These duties had been per-
| formed aforetime by commissioned
| officers so the detail was somewhat
| OF feather in my cap. But my
services at Maricopa Wells were cut
| short by my company being ordered
| with Co. f, 14th Infantry to build
| a wagon road from Mcdowell to a
point on Tonto creek, and there es-
| tablish a military post TO be called
Camp Reno. | was ordered to re-
join my company and take up my
! duties as quartermaster sergeant
| thereof with the added duties of
post quartermaster sergeant. Re-
| turning to my company which ]
! found had gone into camp on the
bank of the Rio Verde. / assisted
! in organizing the expedition. This