Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-15
GUARDSMEN LEAVE
GRETNA FOR HOMES
Eighth Infantry Entrains For Har-
risburg at 9 o'clock; Din
iberia in Camp
Special 10 The Telegraph

Mt. Gretna, Pa, Aug. 10. - The
United States Army Camp of Instruc-
] ton, which was in progress here for
a week. with the officers and men of
the First and Fourth Brigades, Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, as stu
dents, faded into a memory to-day
with the departure of the several or
ganIzations.
| The several commands moved out
| OF tne camp in the order oil their
seniority. tie Fourth Infantry, IN
! command OF Colonel (. L. O'Nell, en-
! training at clock tnis morning,
ana the Eighth infantry, IN command
| OF colonel Joseph b. nutchison, loI-
| lowing an hour later. The SiXtn In
IanJrN, in command of Colonel
! Thomas Bludle Ellis, departed at IL
| clock, anu then there was a luII
I IN the train movements to give time
Tor the movement ON morse cars anu
| TO endole the men to nave mess. This
| afternoon the Second, First ana Third
infantry organizations lett camp In
command OF -tneIr respective omcers.
starting at O'Clock, ana moving out
at intervals OF an hour. Tne last
regiment was away at O'CLOCK TINS
| afternoon, the brigade headquarters
IN each instance moving out in the
rear or their respective orlgades.
Il
Major M. ii. Taggart's inspection
OF the Fourth Brigade on F'rluay
morning, accompanied by Governor
I Tener. was but u duplication OF the
routine OF the First Brigade inspec-
tlon on Thursday, ana at its conclu-
! sion Governor Tener and the other
/ inspecting ofncers expressed them
selves as highly pleased with the or
ganlzation as a whole and especially
with the brigade as 1t appeared un-
der inspection. General James b.
Coryell, commander OF the brigade,
stated that IL was the most success
tul camp held in years and General
William q. Price, commander OF the
First Brigade, voiced similar senti-
ments.
/ The last night in camp was fraught
with the usual celebrations ana pink
teas and more boisterous social func-
/ tions were the rule in every company
as we'll as in the officers quarters.
The most serious illness OF the en-
/ tire tour of DUTY was discovered on
the last day of the camp, when Pri-
Nate Baudette, OF Company NJ, Eighth
infantry, was found TO have devel-
/ oped case OF pronounced diphInerla
Captain Edward Mcbride. commander
! OF the company was notified and after
a consultation the State Health De-
partment at Harrisburg was also in
formed of the case. The latter Off
Gals at once took charge and the man
was isolated in tent apart from the
rest OF the regiment, and a guard
was maintained around the place un-
I'll arrangements were made for the
! removal of the man to his home at
Lewistown in an automobile.
Men Receive Their Pay
The United States army paymaster
was in camp on Friday and consid-
cradle portion of the day was de-
voted to the muster of the men for
pay, All of the officers received their
full pay with the exception of a por-
I ton of the Sixth Infantry, the APP
preparation being insufficient to cover
the two brigades The noncommis-
stoned officers received only the pay
which would have been allotted them
for service a similar length of time
/ in the United States army, enlisted
men receiving 81; corporals, S6, and
sergeants from SIS to $40. The rest
of their pay will come along in the
usual channels from the government
OF PENNSYLVANIA. The pay for this
camp will be the same as all others,
being rated on S1.5O per day for the
enlisted men.
considerable number of the
members of the Eighth Infantry,
principally Harrisburg guardsmen,
VIII come back to Mt Gretna next
! week to take part in the annual rifle
competitions. The Eighth Regiment
will be represented this year by
very strong teams, in both the Junior
and senior matches.
Harrisburg Men to Shoot
Company d, of Harrisburg, will fur
nish two men in the persons of Pri-
vate Albert L. Dunn and Sergeant
George Fairall: Company |, also of
Harrisburg, will supply Corporal
John f. Rogers and Quartermaster
Sergeant Virgil B. Kennedy, also of
Harrisburg, will also shoot on the
team. Sergeant Reitzel and Corporal
Mentzer, of Chambersburg, members
of Company c, will join the team en-
route here as will also Private Leo
Schaeffer, of Company l., of Bedford.
and several marksmen from other
companies.
Captain Jere J. Hartman, of Com
pany d, and Captain Frank E. Zieg-
ler' of Company l, both of Harris
burg, before leaving camp stated that
the tour of instruction was the most
effective and beneficial in a number
of years and they were highly pleased
with the showing of their men. both
under the eye of the inspectors as
well as at other times during the
camp. The noncommissioner officers
as well as the men displayed keen
interest in all that was going on and
made effort in the way of concerted
action to win merit for the respective
companies as we'll as the regiment
and the brigade.