Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-09
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the accompanying suggestion, This 1,
What one poor boy accomplished, wha
are you doing with better opportuni
tles Will be interested in the story O.
George It. Lumb, deputy superintend
ent of the State police, who has jus
passed the rigid examination of tn,
supreme Court bar and been admitted
10 practice In the courts of Dauphir
county. Literally hurled by death ant
misfortune, at the age of eleven, from
nome or refinement to the life Of 6
| hewspoy he commenced to battle fol
an existence and an education, and a
| elsnteen enlisted in the United State.
cavalry and served four years in Texas
Where he turned the vicissitudes oi
army border life to such account thai
| at tWenty-one he was physical director
OF the squadron. During the war with
spain Lumb participated in three night
attacks and the land battle of Manila
Whicn led to the surrender of the city
10 the american forces on August rs
1910. Ihen came the Philippine in
surrectlon with seventeen engage
ments TO the credit of Lumb, and the
BoXer uprising in China with six more
ignts, making total Of twenty-seven
oattles and engagements for this mod
est unassuming soldier. On return
ing TO the United States Lumb be-
came post school teacher at Fort
Mcfienry Nd, where he met the girl
from Maryland who changed his whole
career In 1904 he was promoted
from corporal to sergeant major OF
tne artillery corps, which is the high
est rank In the noncommissioned staff,
ana, on the recommendation of his
post commander, regulations were
ignored which prohibited any man un-
aef the grade of sergeant from taking
sne examination. In 1906 Lumb was
sent to Fort Flagler. Wash, as SER
geant-maJor, but after being there less
than year secured his discharge in
oroer to get start in civil life that
would enable him to marry the girl
from Maryland. who, by the way, is
lne present Mrs. Lumb. When John
=. Groome organized the State police
1orce Lumb's record landed him an
appointment as first sergeant. After
tne famous fight at Florence in 1906
MMere TWO or the State police were
killed and three others wounded Lumb
was promoted to lieutenant. Perhaps
the carrying to a place Of safety of
the pody or a comrade who lay in the
uirect range of the assassins' guns had
something to do with it, for this is
Just what Sergeants Lumb and Marsh
old. and Marsh, by the way, is a lieu
tenant now. Later Lumb went to
1Ieehspurg as a captain in command
@OOP ~ NhtIS lie IIldQe SuCh a
record that on January /, 1908. he
was brought to Harrisburg as deputy
superintendent. He Immediately de-
Uiued that this was a good place to
ilVe and took up the study of law.
burning the midnight oil to master
the subjects that the examinations re.
CURED. His duties called him away
on one strike after another; friends
aoupted his ultimate success; but
"a hot IT,,
ana denying himself even the ordinary
recreatlons of life. he has won out
ana do you know what he says? "If
nad any other woman for q wife 7
could not have done it," Captain
Lumb is prominent in Masonic circles.
an active Odd Fellow, an honorary
member OF the Woman's PENNSYLVANIA
society. for the Prevention OF Cruelty
10 ANIMALS and popular with the
nlernpers or the local bar, who well
come INTO their midst any man of grit
and achievement. Some of the youth
OF tn1s city who spend their time in
Poolrooms and on street corners would
40 well to ponder on this newsboy.
VINO, without preference or pull has
risen to be prominent State official
ana lawyer, served his country, raised
family and made good in true
american form. When asked for his
ONPtoii SdlQ. We'll. Won
get what you deserve in this world
and you deserve what you get there
fore: Deserve"
Until some idea of the scope - the
proposed maneuvers to be held by the
regular army and the militia of sew
erai other States in the vicinity of
Baitimore and Washington, can be
given 1t Will be impossible to make
any outllhe OF the part Pennsylvania
VIII play in this latest of the war
games. The announcement that the
maneuVers are to be participated in by
the division of PENNSYLVANIA militia
mas attracted the greatest attention
throughout the State and the Adiutant
Generals office has been asked a
dozen times a day for further in
formation. Adjutant General Thomas
>. stewart says that while he has
peen asked to make some estimates
OF the cost as far as the National
Guard of Pennsylvania is Concerned
ne mas not been Informed as to the
duration or service or what transpor-
tatlon would be required AS soon as
IL is known at what point the Penn
sylVanla troops are to mobilize and
what will be required in the way of
stores and what auxiliary arms of SER
wee are to be utilized some definite
WIZ NC loI oIWdTueQ TO WASH
ington. Meanwhile State officials arc
as keen as guardsmen about the scope
of the maneuvers.
The office of James Sweeney. State
chief OF standards. at the Capitol look
like a store these days. So many
cities and counties are naming seaIers
and sending in their standards to he
attested that the place is piled high
with boxes and the grains and other
things used to get the exact contents
or weight are being worked in viola
tlon of the eight hour law every week
day. Mr. Sweeney has been called
upon In addition to give first hand
instruction to many sealers and his
job is anything but a sinecure. From
letters sent to him the appointment of
sealers is saving the housekeepers of
this State a good many thousands of
dollars.
JUDGE TREXLER
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