Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-19
EVENING CHAT

anu several OF his officers are at Fort
Myer, Va, for instruction by the regu-
lar army officers. the cavalry organ
ization is nevertheless ready to take
the field at a moments notice and in
anticipation of any call for service the
troop has been recruited up to sixty
men. Captain Jack and Lieutenants
r.. A. Nicodemus and G.. w. II. Rob-
erts and Sergeants Charles A. Kline
and Herbert P. Hepford left on Sun
day for Fort Myer and will remain
there throughout this week under
going the thorough course of instruc-
ton prepared by the regular army
ofncers. Captain Jack went to Fort
Riley and several other forts for in
structlon and spent some time along
the Texas border making observations
two years ago. In the latter work he
covered some of the ground which the
nauonal guardsmen may be called
upon to visit in case they are called
into service. In addition to recruiting
the troop to the minimum Captain
Jack has prepared an enrolment for
men VINO desire to enlist in the event
OF call to active service so that 1t
can be brought up to the required
figures In short time from men right
In this vicinity. The troop rooms have
been kept open every night for in
struction OF men and all preparations
nave been made to keep baggage down
! TO the lowest point, the noncommis-
stoned officers being instructed in what
to take. 1t is expected that the troop
Will parade on Memorial Day in the
| new olive drab woolen service uni
| forms and with the new "forty-five"
automatic pistols, and if arrangements
10 l...I 4
| held at Sixteenth and Herr streets
The troop will be inspected on June
and will participate in the flag trans
fer exercises at the Capitol on flag
day. Its guidon of the Spanish War
Will be among the flags to be placed
| in the rotunda.
| Speaking of military matters, it is
! interesting to note that the latest War
| Department regulations printed by the
| adJutant generals department for in
| formation of guardsmen shows that
infantry companies are to be $50 when
, filled up to war strength. Including
all of the officers and men, full
twelve-company regiment would be
over 1900 men. In old days a. regi-
ment was supposed to be 1000 men,
but times have changed, and if the
| Harrisburg guardsmen go into the field
| they Will find the present companies
will be more than doubled. Cavalry
troops would be composed of 100 men.
The work of preparing for the flag
| transfer exercises on June 16 is not
| an easy task and the members of the
| executive committee are having their
| own troubles to pick the men to bear
the flags. Some of the regiments rep
resented by flags at the Capitol have
no organizations and the selection OF
! men to carry has devolved on Surviv-
| Ing senior officers. In other instances
1t has been hard to find men connected
with some organizations and dozens of
letters have been sent to Grand Army
| posts to locate survivors of regiments!
| In other instances men have arrogated
| to themselves the selection Of men to
carry the flags causing heart burn
ings.
Events in Mexico have attracted
some attention to the Mexican monu-
| ment on Capitol Hill which was built
to commemorate the sacrifices of
Pennsylvanians in the war of 1847.
The names on the monument are those
of the battles and the person who
reads can tell the history of the war
at glance. The monument attracts
good many students as they pass
through the park.
| Captain Garland, of the Tech team,
which did such fine work at the Island
on Saturday, was a proud youth after
the scores were announced, but there
was one still prouder. That was his
mother. When he came in from the
two-mile run with a great lead the
| lad went to where his mother was sit
| ting and was given a good big kiss
The crowd cheered.
| People coming to the city to-day
from the rural districts remarked that
owing to the lateness of the season
in farming whole families were work
ing in the fields and in some instances
the planting work looked like the out
mourning of a clan. In parts of rura
Dauphin county farmers were weeks
behind with their work and every
available hand was put to work, tramps
who stopped at farm houses being
given the best of fare if they worked
a couple Of hours.
The original man who does not pay
attention to what is going on was OBJ
served in Market street this morning
He wanted to transact some bushes.
at the courthouse and found 1t CLOSED
lup and an election board in possession
of the rotunda.
!, "what's going on? An election? p
he asked.
/ Three men looked at him in amaze
ment. thinking he was just kidding.
But he looked serious and one man re-
piled with nine shades of disgust in hi!
tone: mo, we are computing the pop
julation."