Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-12
SENATOR PENROSE
VISITOR At GRETNA
INSTRUCTION CAMP
Runaway Mules Nearly Drag Down
Tents of Company |; Fight
Sham Battles
MUTT AND JEFF ON THE JOB
Sudden Rush of Infantrymen For
Foot Baths When Army
Officer Lectures
By Special Corresbondsnee


Aug. 12.-United States Senator Boies
Penrose was a welcome visitor in the
camp here this morning He arrived
about 8 o'clock last evening, in COM
pany with President Tilden. of the
! Union League of Philadelphia, and
| Judge Ralston, also of Philadelphia.
| 1t was feared they would not reach
the camp, as the roads were muddy
and they travelled by automobile, but
they surprised everybody about the
time taps We're to be sounded by driv-
| ing into the camp.
While an effort was made to invest
the trip with political significance in
some quarters, there was nothing do
ing in the camp. Senator Penrose and
the party came here merely as per-
sonal guests OF Brlgadier-General VIII
| liam q. Price, commander of the First
| Brigade, National Guard of Pennsyl-
Vanla, and there was not even sug-
gestion that the senator be given a
| reception of eleven guns by the ar
tillery, to when the visitor was en-
titled by reason of his position. Sem
ator Penrose did not make any at
tempt to make a speech and his time
was devoted entirely to the camp OF
General Price.
Mules Drag Driver
The camp of Company l, Eighth
| Infantry, of Harrisburg, was placed
in an uproar on Tuesday afternoon
when a pair OF mules hitched to
commissary wagon became uncon-
trolable. George Laudermilch, of
near Lebanon, civilian driver, was in
| one OF the tents when the mules
started off and when Laudermllch
went out to catch them he was
| dragged for a distance. There was
| danger for a time that the mules
would drag down the tents of Com
pany l, in whose regimental street the
runaway took place, but the animals
were stopped before serious damage
was done. The injured driver was
taken to the Eighth Regiment hos
pital, where he was treated
Privates First and Flickinger, of
Company l. of Harrisburg, were the
regimental guard detail on Tuesday.
! Corporal Greene and Private Foul
stone were assigned to the brigade
guard for to-day. Mail Carrier Jona-
| than Jordan, of Maclay street, was a
guest of Sergeant Bankes, of Com
pany l.
Sergeant Lawrence G. Matthias. of
Company D, of the Capital City, is
acting as sergeant of the brigade
guard to-day.
In the warlike exercises on Tuesday
Company D. of Harrisburg, was on a
defensive position with Captain j. j..
Hartman as leader. They fought a
realistic battle with Company K, of
York In the development of a SINH
| lar problem in the other battalion
Company l. of Harrisburg, Captain
Zeigler commanding, had an offensive
position and did equally valiant serv.
ice in an attack upon the eutrenched
enemy.
Have a White Hope
Private l.. A. Wolfe, of Company L,
was treated by the regimental sur
geon for a blistered foot. Artificer
Sponsler is able to resume his duties
again after being confined for several
days for the treatment of sprained
/ shoulder which he sustained in un-
| loading a barrel of potatoes from q
! D. Schaeffer. of Company l. defeated
! a Company ID man in an exhibition of
| the manly art in one of the Eighth
| Infantry streets. A return engage
ment is booked for later in the week,
and then Schaeffer will be up against
defending his title as the white hope
of the Harrisburg militia"
Private Harry SAMSON, of Com
! pany D, has recovered from a serious
attack of acute indigestion.
! Corporal H. w. Hagy, of Com
pany D, of Harrisburg, is known as
| the JeH OF In6 as ne meas
ures but feet in height, and his
| friend, Private f. D Stieffer, of the
same company, who measures more
! than four inches over feet is known
as Mutt. Their antics keep the entire
regiment lively during leisure hours,
though this jeff does not stand for
the abuse of his namesake as carl
catured by Bud Fisher.
Company D. of Harrisburg. is re-
| ceiVing some fine instruction at pres
ent. Sergeant John N. Schuchman
gave a talk on steps and company evo-
| lutions; Sergeant James T. Long spoke
on the manual of arms; First Sergeant
William f. Schell discoursed on sig
nails, bugle calls, flag signals, Musicians
Paul S. Grundon and Martin A. Dieter
aiding in the demonstration where
musical notes were required; Second
Lieutenant Josiah p. Wilbar, of the
same company, lectured on cooking
and the value of care in transportation
and preparation of foodstuffs
Battalion evolutions were in vogue
! on Tuesday and the three battalions
| of the Eighth Regiment, Colonel
| Hutchison's command, had a busy
time, together with the rest of the
organizations represented in camp
The several companies of each bat
talon were taken through an exercise
in attack and defense.
The Eighth Infantry hospital corps
| figured prominently this afternoon in
a drill and inspection of the medical
outfits of the medical departments,
which were taken through a demon
stration of first aid to the injured.
! loading ambulances. drill in the use of
litters. removing injured from the bat
tlefield to the main hospitals and gen.
eral details in that regard.
Rush for the Baths
! The Harrisburg guardsmen, in com
! pany with the rest of the men in
camp, were severely frightened by an
inadvertent action on the part of Lieu
| tenant John P. Bubb, a United States
Army instructor. The officer was de-
| livering a lecture on the value of
proper care of the feet in the Second
Infantry and was illustrating how an
old d-time idea made the army travel
on it's belly" while the modern IDEA
is to watch the feet and was showing
how the travel on foot is even more
essential, when he was told that many
enlistments in the militia are turned
down because of bad feet. The officer
then made the entire battalion divest
itself of shoes and stockings and he
examined all feet with care. 1t was
soon noised around that a similar in
spection was due for both brigades.
and there was a general rush to the,
lake and small streams for foot baths.
EVERY MUSIC-LoVER