The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-20
NAMES or VETERANS Will
Be INSCRIBED ON tablet
Survivors Of Civil War Who Contribute
to Building FUND Of Camp Curtin
Mnmor1al 1hurch VIII Re Listed in
Bronze at Entrance

Not only will old "Camp Curtin" it.
self be memopialized by the erection of
the proposed Camp Curtin Memorial
Methodist Episcopal church at Sixth
and Camp streets, but every veteran
who was mustered into the Union serv-
ice at the famous camping ground may
he memorializcd as we'll by plan an
nounced by the committee in charge of
the "$SS,O00 in eight days" cam
paign starting yesterday.
The committee has decided to erect
within the entrance of the new edi6ce a
bronze tablet on which will be placed
the name of every Civil war veteran
who contributes to the building fund.
1t matters not how much or how little
may be given the name will be inscribed
thereon with the rest. Letters announc-
ing the plan to preserve to history the
names of the men who laid their lives
on the nations altar at the old camp
were sent out to the various G. A. r.
posts throughout the State to-day.
1t was announced further that any
relative of dead Civil war veteran
who wishes to have the name Of the
dead hero on the tablet can do so by
contributing to the fund.
The first luncheon of the eight-day
campaign was held last evening at
$50 O'Clock.
At the luncheon last night $6,700
of the $4,000 to be raised was sub.
scribed by the workers themselves
Tha eacond 1unoboon Mill lo LoIl ~
night at 6 O'Clock when the various
team captains will report.
Subscriptions were started last night
by the Ladies' Aid Society of the
church with $1,000. Other large sub.
scriptions were as follows: $500, Mr.
and Mrs. j. H. Kreamer; $40O, Men s
Bible Glass; $500, ID. w. Cotterell
Ladies' Bible Glass; 5000, J. A. Haas
B. f. Moses, Mrs. E. 1. Brooks Glass
Mrs. Mary A. Marsh, F. j. Reif $1b0
the Rev. A. s. Williams, Primary De
partment, Mrs. Emma Smith IS Class
$1O0, friend, Adam Martz, A. G
Benner, Mr. and Mrs. E. w. McClain
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Faust, Mrs. Clara
B. Lackey's Glass, Sam Meckley, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Hall and daughter
Mrs. E. I. Book, W. w. Cyesswell, Sc
nior Epworth League.
On Sunday morning the campaign
was officially inaugurated with patriotic
services in the present chapel, which
were attended by several scores of the
white haired G. A. r. men. Colonel
Henry G. Demming, the Rev. DIR. Mar.
cellus d. Litchliter and the Rev. A. S
Williams were the speakers of the morn.
ing. Colonel Demming told of the days
of '61 and '65 at the famous camp
and stated that fully 100000 men
were mustered into service where it is
proposed to erect the Memorial church
He said that the veterans who sat in
Che pews represented 500 hard fought
battles of the War of the Rebellion.
Announcement of the personnel of
the men s and women s teams who will
conduct the whirlwind campaign
throughout the next eight days was
made yesterday morning as follows:
Mems Division
The personnel of the mems division
is as follows: General chairman, J.
A. Haas; vice general chairman, E. W.
McClain; chairman, B. F. Moses; pas
tor, A. S. Williams; treasurer, F. J.
Reif.
Team No. 1-B. f. Barnhart, cap.
tain; j. w. Keill, F. B. Soles, w. B.
Gibbons, John Zarker.
Team No. "A. S. Benner, captain
e. G. Gibbons, J. G. Keel, Elmer Soles,
G. P. Bateman, Joseph Casey.
Team No. George Burlington
captain; Harry Soles, John Shilling
Fl. E. Keller, Paul Kitzmiller, Carl
Beasor.
Team No. 4-W. F. Burgoon, cap.
tain; H. c. Ruby, Earl Kelley, H. A.
Eslinger, George Hoffman.
Team No. Sd. w. Cotterel, cap.
tain; T. j. Faust, John Grass, Mr.
Lindley, Harry Loper.
Team No. 6-W. w. Criswel, cap.
tain; H. Bowman, E. S. Kitzmiller
Samuel Meckley, William Grass.
Team No. ii. A. Hall, captain;
G.. w. Mehafie, E. J. Sykes, Harry
Dunkle, d. j. Fehrer.
Team No. 8-Eli Hollinger. cap.
tain; Herman Brady, w. w. Fencil,
Jerry Seiders, James Titsel, D. E,
Smith, G.. w. VanWagner.
Team No. "a. D. Knight, cap.
tain; H. Potteiger, Ralph Mickey, Fl.
Hambright, ID. J. Fehrer.
Team No. 10. P. Taylor, cap-
tain; John Watson, George Parsons, j.
Howard Poore.
Team No. 11-Emery Miller, cap
tain; William Higgins, T. H. Fraim,
John Loban, w. B. Gehrett.
Team No. 12--George Marshall,
captain. d w Rixler I r P,rcb