Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-26
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AN interesting commentary upoH
the manner in which the War De.
partment acting through the National
u"iu is assisting in putting the mill.
'i'!iieh INTO state of still greater eff.
eAehcS ana at the same time point.
.Hs the way to the citizen who believe,
IN peihg prepared for defense Is fur.
ulished by an order Just issned From
Iie once of Adjutant General TbonG.
~ stewart. 1t deals with tho feet NJ
is men, The general order, which
ders pilht t Oh War Department or.
1eis' e.' says that the orders are piver
win view to Increasing fba
iiieIchinS capacity of troops" and III.
se.,, 80 tnat company officers shall lner.
a,t.y attend to the measuring and
is ing az OF the feet of the men. Thi,
'e Hist tlme such an order has been
calls So ana IL is significant that il
st Satis LOT measurements to he rnads
WIN the men equipped with n 'fortS
pound burden, which is what az
field. "ieh IN the
Whlie some of the paragraphs in
tii ttie orders may make it seem ms
thoush the company commandars
were to have a knowledge of cbira,ioJ,sS
YET tne importance or seeing that ths
men Keep their nails trimmed corns
OF calluses pared and bunions reIiev-
ea is realized when it is understood
ena s,Iat men must be kept in proper
Slape Tor marching. 1t is even order-
e't eiIat II serious cases are found the
surgeons should be notified
Ihe order further SAYS: "Refore a
nlarch Is undertaken by foot troops
company commanders will personally
inspect the bare feet of their Inen
Whlie on the march they will per-
sohally see each day that their men
@ @"asn thelr teet as soon as possible
aiter reaching camp. etc, and put on
clean socks" Another note is that
an undue amount of foot injury and
disability from shoes will be regarded
as evidence of inefiiciency on the mart
OF the officers concerned and as cause
Tor investigation"
me order sounds unusual, almost
Ireaklsh and certainly giving officers
duties to perform which are probably
not pleasant, but when the end sought
| is realized it is certainly the most
sensible talk on physical preparedness
that could be desired And the lesson
Tor the soldiers might be applied to
the ordinary citizen who wants to
| Keep himself fit.
The recent visit to Miss Bragg to
this city to give a lecture on story
telling has had the effect of caus-
ing run on the story books at the
harrisburg Public Library. Few peo-
pie realize that the Story Tellers'
Club of this city has stimulated i'm
terest in that branch of education, as
| 1t may possibly be called because valu-
able instruction may be given by that
means. Folklore, tradition and other
branches are now being given atten-
ton by teachers and the books at the
library are being worked over time.
Not only has the Library furnished
the Outdoor school and some of the
| children's organizations with books
| which 1T can not use any longer but
| 1t has just been the means of estab-
| fishing q messenger boys library in
the Western Union building. This was
| arranged by the librarian Miss Eaton,
| ana Gus Californian, manager of the
| Western Union. A collection of books
of interest and value to boys was
made and was placed on shelves pro-
Vided by the company in the mes
sengers' rest and courtroom. And
the books have been read from cover
to cover good many times. judging
from what has been reported.
|
Thomas B. Smith. mayor-eleot OF
Philadelphia, who was here a day or
so ago, was formerly o member of
! the House. He served back in the
nineties and says that he enjoyed it.
Later on he became postmaster of
! Philadelphia.
| Frederic A. Godcharles, deputy sec
retary of the Commonwealth, ate
| Thanksgiving turkey at home yester-
day for the first time in twenty-one
years Not that the editor-deputy is
not a home. loving man. But it hap
pens that he is one of the great au-
thorities on football rules in this
country and is in demand for referee
in many big matches Every Thanks
giving day he has been called into
service at some collegiate game, gem
orally far off from Milton. This year
| he refereed a match at Lewisburg,
which is next door and he ate turkey
at home.
One would scarcely expect the round
red disks placed about Market street
and the Square to serve as reading
| places for foreigners, but on Satur-
day afternoon they appeared to in
terest a couple of Slavs immensely.
The men were here doing some Satur-
day buying and when they struck the
front of the courthouse, where park
| ing is forbidden in white letters on a
very red background the two men
halted and painfully spelled out each
letter. Just what they made out of
| the word marking Is uncertain.