Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
Ehrntng Gl1at

The record of the Governors Troop
IN getting ready, going and arriving on
strike duty in Allegheny county, which
mas won the admiration of military
men and officials throughout the State,
mas been justly styled the result of
excellent preparation. Captain George
{. Jack inherited a fine organization
from the days when Colonel +. NJ. OFT
was head of the troop and he has
maintained its reputation for being
ready. The fact that the troop was
ready at the hour required and had its
mounts, mighty difficult thing in
these days when horses are hard to
get and the demand is very great was
much commented upon yesterday. 1t
happens that the troop did the same
thing back in the days of the 1900
strike. This strike was the third in
which the troop had been called. The
hrst duty was at Homestead, a few
miles away from the present duty, on
July 1, 1892, and the second in Lu-
Zerne county in 1897 following the
Latttmer riot. On September %, 1900,
the troop was called and Captain OFT
reported to General Goblin at the Boil
ton House here his readiness to take
excellent showing that the general
mentioned it in his official report.
something decidedly unusual. The last
time the troop was in service was The
longest. 1t lasted forty days. or from
July 80 to November /, 1902. and the
country covered was in part what was
covered in the service of 1900. One
or the odd things about the calls for
strike duty given to the troop is tnat
all have come at night, generally ne
tween 8 and 12, and every time the
troop has been ready to move at the
hour specified.
Speaking of Plattsburg and hard
work, several businessmen of the city
nave been seized with the fever, or
bug, or whatever you choose to call
II, ana are making valiant efforts to
SO arrange their business affairs that
they can Keep at least one month of
the coming summer free to allow them
to live the life of a soldier for a few
brief weeks, sleeping on the ground
and eating food that for wholesome
ness and quantity is said to be un-
peatabIe. j. William Bowman, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, is
seriously considering enrolling as a
rookie and forgetting the Chamber
OF Commerce and all that goes with it
to get out and breathe the open air
| for twenty-four hours every day while
the months training lasts. Flavel H.
wright, insurance man, who made for
himself a reputation as a good story
| teller on the recent Chamber of Com
merce two-day tour, is also keen for
Plattsburg. Wright, by the way, has
seen service before, and under the
| officer who of recent months has been
| standing forth in the public limelieht
to considerable degree, General Per-
shing Some twenty or more years ago
we must not be too definite-young
| Wright was an undergraduate at the
| State University of Nebraska, located
in Lincoln. Pershing was then first
| lieutenant of the Tenth United States
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military detail of the university. The
present Harrisburger has of the gem
eral the opinion which his mastery
handling of the somewhat difficult
Mexican situation on the spot seems
to justify. Pershing was to Wright
one of the handsomest men he had
| ever seen.
The Stroller" in the Scranton Re-
| publican Is having fun with some CON
temporaries. This is what he says: II
met number of men yesterday who
were complaining of stiff muscles as
| the result of long tramps through the
surrounding country. The bright sun
shine and the agreeable temperature
| tempted them into the open and they
responded. OF course 1t will be some
weeks yet before nature will be at ner
! loveliest because the trees are not yet
| showing their wealth of green, anL
even the shrubbery is just awakenin 4
| from its winter sleep but the arhutus
| blossoms are out and some of them
are exceedingly lovely. Nevertheless,
when weather such as that of Sunday
comes, following a season of chilly
rains and winds, 1t is not to be denied
and those in love with the great open
spaces sought them. 7 have heard it
predicted that this summer will take
more walking parties to the Vicinity of
Lake Scranton than any previous warm
! season, because pedestrianism as
means of recreation is said to be grow
ing in favor"
Forrest i. Yoder who used to he
connected with the Telegraph. is visit
ing his father, c. w. f. Yoder, of 116
Herr street Mr.. Yoder went to Ecua-
dor twelve years ago and, like many
other young Americans in that coun-
| try has prospered exceedingly. He
married a young woman, member of
a well-known and prominent family of
that place, and is now general man
ager of the Ecuadorean Corporation,
1 which controls a number of the i'm
portant industrial enterprises of the
district. He has his headquarters in
Guayaquil. where he resides with his
wife and two children. He is making
good in fine style, enjoys the work and
country, is happy, prosperous and
weighs about thirty-five pounds more
than when he left here. He will sail
for South America from New York
June 8.
CAPTAIN C. F. Clement, who is in
command of the Sunbury troop of the
States cavalry, is a son of MAJOR
General c. NJ. Clement and served for
several years in the Twelfth Infantry.
When that organization was converted
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