Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24

many comment as to the fine lookine
battalion these organizations could
make. Presidents j. William Bowman
and Howard c. Fry, of the Chamber
OF Commerce and Rotary Club re-
spectively. many an admirer remarked
looked like regular captains"
Behind these came the big force OF
employees from the Dives, Pomeroy
and Stewart store. Each bore a large
heads and made an imposing scene as
the squad swung around the corner al
Second and Market streets.
The salesforce from Bowman and
Company's store. william Strouse and
Co., Doutrich's and Kauffman's came
next. Each man bore a flag, and q
big American flag that reached across
the street and required more than a
score of men to bear, brought up the
end Of the commercial forces.
Spartan Women of Tomorrow
IT was just as these squads passed
that real thrill raced through the
big crowds and a deafening cheer
went up. 1t was in honor of a bevy
of pretty misses none of whom could
have been 16, swung round the curve
bearing a big flag Each little miss
was clad in white and many a chest
nut, or taffy- colored curl floated back
smile that the tugging flag and blister
ing asphalt couldn't remove.
That's what we are going away to
fight for" significantly remarked a
serious young trooper farther back in
the line. "It was girls just such as
those that those 'greasers' got down
in Columbus. Well remember
these"
Then the Firemen
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in their bright uniforms and with
their neat looking apparatus the fire.
fighters made quite an impression.
Incidentally they gave a slight impress
sion of what battle sounds like.
Their screaming sirens, screeching
claxons and changing bells, are not un-
like the scream of shrapnel and the
bark of a machine gun, remarked an
officer. 1t was bedlam.
But the din of the e-machines
couldn't compare with the apparatus
rolled on and the trim, young khaki
clad men of the Governors troop un-
der Captain George C. Jack swung
past. 1t was for these Harrisburg
boys that thousands had turned out
to see. While the Troop will not en-
train for Mount Gretna until to-mor-
row Captain Jack acquiesced to the
request of hundreds and marched his
men through the line as an escort to
the men of Companies D and /.
Following the Troop came part Of
the Eighth regiment stag. Led by
Colonel Maurice E. Finney, who will
command the regiment, these officers
formed a squad which included Cap
tain Harry H. Baker. Adjutant; Major
G. NJ. Peters, Regfmental Surgeon;
Captain o. NJ. Copeiin. Inspector of
small arms; Captain Bassler, Regi-
mental Chaplain, j. w. Wheeler. Ser
geant Major, and Aubrey H. Baldwin,
Jr., Regimental Quarter Master.
The staff was followed by the
Eighth Regiment Band and Compan-
les c. OF Chambersburg, and @, of Car
Isle. These were all greeted with
applause that threatened to drown out
the martial airs of the musicians.
They were followed with a SQUAD of
trim young youngsters that might
well be termed the "Class of 1918"
Members of the Boys Brigade, they
were, and a trim looking squad with
their carbines and khaki suits.
Then came the pride of Harrisburg,
Companies D and I.
1t was just to say farewell and Cod
speed to thes that $4,000 people left
their work and jostled each other for
point of vantage, where a brother,
son or sweetheart might be waved a
inal farewell.
1t was as the veterans. businessmen
and police formed Two deep lines
along Market street, from Second to
the station. that these Companies
swung round the square and tramped
down Market street
1t was these last few minutes of the