Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-24
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Mobilization of the National
Guardsmen at Camp Brumbaugh t6
oay has brought to the minds of a good
many residents of the city the days
When the Civil War soldiers and the
spanish war men went forth. The
harrisburg commands In Civil War
umes We're mustered at Camp Curtin,
out they always paraded about the
CITY and there are quite few people
VINO can recall the marches OF the or
ganl2ations. Generally, before a regi-
Ineht took trains for the front it
marched into this city and the depar-
lures were as formal occasions as
When the commands went to the Ex-
ecutiVe Mansion to receive colors from
lGoVernor Curtin. When the Spanish
war came the organizations of the
Guard mobilized at Camp Hastings.
gong by train. The Guard was a bigs
organization then and had units which
were quickly enlisted to full strength
While companies needed to fill out
regiments were recruited just as was
Company of the Fourth infantry in
thls CITY, Camp Hastings soon be-
came can e very business-like place just as
VIII camp Brumbaugh and the organi-
zatlons did not get a chance to parade
untll they struck the practice marches
at Camp Alger
Judging from some of the gossip
| 10 bSlhS HedFu now there
are chances that after the National
Guardsmen are mustered into the SER
wee OF Uncle Sam and sent on the way
to the border that the camp will be
maintained as base for the organiza-
uon of volunteer commands. 1t is
generally believed that the War de-
partment viii start the recruitment of
some volunteer organizations once the
mexican situation gets clarified. These
organizations would be like the 27th,
zSth, 41st and 4Sth regiments which
were organized at Camp Meade in
1893 for Philippine service, or in
Rough Riders or Immunes. The lat
ter organizations came from southern
States, mainly from gulf ports and
were men used to the climate of Cuba.
They were used for garrison duty and
mustered out in this city.
Clear weather of the last few days
mas resulted in many reports reaching
this city of improvement in the bass
fshing. The start of the season was
marked by about the worst weather
that has been recorded by the State
Department of Fisheries for an open
ing week in years. However, since the
waters have begun to fall in the small
er streams some fair catches have
been reported and it is believed that
when the big streams clear up that
there will be rare sport as bass are
declared by State wardens to be abun-
dant and greedy.
The news that Colonel George A.
linn. of Mechanicsburg, has been or
dered to Columbus, New Mexico, as an
integral part of the United States En-
gineering Corps, will be of interest TO
his many friends in this city. Colonel
zinn is soldier and the son of a SOL
dier, after whom the G. A. r. Post of
Mechanicsburg is named. Zinn senior
fought in the Civil War, and the Colo
mel has himself graduated at the head
of his class at West Point. He is mod
est to fault and would probably fay
his informer were he to ascertain who
had been telling tales out of school.
For some time past the Colonel has
been in charge of the River and Har-
Dor Appropriation in Philadelphia.
He left for the border the latter part
of this week, on short notice from
headquarters.
Scenes along the Pennsylvania rail-
road this morning reminded
one of the Spanish American war
days because from early morning
groups gathered along the lines to see
the troop trains go through. The
Western Pennsylvania soldiers attract
ed most attention because they came
the longest distance, but they werea
soon forgotten when the farewell DEM
onstration for the Harrisburg com
mands got under way.
The entire force of the Harrisburg
Trust Company modified in the rear
of its suite of offices yesterday after
noon for the purpose of engaging with
a large sized rat that made bold to in
wade the territory occupied by the wo-
man folk of the institution. Amid
hoarse cries Of announcement from
f,,N. IA-
bined squeals of rat and girls, the men
who were prepared advanced as sltir-
mishers, armed with brooms and
whatever came to hand. to give battle
to that rat, which had a chance of so
to / for his life. After considerable
excitement and much pursuing, the
"big little animal succumbed and was
borne off in triumph by the tail.