Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-04
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fa-,n,.Pt Ption OF the military plans MOI
th hhSoIed py the military committee d
tS ioWer house of Congress- meaI
tne doubling of the NationaI c.uord 4
IeiiIlsylVania in the opinion of ned
ple at the State Capitol who baV
pseii considering the effect of such
~ rs increase in the organized miIitiJ
~ VIII not only mean a halt towar nj
,ne,, ulsoandment of infantry regI
tha wnlch has been under way
@ sv LaSC TWO years, but the revival d
seVeral and organization of more Ed
| Years the War Department has heel
aIter pennsylvania to cut down its i11
',i,S organizations and create mon
nuNiIary troops. Now it looks !;
t uSn tne keystone State would haNI
1Mo ~, utvIsions OF militia instead of onj
ihe National Guard of pennsylysn1
Is not far from II 900 men If is .
pecteo mere that in the next five ven1l
II the proposed plan goes througA
that there will be over 30 600 off1ceJ
ana men. No one here will mold
any predictions as to what micI
coh!e apout through the enactmer|
" o9e piiI but the revival of sonj
| Hoteu regiments of the past is NOT ind
possible: In the last decade or so mi
tltth, Twelfth, Fourteenth and nil
teenth disappeared from the roll A
regiments. Their reorganization \
the formation of commands 10 "a ID
the place of the old Seventh, Eleventl
ana seventeenth regiments which aid
dPPeared long ago. would go a IorI
| ways toward increasing the nunbd
OF men which might be needed. MI
no one at the Capitol will talk abo,l
possibilities. There have been nd
many schemes proposed in the Ia /
flfteen years.
Records of the State Treasury whdI
IL was operated in Philadelphia l
1893 and 1896, brought here in ba
rels when the Capitol was moved fro1
lancaster over 100 years ago, are Id
ing rearranged and given better stoI
age places by the auditor general
iorce. Some of the old vouchers al
tract much attention. The check
were slips of paper, crudely printed
dpout one-tfth the size of an ordinalI
check and when returned were pastd
INTO the stub where an entry to col
respond had been made. The bal
ance was kept on the back of I'D
stubs.
AT noon the other day in the cid
electricians office at police headqua
ters. crowd of city patrolmen, OIL
clals OF the department and the newl
papermen were waiting for Box AL
Just installed at the Harrisburg Pin
and Pipe Bending Works. to souiI
the noon alarm. At one minute aftd
twelve few looked at their watche|
smiled and waited. Second by sccoTI
the time went by and at four minut1
alter' the phone rang and an excite
voice from one of the fire engilI
houses in the city asked whether til
alarm had come in. Soon after
dozen queries were received In coI
Meeting up the box with the city ell
cults, the wires We're accidental
joined TO telephone wires, causing I'll
trouble.
One of the signs of Spring whid
have been noticed by thousands
Harrisburgers the last week was
huge pile of canoes in front of q Nal
ket Square sporting goods store. TlI
canoes came heavily wrapped in buI
lap and were piled twenty feet hid
along the curbstone for several dam
The canoeists of the city, by the wal
are living in hopes that the city conI
mission will provide some suitab|
place for housing their boats befoI
the liverieS at "Hardscrabbl are tod
away as part of the general sch
of Identification of that section of tn
River Front.
In striking contrast to the lonI
pinched faces of the icemeh are I'll
canoeists who plan to get an car
start this Spring. Ordinarily
February the Susquehanna is icI
bound, at several points, anyhow, all
there usually is considerable spoI
along the watershed. The open viii
ter has left the stream comparativeI
clear of ice and there is small prot
ability of it freezing over any mon
Last Spring the river crawled u
around high water mark early in I'll
season and hung around until jun
Then it started to fall but the rivI
was poor for real canoeing until laI
in the season. Things, according
; indications, will be much better tlt
Spring said a river lover to-day.
Not only the canoeists, but oI
rivermen We're disgusted with I'll
condition of affairs last year. III
turbulent muddy waters made fishi1I
impossible until late in the seaso'
There were remarkably few bass al
salmon caught. For some reason |
other the old river was no good evd
for duck hunting. The birds feI
across-country 1t seemed and paddl@
and splashed around in quiet, seclud{
creeks.
This is the season of the townshI
supervisors conventions througho|
the State and practically every of
cial of the State Highway DepaII
ment has been out addressing theE
meetings or road congresses this wee
Chief Clerk Howard Fry is in char
of the department and he has be-
busy receiving delegations.