Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-19
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While Adjutant General Thomas ].
Stewart is receiving requests for infor-
nation as to how enlistments will be
arranged to fill up the National Guard
regiments now on the border from
men who want to enter the. service
there are few people about the Capitol
and not many in Harrisburg who be-
lieve that it is going to be an easy
matter to raise 10000 or 10000 men
to raise the Keystone State regiments
to war strength. In this city there are
some who recall the lively hustling
1t required in 1898 to fill up the COM
panies accredited to this section and
there was prospect of war then. Now
with border patrol duty ahead and in
dustrial activity with large pay en-
velopes at home it looks as though
some concerted action was going to be
necessary. Some of the former
Guardsmen are discussing a commit
tee to help the recruiting officers who
will be detailed here. Fortunately the
men selected from Eighth regiment
territory know it like book and will
| be able to secure assistance from the
active men OF the communities. Then,
too, there will probably be some local
rivalries about furnishing men which
will help a good bit in filling up the
companies. The regular army, marine
corps and navy will also be doing some
recruiting so that there will be de-
mand for men quite as brisk as that
the farmers are now displaying. Then,
| it should not be overlooked that this
call for recruits is going to demand
| the very flower of the young men be-
cause the United States army standard
| for service now is high. In fact, the
officers say that only men who are in
perfect shape stand any show of being
accepted for service which has any
number of possibilities.
The amount of vehicular traffic in
Market Street these days when street
| cars do not appear or are very rare,
is something which is astonishing.
There are automobiles of all vintages
and noise making properties and ac-
tually more horses than ordinarily.
In the afternoons the street is clogged
with traffic and the middle of the
street "coppers" have to work harder
than when the trolley cars are in OPP
Grafton.
Harrisburg boys at the Plattsburg
military camp are getting a fine lot of
experience. Here's an extract from
letter of one of the students in the
camp: This week has been one OF
intense work and great interest. Prac-
tically all of the week has been given
over to protective movements, which
are very interesting. We are sup
and part of our company takes the
place of an enemy detachm ent which
is trying to delay our progress. Every
morning we march miles out into the
country and then after the enemy have
gone off to hide themselves we begin
our advance. Every squad so far as
possible gets a chance to take part
in the different maneuvers. Sometimes
we were a party deploying to the right
or left flank; sometimes we were the
advance guard or point as they are
called; sometimes we stayed in the
main body itself. once we spent
whole morning in skirniShing and
ended up with the bayonet charge.
Then we walked Ave miles back to
camp in the dust. / honestly believe
/ never worked so hard in my life, but
I'm getting in slick shape! The best
part of the week in a way was the bat
talon parade on Friday. At $40 we
appeared in our cleaner uniforms and
coat with belt and bayonet and guns.
Then with a band the four companies
of the battalion marched to the parade
ground and lined up straight across
the field. This dress parade was cas-
lily the most impressive feature of the
drill, especially the salute to the colors
and marching past the reviewing ofti-
Ger. Our line kept fairly straight con-
sidering the length of time we've been
|, drilling"
Baseball appears to be getting back
to it's own on Capitol Hill. There were
, times in years gone by when the de-
; partments used to have some pretty
, hot games and when the rivalry was
intense, some of it being superinduced
by offers of suppers by heads of de-
partments If their men won. Back in
the days of the Pattison administra-
ton there were a number of games
played by men on the Hill" who
! went at it with vim. The formation
of the new departmental league should
bring some excellent games because
there is an abundance of material to
pick from, including quite number
of young college players.
Insurance Commissioner ]. Denny
O'Neil is commencing to be known as
the official early bird of Capitol Hill.
! The commissioner comes to town in
train which arrives before breakfast
and hurries to the Hill to get good
start on the days business. He is gen.
! orally there before anyone else.