Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-29
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| While no date has been liked FOR the
return of the Eighth Infantry from
duty along the Mexican border. 1t Is
generally believed that Colonel Fin
ney's organization will be heading this
way about the first ten days Of Feb
ruary and will again resume its place
in the organized militia of Pennsylva-
MIA. The chances are that the Eighth's
units. like those of the First Cavalry.
will be mustered out at home stations
and the various companies will be sent
to home stations, while the ,headquar-
ters. machine gun, supply and head
quarters companies and the two line
companies will detrain here and go to
the armory. The companies to the
west of the city will be dropped along
the line and those in the Cumberland
Valley and in Schuylkill county will
be forwarded. The same will be done
with the Fourth Infantry, which is to
come home next month. The cavalry
will be split up at Pittsburgh and the
| First Squadron will go on through to
Philadelphia, the others being sent to
home stations.
One of the matters connected with
the return of Troop c. or the Gov
ernor's Troop, as 1t will be known
when 1t comes home, will be the care
OF the thirty-two horses which will be
maintained here for the organization.
These horses will be stabbed under the
direction of Captain George G. Jack
and the government will pay the
hostlers, so that there will be horses
available for the men to ride at all
times and in event of mobilization the
men will have mounts for a start. The
machine gun company of the Eighth
and the wagon company will have
much material here and will also have
some horses for training purposes. In
fact, the local companies will be closer
to war footing than ever known
before.
As 1t is probable that the next Legis-
lature will be asked to make some sub
stantial appropriations for armories
and other arrangements in behalf of
the National Guard. it is interesting
to note that one state which has two
regiments spent $4,000 in preparing
its camp. while another spent over
5000, 900. The State of Pennsylvania
owns something close to 1000 acres
at Mount Gretna, where it's permanent
camp is located, and its investment,
less than $4,000, is in marked con-
trast when one considers the efficiency
of the Keystone State troops.
The State Highway Departments au-
tomobile division is the big money
maker on Capitol Hill just now, as it is
doing business of 100000 a day. In
all probability the total revenue for
1916 licenses will run over $2,22 5, 900.
At the present rate the 1917 revenue
will exceed it and then some thou
sands.
Out of Lewistown comes q story to
, the effect that q Beaver Springs farmer
4 | ad hn hnn in In i'm
, to its size in the world When slain
this week the porker weighed sos
pounds and all present at the slaughter
J asserted that there was something
wrong. First the scales were criticised,
but when they proved accurate fur
! ther investigation developed that the
pig had been walking hardware
! store. In the stomach were sixty-nine
1O-penny nails, quantity of loose
J bolts, nuts and screws and four to six
I pieces of iron hoop from four to six
inches long. This sounds like a
Munchausen story, but when 1t is rs,a
called that certain Postal Telegraph
messenger few years ago feasted day
after day for the benefit of his asso-
ciates on nails and glass and all sorts
of impossible breakfast foods of the
same kind the experience of the Beaver
, Springs farmer is not to be questioned.
This messenger boy was subsequently
opened up by surgeon and consid-
erable hardware removed from his
stomach.
It is probable that there will be
pretty big audiences at the watch
night services which are feature of
Harrisburg life on the last night of the
old year. For years these services
have been held in some of the churches
and they have attracted audiences
which have filled the pews, notably in
, the case of churches in the upper
! section and Hill portion of the city.
They are by no means UNCONVENTIONAL,
but people from all churches attend
them, and the service varies. In some
instances the hour of the passing Of
the old year is spent in prayer and in
, greeted by songs.
The methods of collecting ashes and
garbage appear to be arousing the ire
of some householders in Harrisburg
and they are comparing notes on the
condition of their yards. This morn
ing one man gave the following inven-
tory of his premises: Seven lard tubs,
one large metal box, three peach
baskets and one nail keg, all filled with
ashes and all waiting for the man with
the wagon.
Representative Miles A. Milliron, of
Kittanning. is here combining busi-
ness, politics and pleasure, as he is a
legislator and also connected with
school supply concerns. He has been
attending the educational association
meetings and visiting the headquarters
and the Capitol