Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-28
Troops Greeted by Pretty
Girls Laden With Eats

The Seventh Regiment of New York
and the Essex troops of New Jersey,
as we'll as the other units that passed
through the Pennsylvania Station
after brief halt last evening will not
soon forget the women and girls of
Harrisburg who came to their rescue
with smokes" and eats" Each train
I lead of troopers, most of them ex-
/ tremely young and ungrizzled, were
showered with cigarets, pipe tobacco,
| cigars, matches (the most needed
arucle) and fruit and homemade rolls
with ham and butter.
The Harrisburg branch of the Penn
! sylYania Railroad Department of the
/ Women's National Preparedness AS
| sociation under the direction of Mrs.
/ A. E. Buchanan and the Harrisburg
chapter of the Pennsylvania Division
OF the same association under Mrs.
Charles Z. Ryder co-operated in CIV
in5 the 1900 New York and New
Jersey soldiers the best of attention
! The Connecticut troops Will be fed by
the women tonight.
Commissary departments were lack
ing on several of the trains that passed
through, and the young ladies who
had modified to give first aid to the
hungry troops were received with
rounds of cheers by the boys on their
arrival and departure. The Seventh
New York Regiment was especially
loud in its praises and the girls didn't
have a half bad time at that. Working
and travelling since $3.50 O'Clock yes
ter6ay morning, the attention that the
troops received was particularly ap-
preciated The Telegraph was dis
tr!buted through a number of the cars
and was eagerly received by the news
starved soldiers who had not seen a
paper for twenty-four hours.
Troops Anxious to Reach Mexico
a q m q
of mind and anxious to get under way.
I The prevalent opinion was that they
would reach Brownsville, Texas some
time Saturday of this week. Sixteen
mounted scouts with the distinguish
| Ing red band on the right forearm
/ tanning the wagons and other equip
ment of the Seventh y. Y. Regiment.
Tho Essex troops had their horses on
board, fine-looking animals.
Plan to Raise Money Inaugurated
The women of the city who con-
sttute the preparedness association
will continue to provide for the SOL
/ during the remainder of the week.
Connecticut troops were expected
some time to-day and preparations
were under way this morning to take
care of them. The league will have
to depend on popular subscriptions
] anu IOiltIlbuliOHS " on InelT
work, however. In Philadelphia,
1 Cyrus Curtis, publisher, gave their
local branch $4,000 and Mr.. Drexel
and others also contributed generous
/ ly to the fund for looking after the
/ families of men who have gone to
the front. The Harrisburg branch of
/ the State organization is desirous OF
| increasing the fund that has already
been started by the Telegraph and has
inaugurated a plan whereby it hopes
to pledge 1000 men in Harrisburg to
give a dollar month for the period
of one year in order to meet the needs
that have already arisen and which
arc bound to arise while the troops are
away.
President Fry of the Rotary Club
are Mayor Meals have both endorsed
the move. The Chamber of Commerce
has not as yet been reached on the
matter. The Mayor offered to give
ten dollars a month if the association
would raise the remainder Contribu-
tons to this fund may be turned over
TO the Telegraph and contributions for
the passing troops will be taken care
OF by Mrs. Buchanan at 2109 North
Third street or by Mrs. Ryder, OF
3215 Riverside Drive.
Among the women and girls who are
active in the work are Mrs. James B.
Mersereau, treasurer Mrs. Carl B.
Ely, Mrs. Ross A. Hickok, Mrs. Berne
H Evans, Mrs. Farley Gannett, Miss
Gray, Mrs. ]. E. B. Cunningham, Miss
Anna Gay Bradley, Miss Margaret Nc
Lain, Miss Eleanor Mccullough. Miss
Frances Bailey, Miss Emily Bailey
Miss Eliza Bailey. Miss Katherine
Hart, Miss Caroline Moffitt, Miss
Jeannette Claster, the Misses Strouse
Mrs. z. F. Dunlap, the Misses Fried
berg, Miss Miss Constance Ferriday
Miss Margaretta Fleming, Miss IVY
Friedman, Mrs Elise V. Middleton and
Mrs. George Reinoehl.