Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-18
All Are Willing

OF the 126 that reported there was
not one that was not instilled with
that spirit of willingness to do their
bit for their country. The blood of
many nations was represented in the
gathering this morning. The Irish
young man was there rubbing shout
ders with his Italian, French and
brothers of other mationalities. Each
one wore a smile and nearly all
seemed anxious to go to the training
camp. AS the clerk of the eXemp-
ton board read off the names the
answers came clear and sharp. The
men represented the pick of the
young men of the first division of
Dauphin county and the demonstra-
ton this evening in their honor will
be well merited. These men will
leave Thursday morning shortly after
8 for Harrisburg. At 1905 they will
entrain at the Harrisburg sation and
will arrive in Camp Meade at 3 p. m.
Pat Reagan Captain
Patrick l.. Reagan, of Steelton. Was
appointed captain of the boys" by
the Steelton board. Roy Engle was
appointed first lieutenant, and the
other lieutenants are Charles H.
Mansberger, Middletown; Claude
Ware. Middletown; Charles E. Shut
ter, Steelton; Richard Etter, High
spire, and Benjamin Brandt, Steel
ton. These men will serve in their
official capacity until the boys reach
camp. The Steelton boys will re-
ceive meal tickets when they start
and lunch will be served in York.
Paxtang Ready
The Paxtang board has received
the certifications of the As per cent.
of the men who will leave Thursday
morning. These men have received
notices to report at the Dauphin
building in Market Square at 2
o'clock this afternoon. At that time
they will be checked up and their
names enrolled in the National
Army. The pay that they are to re-
ceive will commence from the time
they are enrolled, and from that
time they will be recognized as full
fiedged soldiers of Uncle Sam. This
board will send ninety men and
about twelve alternates. These alter
mates will be ready to take the places
of the men that will be rejected by
the Army medical men at Camp
Meade. The Steelton board will also
send alternates. 1t is certain that
some of the men will be sent back
as unfit by the Army doctors, but
the majority will not return to their
homes until they have been tailored
and QUILTED in. their new Army suits.
Sending For more
The Steelton board will resume eX-
aminations tomorrow morning. Those
i'm this district who have numbers
between 917 and 1000 have been called
for this date. This new call is made
in order that the full quota of 255
men may be secured. The PaXtang
board will also resume examinations
next week. To-day orders to report
were being sent to three hundred
more men. These men in all proba-
bility will report in lots of fifty,
starting on Wednesday of next week.
This fifth call will bring the total
number of men called by the Pax
tang board up to 1857. The Paxtang
board is still away below the full
| quota of 1919 men, only a hundred
men being secured out of the first
| 500 men called. This board also has
a larg number of claims for ex.
cmption on the ground of dependanti
tc act upon. Practically every mar
ried man in the Paxtang district hal
claimed exemption
Seventy Report
Seventy men reported at Elizabeth
Vile this afternoon. These men wer
checked up and their names enrolle
They will leave Elizabethville at z.