Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-21
BALKAN VETERAN
JOINS U. s. ARMY
Greek Who Saw Service in
Fighting Can't Resist
Call to Arms

Lieutenant Jean Cassaridis, a
Greek, the first veteran of foreign
wars, enlisted at the local recruit
ing station this morning in the in
fantry as a private. Lieutenant Cas-
saridis is a veteran of the Balkan
wars and enlisted at the beginning
of the present war as commission
ed officer in the Greek army. After
wards he was transferred to the
French unit and saw almost two
years of service in the trenches along
the French FRONT. He is q member
of the Masonic fraternity at Athens,
Greece, and has always been a sup
porter of the Liberty party in his
own country.
Couldn't Resist Call
Because of his training and edu-
cation he was sent by the French to
South Bethlehem as a shell inspec-
tor. He declared ne was able to
resist the call of the army until reg
istration day, but when he saw the
thousands of young men who
thronged the booths at South Beth
lehem he couldn't resist the call to
arms.
In an interview this morning yith
q reporter for the HARRISBURG
TELEGRAPH he related tales of the
life in the trenches and the hard
ships the men had to meet during
the first years of the var. When
he left the front, conditions, he said,
were much improved. The muddy
trenches had given place to we'll
equipped underground apartments.
Although he was sent to Gettys-
burg as Il private 1t is believed by
the army officials his training and
experience will fit him to train the
new men.
Captain Harrell this morning re-
ceived a letter from the Commit
tee of Public Safety congratulating
him on the record this district has
made. Attention was called to the
shortage of men required for the
quota of the regular army and the
National Guard. His cooperation
is asked in raising men for the quota
required for the state and in offer
ing assistance to the recruiting of
the National Guard to its war
strength.
The honor roll for yesterday is:
John S. Daugherty, Benjamin F.
Hammond, Fletcher Miles and
Claude f. Carver, of Middletown,
Clark, Jersey Shire, infantry; Jo-
seph A. Brooks, Carlisle, Arkansas
field artillery; Isaac c.. Huber, of
Reedsville, infantry.
It is expected to recruit a COM
pany of radio, telegraph and outpost
men in this city. Each company will
become part of the signal reserve
corps. Military or occupational eX-
perience is required for entrance to
the corps. An office will be opened
in the Calder building in the near
future.
Many musicians will be needed
for the new camps at Gettysburg.
Few men have enlisted as musicians
in the regular army and many places
are now open for applications. Skill
ed mechanics and clarks will also be
needed in large numbers at the
camps. Applications for all posi-
tions should be made through Cap
tain Harrell at the recruiting sta
ton.
When Motortruck Company No. 1
was mustered into service last even
ing at the Chestnut street auditor
ium Lieutenant ]. B. Wheeler made
the following recommendations: For
first lieutenant, George G. Hook, for
merly of K Company, Fourth Regi-
ment, N. G. P; truckmaster, Her.
man Early; first assistant truckmas-
ter, Philip Gillespie; second assist
ant truckmaster, George Bingham;
third assistant truckmaster, Clar-
ence Elder; sergeant clerk, Ralph
Black; mess sergeant, Charles o.
Wilson.