Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-08
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The number of Harrisburg resi-
dents who rise up early in the morn
and go out and hoe their war gar
dens' or truck patches or vegetables
beds before breakfast is really aston
ishing and If they do not work too
hard and eat too much breakfast be-
cause of the appetite they acquire
they tackle work with energy that
lasts for hours on the hottest kind
of day. There are hundreds of gar
dens about the city especially in the
Tenth ward and on the Hill, which
are titled by people who go to them
with the first peep of day, when tho
roosters are tuning up and the birds
are giving half awakened pipes. Some
of these have their gardens close to-
their homes and hustle over after q
cup of coffee and before breakfast,
but others start their day by an hour
in their gardens and then go to their
Jobs in mills or offices or other
places. There are some men who
have arrangements made whereby
they have an extra hour in the morn
ing to work in the garden instead of
taking some time off in the late aft
efnoon because they say they can
work better and there are precious
lew employers who are not encourag-
ing people to raise food and who are
nhilhs 10 make arrangeme on
tlme. People in various offices who
40 not have as long turns as folks IN
oener estaplishments have more time
Tor thelr gardens and whole families
are Ieeling better and getting enjoy-
ment as well as beans out of their
gardens. Railroadmen, motormen,
conductors and others who go on
uuty between noon and 1 o'clock, do
a lot OF work in the MORNINGS and
the chatter about the way the pota-
toes are coming on is indicative of a
return TO the soil in the midst of the
capital city. The war gardens" will
probably save a lot of people money
and provide them with plenty of food
Whlch can be put away for winter
and next spring, but the amount of
good that they have done to people
in physical sense is not to be cal
culated. They have been a blessing
IN more ways than one to many
Harrisburg man and unless q good
many signs fail, gardening has been
given an impetds by the war that
Will outlast, the strife. Plans for
many more gardens next year are
being made.
The military activity has caused
the collection of colors of Pennsylva-
MIA regiments in the Capitol rotunda
to be center of attraction not only
for the general public but for the
soldiers themselves. Flags of regi-
tents in which relations marched
and Fought are hunted out by the
boys in khaki and often there are
FAMILY parties which come with
veteran of the Civil War to view the
relcs. The other day a veteran of
the War of the Rebellion and his son
who served in the Spanish War hunt
ed up their respective colors to-
gether
= Lieutenant Colonel Frederic A.
Snyder, who has been made lieuten-
ant colonel of the First Pennsylvania
5 Engineers, is a close personal friend
t of Colonel F. NJ. OFT. of this city,
with whom he served in the National
Guard for years. Colonel Snyder was
= the engineer officer attached to the
staff of General ]. p. S. Goblin when
he commanded the Third Brigade in
the Second Division of the Second
! Army Corps at Camp Alger and
} Camp Meade. He was noted for his
: maps and the accuracy of his mill
tary engineering work. Lately he has
been in Canada, having gone there
r from Plattsburg. The opinion among
| military men is that the state is for
tunate to regain such a valuable
5 officer.
Colonel Frank G. Sweeney, the
chief officer at the state draft bu-
( reau, has just completed thirty-five
, | lxFAn In, he ATaA
r all of which he has passed in more
or less close official relation with
Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart
For ten years the colonel commanded
the Chester company of the National
Guard, which was in the Sixth Regi-
ment, of which General Stewart was
adjutant. When General Stewart
went on the First Brigade staff the
colonel was appointed about the same
time as inspector and the appoint
ment of the general to his present
} high place twenty-five yers ago was
followed within few months by the
selection of Colonel Sweeney to be
inspector general. AS an inspector
the Chester colonel was noted for
his insistence upon practical work
and training of the men. He was
down on parade stunts, but he be-
lieved in clean, serviceable equip
ment and knowledge of the duties of
soldier.
Col. Harry C. Trexler. the head of
the immense business being done by
the quartermaster corps of the Penn
sylvania troops, says that he is en-
joying every minute of the work.
Colonel Trexler, who is one of the
wealthiest men in Pennsylvania, has
=. given up all his private business and
is working day and night to keep the
= States soldiers supplied with food
. and other things, sleeping at night
. in tent on the arsenal grounds
and using his own automobiles on
the business of the army. The COL
, onel seems to be having an even
better time than when he was at
Mt. Gretna last year.