Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13

rigid physical examination and il
/ is expected that less men will be re-
( turned home because of physical
diSa bilitieS
When the newly commissioned Of
ftcers at Fort Niagara received notice
or their success Immediately great
rush began for officers uniforms. The
camp tailor was unable to supply the
rush and many of them were forced
to cross into the Canadian border
They afterwards discovered that
they must pay SIS duty on each suit
Newspapermen Commissioned
John NJ. Bonbright, who was com
mlsstoned as a captain of infantry
in the Reserve corps. and credited
to philadelphia, is a native of Har-
rlsburg. He is a Plattsburg man. In
the Harrisburg high school he was
noted as an athlete and won several
medals as n runner in inter-scho-
lastic events. On leaving school he
entered newspaper work as a re-
porter for the TELEGRAPH, after
ward going to the Star-Independent
Later he returned to the TELE-
GRAPH as city editor and resigned
that position to go to Philadelphia
where he was assistant managing
editor of The North American, when
Commissioned Captain
.. Edward j. Stackpole, Jr., who was
commissioned as a captain of infan-
try in the officers reserve corps. is a
son of former postmaster, E. J.
Stackpole, president of the Tele-
graph Printing Company. Captain
Stackpole, president of The Tele-
while there was captain of the
champion basketball team of the
University. He received two years
training for military service al
Plattsburg and was commissioned as
lieutenant in the officers reserve
corps last December after passing
his examinations. Since his gradua-
ton from college he has been con-
nected dwith the TELEGRAPH nvar-
ious capacities and was assistant to
the president when he went to
Madison Barracks at the call of the
War Department last spring. He was
member of the Harrisburg Mill
tary Association which has sent a
large percentage of it's members in
to the army.
John c. Swank, commissioned as
second lieutenant of infantry. in the
reserve corps, is also a TELEGRAPH
boy. He received his early news
peper training in Lancaster and al
the time he was selected to go to
Fort Niagara was assistant sporting
editor of the TELEGRAPH.
John Price jackson, Major
The appointment of John Price
Jackson, State Commissioner of La
Dor and Industry, as major in the
reserve corps of the army. announc-
ed late Saturday night, was not un-
expected. Early in the spring Major
jackson offered his services to the
nation in any capacity in which he
could be of service. This offer the
government has availed itself of a
number of times, Major Jackson be-
ing recognized as a great organizer
and thoroughly familiar with every
| phase of industrial and labor con-
ditions in Pennsylvania. He has
been of great assistance to the gov
ernment on a number of occasions
His definite assignment to duty. will
IN all likelihood cause his resignation
as head of the department of which
he is chief. Major Jackson came to
Harrisburg from State College
where he was dean of the faculty. To
organize the State Department OF
Labor and Industry and has been al
its head ever since. He has the con-
fidence of both labor and capital and
his removal from the State service
Will bt itSdIutu dS ulSIlnCI loss
to the commonwealth.
Archibald Knisley, who received a
commission as second lieutenant, field
artillery officers reserve, is a son OF
the late Archibald G. Knisley. and
is well known in Harrisburg. He
is a nephew of Herman G.. Knisley
head of the Municipal Bureau of tht
Department of Labor and Industry.
Lieutenant Hilleary is a nephew
of Edward d. Hilleary, division
freight agent for the Philadelphis
and Reading Railway Company with
among the first to seek admission tc
the officers training camp from this
section.
Steelton Boy Commissioned
Howard NJ. Kistler, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Fl. Kistler. 1875 Soutf
Second street, is a graduate of Steel
ton High school. class of 1910. After
leaVlhg the Steelton schools he work.
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