Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-25
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colonel Maurice e. Finney and
other National Guardsmen TODAY re-
called that it was Just a. wear ago
mat the bulk of the states organized
militia mobilized at Mt. Gretna. The
anniversary of the mobilization was
Yesterday but it was Just a wear ago
To-Day That the Guardsmen got down
10 the examinations that they UNDER
went prior to being sent To FL Paso-
national Guard officers unite In do
eiarlng that the Mexican service,
"hlie arduous, was splendid training
LOT lhis year. Incidentally, the sum.
ilohlhg OF the Guardsmen to Mt.
oie'ha gave the state some idea of
nad'a mnat the national government would y
, equIre, ana the appearances of thA
| - tSahlHauonS when thew loft tha
SSoheWago nils was considerahIv dif-
Ieleht from the way some of them
aaippeared on the morning of the mo-
tiHatloh. since the return of the
men from the border the Guard or
carnations have been uuietIv COW,
pietlhg equipment and dropping men
| WIN dependents. This process ~
summation has had serious conse-
Iuehces Tor some units, but Harris
s ouLs mas come through it very we'll
anu anu with its units filed up to war
tsslehstn 1t Is regarded as one of
| lne pest prepared of the cities of tho
state. The Eighth, however has
some organizations which are a little
sny ol the required number and this
WEEK should see them brought up
w me maximum. The Guardsmen
wih 20 INTO active service on JULY
@ 10, ana IL Is generally, believed that
eAcepI those which have regimental
| Stoiles Snato mat they will go to Mt.
| Gretna for while instead of being
held at home stations. Perhaps, the
wnpie pennsylvania division may be
LnopillZed again the four regiments
on federal duty being Just as likely
10 De sent into camp with the rest.
-, me great military attraction in
.is part OF the state just now is
| Gnt+S,aiiip vi Ine regulars at historic
gettysburg. This field is being used
Ior the organization of four regi-
ments or infantry out of two which
nave come up from the border, Men
| are pelng sent to Gettysburg from
an sections of the Middle States. and
tne camp is one of the most bust
ihessllke variety. Yesterday Gettys-
o'',.t, was VISITED by thousands, en-
! Cursloh trains and automobile mar
ties pelng numerous. The carnn is
slmllar to that at Camp Meade i'm
1888, when the Nineteenth infantry
was recruited to war strength and
when four regiments were Organized
Tor Philippine service.
me Senate mural decorations by
MISS Violet Oakley, which havs
aroused so much interest among art
| ists, are not complete, and it is in
| terestlng that while the general
| theme Is unity and peace that the
remaining decorations will be decid~
! euly Warlike. One of the panels will
represent the American army of the
war Tor Independence, Philadelphia
pelng the setting, while the other
Will show the American army of the
War of the Rebellion, with Camp
| curtin as the location These paint.
I lngs Will be placed within a year and
VIII be eagerly looked for by art
lovers and persons interested in
pennsylvania history.
The heavy rains of the last weoIs
or SO nave caused more or less dam
age to the wheat and corn on many
| or the farms near Harrisburg, and i'm
| some instances have washed out soil
in potato patches. However, the
owners of the patches will soon have
the hills" in shape again. In the
farming districts, however, there are
fears for many of the wheat fields,
which have been held back by
! weather conditions The storms have
also damaged small fruits, although,
thank fortune, the York county
strawberries are in fine form.
The Rev. DIR. John r. Kendall
president of Lincoln University, who
was once a representative of Chester
county in the Legislature, made an
address before the Presbyterian As
sociation in this city on Thursday
evening. DIR. Kendall told the story
of how DR.. Chapman, the famous
| Presbyterian leader, discovered Bill
! ly" Sunday. He is alleged to have
urged Sunday to become n preacher
on the theory that his baseball ex-
perience would be a good asset in re-
! ligious work. He even went so far
as to lend Billy eight sermons for a
start in his evangelistic activities.
For time Sunday could only remain
| eight nights in any one place, that
limit being due to his supply of SER
mons. On one occasion a good
woman heard DIR. Chapman deliver
one of the sermons which he had
! loaned to Sunday and accused him of
| plagiarizing Billy Sundays talks. 1t
was a good joke on DR.. Chapman,
which his friends never cease to re-
peat.
James A. Stranahan tells a story,
whose author is Colonel Henry Hall,
well-known Washington newspa-
perman. An Irishman was invited
by a stranger to have drink, which
the Irishman accepted with the re-
mark that he would be glad to have
the drink, not because he liked
| liquor, but because they might never
meet again.
Major A. M. Porter, the command
ant of the Harrisburg Reserves, is
considering the establishment of two
drill nights a week for the four COM
panies, one of the drills to be OBJ
ligatory and the other for men who
desire additional instruction and who
have been asking for second night.
Captain John r. Bretz, of Company
d, and other officers of the National
Guard organizations, have been CIV
ing freely of their time to train tho
Reserves and have won the appre-
citation of every one connected with
the association.