Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Those Selected for Second
Officers Training Camp
to Leave Soon; Men at
Ft. Niagara Expected
Home in Next Few DAYS

The last of the men who have
earned the right to wear the black
and gold cords and leather leggings
indicative of a commissioned officer
will leave Ft. Niagara before to-
morrow night. Many of them will
wear a single silver bar, the badge of
Il first lieutenant While a few of them
will wear the double silver bar and
be referred to as captain.
All of the men Will be allowed to
return home rated as being on the
officers reserve and will not be call
that time is, will not be known until
they receive what an army man calls
'an order and then they will re-
port when and where designated in
the order.
Receive Camp Notices
The men who will follow them to
training camps are receiving their
notices this morning. While in camp
they will receive S100 a month Each
man will be provided with every
thing necessary after he reaches the
camp. Every man, will be requested
to provide uniforms in advance as
follows: One service hat, one coat,
olive drab, two shirts, flannel, olive
drab, two breeches, olive drab, one
| pair leggings canvas, and one pair OF
| marching shoes.
Only Examined Forty
Army officers this morning saio
that more than 400 applicants re.
ported for examination for the sec.
ond camp at the Y. NJ. C. A. building
in this city. OF this number only AZ
were considered to have the neces.
sary qualifications to warrant then
| taking the physical examination
| Thirty of these passed.
| Lawrence w. Fox, son of DR.. ant
Mrs. L. Webster Fox, we'll known
Yale athlete has been commissioned
as second lieutenant.
Luther l.. Brucker OF this city ha!
been commissioned a seconl lieuten
ant o. A. c., Thomas il. Robinson
Lawrenceville. n. j.. a son Of the late
| Rev. DR.. Thomas II. Robinson, for
] merly pastor of the Market Square
Presbyterian Church was made :
second lieutenant, .. Il. G. At Madi
son Barracks the following wcr,
commissioned as captains: John S
Logan, of Ridgway, Arthur f. Allyn
of Villa nSport, aud l'~rrNt = Noble
of York. Roha'- Eoal Christian o
Lancaste. was cor,:' i.-'nIed frs
lieutenant Of field artillery at tn,
Leon Sprr'Ts camp IN Texas.
| Among those selected for tn,
| training camp are: Charles S. Burt
Meta, 63S Hamilton street, is plum
ber for the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company He was a sergeant in tn,
Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry. H,
served on the Mexican border.
| George s. Bennethum, 2009 Norti
Third street, graduated from tn,
Harrisburg Academy in 1914. Fl,
went to Sheffield Scientific Schoo
where he graduated this year
Robert f. Scheffer, 1913 Greer
street, was a graduate of Tech Higl
School in 1911. He graduated from
State in. 1916. He is now with tn
General Electric Company a
Schenectady. n. Y.
graduated from Tech High School il
1914. He is a student at Dickinson
College now.
Robinson Murray, 7S North Eigh
teenth street. was graduate of Har
ward. He is now advertising man
nCer of the Elliott-Fisher Typewrite
Company.
Carl Hartzell. 80 North Seven
teenth street. graduated from Cen
trail High School in 1909. He grn du
ated from Dickinson in 1913. He I
on the faculty. Of the Dover Prepare
torv School in Dover. Del.
David ]. Hoffert. 500 North Seven
teenth street, graduated from Cor
nell in 1915. He is now assistan
auditor of the Central CONSTRUCTION
Corporation of this city.