Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-20
WAR BROUGHT HOME BY
DEPARTURE OF TROOPS
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and marching clubs, form in State
street, right resting in Third.
Third and fourth, city fire depart
ment and guardsmen, form in Pine
street, right resting in Third, march
down Third to Market, to Front, to
State, to Third, to Locust, to Sec
ond, to Market, to Pennsylvania Sta
ton.
L. C. Humer, chief marshal, and
Henderson Gilbert. chief of stair,
headed the procession. They were
followed by platoon of police un-
der Captain Thompson. Behind the
police was a band, the G.. A. r.,
the City Grays' Veterans Association,
Spanish American War Veterans,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Cover
nor's Troop Veterans, Sons of Veter-
ans, Stevens Memorial Methodist
| Church guard company, Boy Scout
troops and the Harrisburg Reserves,
headed by the Commonwealth Band.
Second Division, William l. Lau-
bernstein, marshal, band, Members OF
the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce, Members of the Rotary CLUB,
b. p. o. Elks, Loyal Order of Moose,
marching clubs of Dives, Pomeroy
and Stewart, Bowman and Company,
- lllS NrlObts biiS ANNN A'NDi
of william Strouse and the Furni-
ture Dealers Association headed by
| u band.
Third Division, Marion Verbeke,
marshal, City Fire Department, the
Eighth Regiment Band, Companies
ID and I, the Machine Gun Com
pany, Hospital Company and Sup
ply Company.
Tents Are Lowered
officers and men of Company d
were up bright and early this morn
| ing and as soon as mess was over
the work of breaking camp was be-
gun. The tents came down at 9.2O
o'clock. The equipment was taken
by trucks to the train and was
loaded as rapidly as possible. Before
noon all trace of the camp of Com
pany d had disappeared. Although
the train which will take the boys to
Camp Hancock will be made up in
the Harrisburg yards, it will not be
backed into the trainshed at the
Pennsylvania depot until n few min
utes before the time set for leaving.
Second Lieutenant J. II. Long will
not accompany his unit at this time.
although it is likely that he will join
Company d at Fort Hancock before
| the boys leave for somewhere in
France" In the meantime the COM
| ptAhy Nlll llfiNC DuI IWO
officers, Captain Bretz and First
Lieutenant j. p Wilbar.
In Perfect Condition
Taken as o whole, the men have
enjoyed excellent health at the island
and leave for Georgia in fine physical
condition. The boys regard it as u
good omen that they defeated their
opponents in lively baseball game
Saturday afternoon, the score being
! . to 3.
Among the other troops leaving
to-day for the great concentration
camp are three companies of infan-
try, battery of artillery and troop
of cavalry, to entrain at Philadel-
phia.
1000 Men Leaving
Until late yesterday afternoon 1t
was anticipated in military circles
that an eleventh hour order would
be issued a. division headquarters
| providing g. military train for the
transportation of the various units as
a whole. In the absence of such an
order the present program calling
for the troops will be carried out.
The troops leaving to-day are the
First City Troop, commanded by
Captain George c. Thayer; Battery
e, Second Field Artillery, Captain
Harold Hellyer; Company D, First
luldHJINt captain marry ID. WlllldIH-
son; Company X, Third Infantry,
Captain Thomas j. Kernaghan, and
Company I, Sixth Infantry, Captain
John c. Croft, with headquarters at
West Chester. The various units
comprise a total of approximately
1000 men.
Brings War Home
That the United States is actually
about to take part in the greatest
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the consciousness of Harrisburg
people during the past two days as
never before. Up to this time there
has been much play and laughter
for the eve of departure was always
in the distance. To-day hundreds OF
fathers in Harrisburg are a little
eraver as they go about their duties
and hundreds of mothers are per-
forming their tasks with tear -dimmed
eyes.
For the boys are about to go. It's
a glorious privilege to give them up
and the city does it cheerfully, for
their country has called them. But
tonight, after the parade is over and
the last farewells have been said
there will be many sad hearts in
Dauphin county.
The exercises of the past two days
at Hargest Island have been un-
usually impressive.
Thousands View Parade
Thousands of persons witnessed
the last battalion parade of Com
pany d, Eighth Infantry, Saturday
evening. Realizing that this would
be the last opportunity to see all Of
the men now encamped at the island
in parade, a crowd that probably ex-
ceeded four thousand persons wit
messed the maneuvers. The parade
was reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel
Ziegler, the orders being given by
Major Baublitz, of York.
Bid Farewell
Thousands of Harrisburgers said
| good-by to the boys of Company d
on Sunday. Captain Bretz is of the
opinion that more than 10000 per-
sons visited the unit under his COM
mand yesterday. The boys had a
little time at their disposal this after
noon, but their time was spent with
their families, and by common con-
sent yesterday was made visiting
day." Officers and men were on the
reception committee all day and the
occasion will be remembered as one
of the most strenuous in the history
of the company
Chaplain Bassler Going
Some time ago the report was cur
rent that the Rev. Harry N. Bassler
would not accompany his regiment.
The men are glad to know that this
report is without foundation. For q
time his congregation in this city
objected to giving up their pastor,
but the matter has been definitely
settled and Chaplain Bassler will