Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-09
CHIEF OF STATE
TROOPS SUPPORTS
YIN. c. A. WORK
Need of Clean Recreation in
France Impressed on Maj.
Gen. Clement

Major General Charles NJ. Clement,
to whose lot it has fallen to COM
mand the largest body of Pennsyi-
Vania soldiers assembled together
since the Civil War and who has
served more than three decades in
the states military forces, holds that
the first duty of officers and men is
to keep themselves fit to fight Health
and strength are paramount says the
General and men should be given
every safeguard in the opinion of
this commander.
When the Pennsylvania Guards
men were modified the General de-
clared he wanted Pennsylvania SOL
diers not only to be the best equip
ped and the best drilled, but the best
fitted to fight. I'VE have the ma
terial in these men and we want to
maintain it at it's best" was the way
he put it.
The campaign about to be launch
ed by the committee in charge of
the War Work Council movement in
the ten counties comprising this dis
trict has been thoroughly organized.
There are committees for each of ten
counties and the Y. M. c. A. and the
Y. w. c. A, two great agencies. have
Joined forces. There is a distinct
work for each in the general scheme
of looking out for the. soldiers and
the members of their families who so
to visit them.
General Clements idea of max
ing his soldiers fit to fight, which is
the soldiers business, and keeping
them so, which is everybody's busi-
ness, is to be put into force at each
camp and cantonment with the funds
which will be asked next week. In
his address at the Harrisburg Cham
Cnfn DnnntinU
Gently Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker said America was going to
send a strong Army, equipped TO the
last shoelace; armed with the latest
and best; strong limbed, supple and
clean to fight Democracy's battle.
Students Of war and observers of
military training in every land, nota-
bly, in the United States, says that
the efficiency of the Army that Is
kept fit wins the battles. The mo-
notony of camp life makes amuse-
ment essential. The War Work Coun-
Gil plans to provide clean. wholesome
entertainment at the camps, to give
those little things that make men
contented and that will not make
them wander and get into mischief
The practicability of the plan has
been well established. The value of
it is that it makes winners.
The officers of the Sixth District
committee, in charge Of raising the
funds in the ten central counties of
Pennsylvania are as follows: Ed
ward ]. Stackpole, chairman, Har-
risburg; William Jennings. treasurer,
Harrisburg; Robert b. Reeves, cam
paign director, Harrisburg; Arch II.
| Dinsmore, boys campaign director,
Harrisburg; Dauphin county, Edward
Bailey, chairman, Harrisburg; Leba-
10 II IL, ,s,-,,,
! Lebanon; York county. p. A. Elses-
ser, chairman, York; Adams county
John D. Keith, chairman, Gettys-
burg; Franklin county, Joshua w
! Sharpe, chairman. Chambersburg:
Lancaster county, DR.. Henry II, APP
pie, chairman, Lancaster; Cumber-
land county, the Rev. H. B. Stock
chairman, Carlisle; Perry county, L.
w. Brimmer, chairman, Newport
Juniata county, the Rev. e. M. Nor
| gan, chairman, Miffiintown; Miftlin
county, A. w. Thompson, chairman,
Lewistown.
Students to Help
An interclass contest between the
Greeks and the Romans, two school
societies, at the Harrisburg Academy
| is the method the students at that
| institution, have for raising their
share of the Y. NJ. C. A. war fund.
The Steelton High school has also
opened its campaign.
Male division leaders lunched at
the Harrisburg Club to-day and COM
| pleted plans for the big drive, which
begins next week. Mayor j. william
Bowman. In charge of the city COM
mittee; Secretary r. p. Reeves and C.
c. Michener, campaign director of
the state, addressed the workers, and
outlined the plans and the general
scope of the campaign.
Chalrmen Named
Boys Campaign Manager Arch
Fl. Dinsmore has virtually completed
| the organization of the city teams.
! City superintendent Of Schools e. u.