Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
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1t is pity that Harrisburg does
{ not have moro military ceremonies
such as that which took place at the
island on Saturday night when three
OF the Eighth Regiment companies
participated in evening parade with
Lieutenant Colonel Frank e. ZeiRler
In command. 1t was the first time
since the men were mobilized last
month that the people of this city
had chance to see them assembled
and the favorable comments were
many. The policy of scattering men
at home stations worked against sue.
gatherings at first, but in other cities
the commanding officers, realizing
the stimulus it gives to interest in
things military. have taken aefvan-
tage of the War Departments per-
mission to have parades. It would
give great pleasure to the city anS.
the surrounding towns which have
given their young men to see all of
the national guard units here assem-
bled in parade before they leave
their home stations for the southern
training camp.
The camp of the regulars at Get
tysDurg, which is rapidly assuming
large poportions and which without
nlucn advertisement is becoming
noted throughout the eastern states
Tor the thoroughness with which the
young soldiers are being drilled. Ia
causing the battlefield town to be a
point or attraction for Sunday excur-
slons on the railroads and for auto
rmooiie mb piigrimages for miles around.
tne pattleneld with its wonderful
collectlon of monuments has long
peen place of tremendous interest
10 every American and the visitors to
II are in the thousands every sum-
mer. This year the camp for the
framing OF regulars has drawn to 1t
many more people and the railroads
are hauling thousands every Sunday.
Ihe training of the soldiers for war
and the visits paid by men, women
ana children around Gettysburg
should inspire every Pennsylvanian
for the tests which are ia. come.
Frank Payne. who was named by
the State Committee of Public Safety
10 nave charge of organization of
- the nome defense police for this
county, has been assured of the CO.
operation of the Harrisburg Re-
serves, which have been undergoing
training at the island twice a week
m FOR the last eight or nine weeks. This
ne organization will furnish q nucleus
n Tor the Harrisburg unit and the rest
40 OF the county will be organized grad
w ually.
Id
re Frank B. Black. who laid down
ze the position of chief of the State
80 highway Department on Saturday.
Vi was one OF the wealthiest men con-
ed nected with the State government.
sll Mr.. Black comes of a family long
&c identified with Somerset county.
which has turned from an agricul-
IT. tural district to one teeming with
ch mining and manufacturing, and al
e. though his personal taste was for
= scientlhc farming the former COM
=" missioner naturally fell into line with
n the development of properties. Some
en- OF the ventures have been extremely
=, profitable.
General Peyton C. March, chief of
Is, the artillery of the American forces
X In France, Is a Pennsylvanian and a
member of what most college men
know as the March family" Their
en father was DR.. r. A. March. long
g. Identified with the Lafayette College.
Il General March. like his brothers, was
~ noted athlete and hard student.
~ He is brother of Professor Thomas
ke S. March, state high school Inspector
Id and author of one of the best his
as tories of Pennsylvania for ready
,a reference, and of Alden March. the
al man who is rehabilitating the Phila-
na delphia Press.
: About one of the best EXAMPLES of
nc needing advice to aliens to keep quiet
Is furnished by native-born Ameri-
c- can who has lived most of his life
lie IN Austria and who is now employed
TO IN business establishment here. He
~ was born in PENNSYLVANIA and when
~ he was two his parents returned to
~ Austria, where he grew up and alb
va sorbed Austrian ideas. He came here
in some years ago and is model work.
be man. When the war arguments'
- grow heated and the Teutons are
roasted because of the atrocities of
the Prussian military caste he does
- not Jaw back" He walks to the
| window and looks out.
The recent number of In the
Open, the. publication of the Wild
Life League, contains the last article
on forestry written by the late s. b.
Elliott, of Reynoldsville, for years
a member of the State Forestry Com
mission, and with DIR. ]. T. Rothrock
a leader in the forest conservation
movement in Pennsylvania. 1t is en-
titled Forest Lands and Tax Prob
lens" and reviews in his thoughtful
manner one of the big things in
systematic reforestation.
Whether it is because the outbreak
X OF war has called many young men
to the colors or forced them to mora
work in the industrial and business
operations whose increased pressure
is part of Harrisburg's part in ma
~ tional defense, the fact remains that
there Is not so much interest in river
ly sports. This has been explained by
some men on military and industrial
grounds and by others by reference
to the vagaries of the weather and
its effect upon the Susquehanna. The
city turned to its splendid natural
playground last year with such in
terest that he contrast now appears
striking. Perhaps the Kipona will
revive 1t.