Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04
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Officers of National Guard organ
lzatlons in this State who are expect
ing 10 be in camp before the end of
'he month are making quiet but
pretty effective efforts to have their
commands far closer to war strength
than they were when thew went to
the mobilization at Mt Gretna last
June, and some of them NAV be
stronger than when they returned
from the border. National Guard Of
! llcers are going on the assumntion
mat the Guard will be recruited IN
| 10 the maximum as soon as calIed
out and with the experience of last
summer and the long training of
seaIs' coupled with active service to
worthwhile work. Without making
| nuch fuss about it the National
Guard officers have been getting hold
I OF men who wish to get into things
when assured of some action ana
nave been either getting them to er-
list in the militia or else to put down
| thelr names as willing to enter as
soon as call comes for adive
service. Consequently there are many
men who have been quietly trhned
| and who are full-fledged soldiers
while others have been getting HEM
selves into trim at home for ssrvice.
| The government will be awaiting the
Guardsmen. The money whHh the
Legislature is voting will maxi abso-
lutely certain equipment for Guards
men above the peace strength and
also provide for the reserve hilitia.
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| Some idea of the amount bf truck
! travel through and to and fpm Har-
rlsburg every day can be ained by
watching the names on tie motor
vehicles that go along tle streets.
! Ihere are big moving vans from
Philadelphia, frequent jars from
Lebanon towns, some frdn Carlisle
and the other day cars were seen
bearing names of Lancaser. Lewis
town and Chambersburg hrms, while
a big truck came to visit from Allen
town and another from Hagerstown.
Travel between Harrisburs Steelton
and Middletown has immensely in
creased since the motor btgan to fig
ure IN the mercantile BUSINESS and
supplies are sent by tru@ to many
towns which had to depad on rail-
roads part of the way andfor wagons
the remainder.
The concrete walk tat was put
down in place of the hisoric board
walk on Capitol Hill sems to have
been laid with a migty high per-
centage of cement. 1t has to be
broken by a sledge aI a chisel and
even then takes hard work. Strange
as it may seem someof the roots of
trees, very small, bl: very pushing
, affairs have cause the walk to
hump" and in otter places Jack
Frost has ruined itslevel state. Con-
sequently stretches AVE to be ripped
up and relaid and he tearing up is
about as heavy york as any one
, wants to tackle.
w. Heber Ditrich, of Allegheny
county, is being witted by members
of the House bcause of some re-
marks made by him few
days ago of professional thieves
in urging a bill providing for
the photograrling of professional
thieves. Therewas quite a debate on
the bill, severl lawyers taking part
in it and asdng whether innocent
men might nt be hurt. Mr.. Dithrich
, declared tina in every large gather
ing there wre men who were there
for loot "1ow," said he. Take ma
tional convntions, there are always
thieves abolt them" He did not get
any farthe because of the laughter
of the Hose and the galleries, n
The lin of cavalry horses at the
stable of the Governors Troop in
Capitol Park extension attracts a
good many people these afternoons
when the war call seems imminent.
There are thirty-two horses in the
stable, 4 is called a corral by the
soldiers in charge or regular host
lers. Tyey belong to the government
and ardgiven to the troopers so that
they cgh keep on drilling. The ami
mails are kept in fine condition and
each &ternoon the men take them
out fG exercise. Once in a while
some animal starts to kick up his
, heelsIand roam over the lots in the
eXtersion, and then the children start
in to have chase.
Ctpitol Hills Illuminated flag can
be Been for long distances, say people
+ whb have taken automobile trips on
tht hills about the city. From some
ofthe high points on the other side
t Of the susquehanna the flag can be
; sten shining out at night under the
powerful rays of the reflectors. 1t is
70 be seen from the Rockville bridge
, and from the York hills.
: when it comes down to conserv-
n ing the meat supply do not see why
/ people do not cut out eating veal"
said a man who studies dieting. DO
you know that calves weigh but lit
tie when killed and that a compara-
lively few months makes them good
beef. l think that the gain in beef
far more than offsets the food of the
animal Veal simply tickles the
palate and is hard to digest. We
kill too many calves in Dauphin
county now. We ought to raise beef"