Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-25
MANY SEE COL
ON GUARD MOUNT
AT ISLAND CAMP
Governors Troop Tries Sig
nal Practice on Cap
itol Dome

\ large crowd of visitors wit
messed the guard mount ceremony at
the Island last evening. Following
the drill, concert was given by the
Eighth regiment band.
Captain Robert d. Jenkins was the
officer in charge. The officer of the
guard was First Lieutenant Charles
w. Thomas. Sergeant Ralph T.. Pol
lock was sergeant major. Corporals
of the squads were Alfred w. Fry
nyer, Arthur r. Fitzgerald. Daniel w.
Kinsley and Robert Dengler.
After the inspection. Captain Baker.
of headquarters company, reviewed
the guard.
Prior to the dismissal of Company
l. Lieutenant Thomas announced the
following promotions. which had been
made by Captain Jenkins: Privates
{. r. Putt and J. 5. Rhine. to privates
of the first class. In the absence OF
First Sergeant Charles NJ. Graeff.
Sergeant Ralph +. Pollock was pro-
moted to first sergeant. This appoint
ment may be temporary one. and
was made because of the fact that
First Sergeant Graeff had obtained
leave of absence to attend the officers
training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
Many ut Dance
The military dance which was given
by the Eighth regiment medical corps
at Fort Washington last evening was
largely attended. Nearly two hundred
persons We're present. Another mill
tary dance will be held by the ma
chine gun company at Fort Wash
inEton on Tuesday evening.
Company l men have given up hope
of a quick transfer to the training
camp in Georgia. 1t is known that
the camp there is not in condition to
receive a large number of recruits,
and officers now express the opinion
that the men on the Island may re-
main there for two weeks longer.
The men of Company l will probably
be the first to leave. and the others
Will follow shortly afterward.
Aviation Corps Full
After to-day no more recruits will
be received for enlistment in the avi-
alton section of the signal corps. Inn
mediately upon receipt of this in
formation at the army headquarters.
3e5 Market street, the word was
passed on to all of the recruiting sta
items in this district.
Although enlistment in this branch
of service opened but a few weeks
ago. the branch has proven very pop
ular. At the local headquarters it
was said to-day that fully seventy
EfA NNllAs VI AlAt ilANil StAtNAtA tue q Ia
tion section. Hundreds of young men
have meant to enlist as flyers"
on Sick Lenve
Sergeant John NJ. Barber. who has
been at Johnstown, has returned to
headquarters here. Sergeant Barber
made a fine record at Johnstown, and
will be a valuable man at the recruit
ing station.
Corporal Evan II. Stout, of the local
headquarters. has been placed on sick
leave. While on his way here from
Johnstown, Corporal Stout was
thrown from his motorcycle and suf-
fered n fractured knee. He came to
this place in a driving rain. and paid
no attention to his severe injuries
until he arrived at his destination.
Ezekiel Hughes. of Oberlin. and
Earl l.. Fox, of West Fairview, have
been accepted for the aviation section,
signal corps. and have gone to Co.
lumbus. Ohio. Chester W. Conway, of
Hershey. selected the infantry and
was sent to Gettysburg.
Quartermnster Here
Quartermaster w. h. Quirk. who was
formerly located in Harrisburg and
vas resently transferred to active
service, returned to Harrisburg yes
terday on a short leave of absence.
He is now quartermaster on the Fred
erich der Crosse, an interned German
vessel. and expects to sail in the near
future.
\ telegram was received yesterday
by Sergeant Howard B. EllinEer, of
the signal reserve corps, informing
Kim that hereafter applicants who
successfully pass the test for service
may he sworn in at the army recruit
ing headquarters. First Lieutenant
r. w. Lesher and Captain w. F. Har-
rell are commissioned officers there.
Enlistments in the signal reserve
corps since yesterday afternoon in
clude Jercy J. Arms. 1885 Swatara
street, and Hurford Wod and Clarence
y. Blair. of Ridgeway.
Signal From Capitol
Members of the Governors Troop
were given semaphore practice this
morning. Some of the men were sta
toned on the dome of the State Cap
itol building and signaled the mes
sages To the ordnance department of
the State Arsenal. AT first there was
some difficulty in understanding the
signals due to the fact that the dome
is finished win white granite and does
not furnish a good background. but
the experiment as a whole was an en-
tire success.
This afternoon the Governors Troop
will play a baseball team from one of
the New York infantry companies.