Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-28
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comments in this column the other
evening on places used as armories
ana drill halls in Harrisburg has sent
some interesting memoranda regard
ing the homes of the organization
which is considered to have beep
Harrisburg's official representative
III the War of the Rebellion. There
were many volunteers from this cirJ
and vicinity during that struggle and 4
they were in many commands, butt
the company which went into SER
vice as a body and perpetuated it's
history was the First City Zouaves,
which later became Company A,
III pennsylvania volunteers, the
regiment commanded by the late
Col. w. w. Jennings. The Zouaves,
says our friend, drilled first at the
Capitol and then occupied armory
quarters in the Exchange Building,
which occupied a site near the cor,
ner of Third and Walnut streets.
where the Federal Building stands.
This armory was used after the
Zouaves went into the service by
SSN Vi oA bCllCy companies IOTIn
ed here and the same place W.
used for drilling purposes when tif
ZouaVes were reorganiZed as a bat.
TALON in 1869. This company gave
an unusual number OF officers anG
was one of the best known in its di.
vision. From the Zouaves grew tn,
| City Grays with their bearskin sha-
| kos, gray coats and white trouser.
that we used to trail around town
when they turned out on Decoration
| Day. The Grays moved to the pres.
ent armory at Second and Forster
| streets, in June, 1874, which was re.
built in 1SS4-5, and is now the home
not only of Company d, but of Com.
pany /, the headquarters and supply
companies and of the headquarters
of the Eighth regiment.
Safety material issued by the De
partment of Labor and Industry in
| bulletins and posters have been at,
tracing attention of great industrial
corporations, commercial sign man.
ufacturerS and safety organizations
in all sections of the United States
One large safety sign manufacturing
corporation of Denver, Colorado, has
distributed, all over the country
extracts from the monthly bulletir
of the Labor and Industry Depart.
|
for safety in general and the sale o
the company's safety and American
iZation signs in particular. Severa
large corporations with plants In
many States have written the de-
partment to learn if big supplies OF
the safety material may be purchas.
ed from the Pennsylvania State gov.
ernment for use in plants of the
company located in States otheI
than Pennsylvania. Recent issues o!
the Outlook have contained editor,
ials commenting this work of the
Labor and Industry Department a:
published in its monthly bulletin
Other publications that have recent
ly contained extracts from the De
partment bulletin are Scientific
American, Iron Age, Electrical Re.
er, Manufacturers News of Chicago
and large metropolitan dailies.
officials of school boards through.
out the State are sending numerou;
letters to the State Board of Edu'
cation pledging support to the recon-
mendation of the Board made las
week that pupils should be allowed
to leave their studies as early a;
possible this year to help in farm
and garden work. Probably fifty
boards have sent formal notices tt
| DR.. j. George Becht, the executive
secretary, that the schools will close
within u few days and the pupil!
credited with certain work if thel
make good records while working ir
the fields. The general tenor of the
letters coming here is that in rura
districts the term has been closed
although in many instances it did
not start at the usual time last fal
because of the outbreak of infantil,
paralysis in order that boys ma!
work on the farm.
Increases in rates announced by
water, electric and other companie!
throughout the State appear to have
stirred up an unusual number OF
complaints to the Public Service
Commission. Generally, spring tint
rates cause more or less objection
but this year the number of com.
plants growing out of the increases
is greater than ever known at thii
time. The complaints are not con
fined to any one section of the State
but are mainly against charges OF
companies serving wide areas in
stead of against those in cities. Ar
immense amount of money is involv
ed in the rates complained of.
Activity of John P. Dohoney
former newspaperman, and now in
vestigator of accidents for the Pub
lie Service Commission, bids fair Il
cause the familiar red flag of the
crossing watchman to disappear
from the landscape. Mr.. Dohoney
has been working to get the rail.
roads of the State to unite on form
of signal to be used by watchmen
and expects that the round red sign!
which have been employed by
watchmen along the Pennsylvania
and Northern Central railroads ir
Dauphin and adjoining counties, will
be in general use. They resemble
red barrel top and can be seer
even farther away than the red flas
and infinitely better than the dirty
white or stained green flags which
] nnnno rniIrnnds hnd heen using fol