Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-01
13O RECRUITS IN
DAY SHATTER ALL
PREVIOUS MARKS
Officers Believe Harrisburg
District Is Leading Coun-
try With 1850

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Another recruiting record was
smashed yesterday in the Harrisburg
district, according to an announce.
ment made by Captain William =
Harrell, in charge of the district, with
headquarters in the Strouse build
| ing.
One hundred and thirty men were
enlisted yesterday and sent to Colum-
bia Barracks. This exceeds the for
mer record of 101 men for one day,
made several weeks ago. 1t is pos
sible that the Harrisburg district is
leading the country for the month OF
April, with 1850 men. 1t is eN-
| pected that to-day's enlistments will
| boost this number above the 1900
| mark. The office was thronged with
applicants this morning all anxious
to enlist before conscription begins.
Out of the 130 men enlisted yes
| terday from the district, eighteen
were from Harrisburg and vicinity
| Newport led with five, HARRISBURG
was next with four, Marysville, Enola
and Steelton, each furnished one and
, MELVILLE and Middletown secured
| three. Their names follow: Warren
p. Gotwalt, Stewart Morrow, Lloyd
l.. Palmer and Wilfred Mosse. Har-
risburg; Clyde c., Jones, Philip A.
Evans, Samuel NJ. Dunn, Paul L.
Dunn and Mearl Hockenberry, New
port; Wells x. Hurley, Charles w
Johnson and George A. Miller. New.
Vile; Jacob S. Eisenhart, U. M. Cole
and James Werlich, Middletown
| Salvador Bernardo, Steelton; Ray A.
Smartz, Marysville and Lee c. Shower
of Enola.
Many For Reserve Camp
To date nearly 500 men have been
recommended by Captain Harrell and
Lieutenant r. w. Lesher, to attend
the military camp at Fort Niagara
from this district. Nearly 500 have
| made application. The greater num-
ber of these are from the city.
Men who previously received com,
missions in the Officers Reserve
Corps have been ordered to report a
the training camps not later thar
May 5. e. J. Stackpole, Jr., is thu
only officer from this city.
| other officers from this distric
who have been ordered to report ar'
Parker V. Ahl, Boiling Springs; Calel
b. Dowd, Reading, and Edward +
Guilford, Lancaster. Four Harris
burg physicians have been commits
stoned as first lieutenants in tn
medical reserve corps. They are: DR.
Carson Coover. DR.. Robert German
DR.. j. c. Alexander, who received
their appointments yesterday and DR.
George b. Kunkel, who has held
commission for a year.
Officers in charge of the camp sa,
that the courses prescribed for tn
camps as they understood them viii
fit officers for field duty. They vii
be practical courses from which al
incidental studies will be eliminated
"It will be work, work and NOR
work, during the three months tn
men are in training" said one of tn
officers. "It will be all day in tn
field with night lectures and frequen
examinations, But it will be wort
the while in learning the practice
side of an officers duties"
Including Harrisburg, Philadelphi
and Pittsburgh, it is expected South
ern Pennsylvania will furnish 1,20
men for the Fort Niagara Camp. Thi
, is considered an ideal spot for train
ing purposes. 1t is located where tn
Niagara River empties into LAX
Ontario and is situated on promi
Itory extending into the lake for
quarter-mile. 1t is twelve miles
| Niagara Falls from the camp.
Applications Until May 4
Applications for the camp will
received up until May 4, and thos
J who are accepted for the camp wi
, be notified and names publishe
about May s. The opening of til
camps has been postponed until Ma
IA, owing to the increasing numbe
, of applicants. This was done to Civ
officers in charge time to select tn
men more carefully. Those who re
ceive appointments to the camp wi
be ordered to report not later tha
| May Ia.
Friday Last Day
Captain Harrell announced TIL
morning that the recruiting offic
will be closed at noon Friday {
this week for the Reserve officer
camp on May IA. Those who wis
to make application for the cam
! will be required to have application
in before that time or they will n,
be accepted. He also announced TIL;
: all applications will have to be mao
in person. Many have applied !
letter but the local office is too rusl
ed and cannot answer any such con
munications.
Spencer Roberts, of this city, h;
- received a commission of secor
>, lieutenant in the Officers Reser,