Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-17
BIG FAREWELL
FOR COMPANY D
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bearing the boys of Company D will
wave farewell to their friends.
Final arrangements for the farewell
to be given to Company D will be
made at a meeting of the general
committee this evening at the City
Grays Armory.
e. c. Humer will be chief marshal
of the parade and Henderson Gilbert
chief of staff. The parade will con-
sist of three divisions. First, the
military organizations of the city;
second, municipal and marching clubs; 4;
third, city fire department and de-
parting soldiers. The original plans
for the parade will be followed out
in detail.
Reception Program of 1850
Albert NJ. Hamer,. clerk to the may
or, has in his possession a program of
a reception given by Company D. then
known as the City Grays. at the Arm
ory. Februiry /, 1s89 Many of those
whose names are listed on the floor
and reception committees are dead,
while two of them have since attained
distinction in military circles. Both
M. Z. Finney, colonel of the Eighth,
and H. NJ. Stine, captain of Company
c, were then privates. others whose
names are mentioned and who are liv-
ing in the city are william NJ. Mailey,
Joseph Y. Kirk. Richard v. Fox. Mich
olas Tack, H. C. Dodge. T. A. Bell.
]. r. Dapp. ]. w. Fahnestock, c. f.
Etter and E. ]. Stackpole
Inst Drill Today
The last drill will be given the men
this afternoon. Captain .Bretz has
striven for perfection since the men
were first sent to the island. While
the drills have never been neglected,
Captain Bretz gradually trained the
men to the point where the daily
drills have finally become almost au-
tomato. In the last few the men
were put through line and squad for
nations withous the guns and a per-
son in position to dress" the line
could see the great Improvement that
Captain Bretz anad his officers have
made in the company. Two months
ago rockies sometimes forgot left and
right when thinking about the proper
position of an arm. a gun. or the
little things MT noticeable to a ci-
william.
The men will spend Sunday night
under canvas as usual and the order
to take down canvas will be given as
soon as they return from breakfast.
Officers say the taking down and
packing of the tents is but a small
detail compared with their erection.
AS the experienced military men of
the city commented on the record
time in which the island green became
a tented city. it is expected that from
the time the order is given until
everything is safely packed on the
train will be very short period.
Inspection Tomorrow
Tomorrow all the companies, in
cluding Company D, will have Satur-
day morning inspection. In the aft
ernoon the presence of the men will
be needed to witness the Governors
Troop whip the boys of Company I
or the other way around, just as the
fortunes of war and baseball are
going.
Sunday will be spent in bidding
farewell to friends and relatives from
a distance and in preparation for the
long trip to the southern training
camp. Sunday will be the last op-
portunity that many people will have
to see their friends in the company,
as Monday will be spent in the real
work of warfare and a few hurried
farewells may be all the opportunity
given to the men.
Late this afternoon the men of tho
Governors Troop were given the reg
ular tryout in actual obstacle work
on the site of the Capitol Park Ex-
tension zone. Sergeant Miller has
endeavored to keep the men making
the best possible record over the 150-
yard stretch. Yesterday they crossed
the distance and were going over the
'enems" lines in just fifty-five sec
onds. Army men say 1t is q record,
but Sergeant Miller says even better
time can be made and 1t takes his
men to do it.
EnIIstments
Yesterdays enlistments in the Reg
ular Army were: Edward S. Depew,
157 North Fifteenth street, Harris
burg, Coast Artillery corps: Kenneth
H. Slead. 627 Forrest street, Harris
burg, bakers school; John r. Bur-
gard, IT Spring Garden street, Car
Isle. signal corps; Mervin L. Wise,
Marysville, aviation section. signal
corps.
David NJ. Clark, chief musician of
tho Eighth regiment band, announces
the following program for this eve
ming:
March Gardes Du Corps" Hair;
overture La Souveraine," Herman /;
waltz. La Estudiantina." waldenfal: /:
intermezzo. Kisses" Hubbell: selec-
tion, Sky High" Taylor; idyl, "Sesa-
me-" King; Indian War Dance" Bell
stedt; march. STONY Point" Lauren
deau; Star Spangled Banner