Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-01
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nave been thought out for the organ-
ization of units of the Pennsylvania.
Reserve Militia later in the wear Is
followed, 1t is improbable that Har-
risburg will have any section of that
iorce' The plan is to locate the units
IN such places as the State owns
armories, and there are about forty-
elgnt such buildings owned bv tbs
Commonwealth throughout the stasa.
Ihe reserve force is to consist of
three regiments of infantry and onA
squadron of cavalry, or a. total or
1orty companies or troops as the case
may De. This city's infantry armorv
is not owned by the State and ths
cavalry armory will disappear =
make room for park extension ~.
rlous plans for an armory here y,s,ss
oeen preached in recent years as fhe
mllltary units in this city have in
creased In number. but the State aus
snoriIes nave been rather inclined to
await the development of CapitoI
t'ark extension and 1t must be CON
Iessed that not much enthusiasm
ABOUT securing a plot and donating II
10 the state in consideration of the
commonwealth building an armorv
t HAS peen displayed in our amidst
Inere have been suggestions that the
G,ty uohate property near Reservoir
arg OF IN the park for the infantry
or along the River Front or i'm yicin-
| ity OF the Capitol Park, but there
nave peen no echoes, It looks as
though Harrisburg would be more or
lesS OF permanent station of State
ponce Tor the duration of the war
at least, and that it would rely upon
10 a, noine de1ense organization and
| hnrG ne
as may be in training in this neigh.
horhood. " 'Aii0 hoieh-
,The Country Club of Harrisburg.
| whlch occupies its beautiful new site
at Fort Hunter to-day without anvil
FORMAL observance, dates from theI
spring or 1895. 1t was Incorporated
on June 13, of that year by O num-
Der of prominent residents of Harris
ourg and vicinity and occupied its
clubhouse at Coxestown or Lucknow
| a year later. Soon after the Spanish
war its golf links, the first in this
part of the State, were laid out. TheI
clubhouse was destroyed by fire inI
december, 1915, but the bowlingI
aIley ana mems lockerroom wereI
saved and have been used since. The|
old LUCKNOW club was the scene oil
many delightful entertainments andI
! It's tennis courts, baseball diamond
| and golf links of many a notableE
match, especially with the Country|
! Clubs traditional rivals, York andE
Lancaster, and with the golfers from
Reservoir and Colonial clubs who'd
have entered in numerous contests.
|
When the American soldiers went
abroad we were given to understand
that the national government wasI
| perfecting q plan whereby people on
this side could communicate with
those near and dear to. them whoH
were in France with % minimum of
expense and annoyance and delay
ana mat letters from the soldiers
would be facilitated in every way for
the home folks. AS far as it goes
| we are oil willing to pay whatever
the postal authorities think is right.
but experience of people getting let
ters from men in the various arms
or the service in France is some-
what varied and causes speculation
as to what is the system. For in
stance, on postcards arriving from3
Paris, marked passed by field censor.
the person receiving here has to pay
Tour cents. The postcards bear one
one-cent stamp. Letters from the
same country are charged for at
the rate of two cents additional when
they bear two-cent stamp. 1t would
be interesting to find out from the
post office here Just what is the sys.
indefinite as the period of occu-
pancy of the new post office.
Men who were here for the an
nual convention of the League of
Third Glass Cities this week recalled
the first convention of the league
which was held in Harrisburg some
| ,nfY, ri
grew out of meetings which men in
terested in the government and well
fare of the third class cities held to-
discuss legislation. Two of the men
| most active were the late DIR. John
A Fritchey and the late Charles A
Miller, both of whom filled the office
OF Mayor. Mr.. Miller was then city
tclerk and was one of the authorities
on municipal law, thanks to his serv-
fifteen or seventeen years before, and
his constant study of the problems of
city government. DIR. Fritchey had
been Mayor and was soon to BID
Mayor again. Another man active in
that early convention was the latd
City Solicitor Daniel 6. Seitz. Some
of the old-timers in the league re-
called the early meetings here and
eulogized the valuable services rem
dered by Mr.. Miller.
Major Quinton o. Reitzel who will
command the machine gun battalion
of the Fourth Infantry in the Rain
bow division" shows the effects oi
baseball. The major was detailed I'd
go to Fort Sill to get instruction in
machine gun practice and grenades
Land displayed so much skill in throw
ing that they asked about 1t. Base
ball was the reason.
|
Lieutenant Governor Frank B
McClain is giving a couple of days
a week to the business of the State
Commission of Defense of which hd
| is a member. Mr.. McClain happens
to be the treasurer and he is hav
ing the accounts of the Public Safety
Committee, which gets its funds
from the State Commission kept In
accord with the methods of the Au
ditor Generals Department.