Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-22
AID RECRUITING
WITH THRILLING
EXPERIENCES
Civil, Spanish and Foreign
Veterans to Advise Pros
pective Soldiers
WILL BE AT ARMORY
Advantages of Serving in
Guard Regiments to Be
Emphasized

To stimulate recruiting in both the
regular army and the national guard
veterans of the Spanish and other
foreign wars will tell prospective re-
cruits of their experiences under arms
for Uncle Sam and advise them which
branch of the service they are par
ticularly fitted for.
They will be at the armory. Sec
and and Forster streets. tomorrow,
Thursday and Friday. The party eN-
poets to do a land office" business
because it is believed that young men
OF eonscript age will rush to them to
get the benefit of their practical
knowledge before enlisting in the
national guard or regular army.
Guard officers are anticipating a
big increase as they feel certain men
between u and 81 years of age rea-
lize they must fight anyhow and that
now they can choose branches of the
service by enlisting in guard regi-
ments in addition to being among men
whom they already know.
An opportunity is also given men
above the conscript age and youths
from Is to 81 years. by the national
guard to do their bit" by enrolling
for the defense of their country. II
they wait until the national army is
called into the field the opportunity
will be lost.
Take Men Up to 45 Years
Men will be taken into the national
guard who are between eighteen and
forty-fve years of age, and the next
two weeks is the time to enroll. so
that preparations may be completed
for responding with alacrity to the
nations call to arms, July 10.
To Appear i'm Uniform
In the party who will fire the ardor
of the prospective soldiers with thrill
ing tales of battles fought in the
Civil, spanish-American and other
foreign wars, will be:
Camp s, Spanish War Veterans
Captain Henry NJ. Slime, Captain L.
Laubenstein, Post Commander Nor
man Ream, Edward Dapp. Adjutant
Paul Harm, Sergeant Major +. F..
Bruker, Mr.. Newcomer, Charles E.
Blessing, Stewart Foltz, Thomas p.
Moran and nearly every other mem
ber of the camp will appear in uni
form at the armory Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, from 10 o'clock
in the morning until 9 o'clock in the
evening.
q. 4. II. Veterans to Help
Veterans of Foreign Wars-Com-
mander Jonas X. Reist, Nice-com-
mander Myers and Captain and Quar-
termaster Ross A. Fulton.
Il. a. R.-Captaln george w. hhodus'
Thomas Numbers and Francis H. Hoy,
Sr.
Colonel Maurice L. Finney. of the
Eighth Regiment. will have the re-
cruiting detail of his command pres
ent to set forth the ADVANTAGES of
serving among friends from the city
and vicinity.
The Eighth Regiment is in need of
musicians as well as fighters. En-
perts on string instruments as well AS
horns and reed players are desired so
that an orchestra can lie formed 10
play fo.' the regimental hops"
Because of the order Of the War
Departm ent, requesting the national
guard to go to the fJll war strength
of $50 men to a company and with
The re,ra&c of married men. Company
1 needs ffty-four men. Company -
neeis more than sixty, while load
quarters can take ss7en more. TIE
GcNevl crs Troop has n long waiting
list Several more Cdu lie mustered
in by the Machine-gpn company.