Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-16
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harrisburg is one of the hubs of the
recruiting activities of the United
states armed forces. For q COM
munity of the size of what we know
as the Harrisburg district this place
mas been attracting much attention,
not only for the number of men It is
furnishing for the defense of the ma
uon, but because OF the excellent
organization maintained here. For
more than thirty years Harrisburg
mas been recruiting center for til
ornted states army. 1t was q r<--
cruiting place long before that. In
deed back in the days of the French
and Indian war this place was known
as Fort Harris and organizations
were raised here to fight Indians.
whose raids came within a dozen
miles of the ferry. 1t was a place
of military Importance in every war
and the recruitment of the sturdy
'yeomanry in years gone by has been
followed up in later years by the els
listment of many brawny lads from
the industries and the railroads as
well as from the farms, as has been
the case the last six weeks. 1t SO
happened that Harrisburg was one
or the few places where the system
was working to examine men for the
ofncers reserve camps and men came
mere from half a dozen States and
lined up a dozen deep outside of
physicians offices. 1t has also been
place for examination of men for
the officers reserve and the medical
reserve and day or so ago Captain
B. +! Roger examined no less than
two score doctors. This city has
been maintaining not only places for
these recruitment of an eXtraordi-
nary character but it has also con-
Quoted about the liveliest kind of an
army recruiting office, a navy re-
cruiting station, a marine recruit
ing rendezvous and at general in
gathering place for men who are
wanted for or who want to go to the
engineers and special service regi-
ments. Harrisburgs district is
manifesting it's patriotism in style
with its men and its people are go
ing TO do the same with their money
when the loan gets started.
Lemuel Ely Quigg, the noted New
York lawyer, who was here yester-
day in the insurance requisition case,
used to be in Congress In his time
Mr. QuiSg has been engaged in news
paper work and has peen an active
figure in New York. From all ac-
counts he put up an interesting argu-
ment at the hearing at the attorney
generals office.
Col. Lewis +. Beitler, who is
prominently mentioned for field sec
retary of the Defense Commission,
used to be private secretary to Gov
ernor Hastings and has been active
! IN various lines. He became ma
tionally known because of the splen-
did manner in which he handled the
Gettysburg semicentennial reunion
| of 1913. He was secretary of the
commission and its working spirit
from the start to finish.
!
| Governor Brumbaugh plans to at
tend the Memorial Day exercises at
Antletam. The Governor is keenIy
interested in the exercises because
OF the large number of men which
pennsylvania contributed to the
Union army in that tremendous hat
tie. The Governor will likely make
the trip down the Cumberland Val
ley by automobile.
| NSlAii6 a. as NAV ho
Witnessed anywhere may be observ-
ed any evening just at nightfall from
| any point from which the top of the
large airshaft on the Masonic Con-
| slstory building, North and Capital
streets, can be seen H,ISn
the chimney swifts' COM com.
monty called chimney swallows
petlre; ret IL is estimated anywhere from
iEo'Vgo 10 $4,000 of these birds roost
IN the alrshaft every night. They
come clrcling in from their feeding
grounds in immense flocks and for
htteen minutes as the light fails in
the west the sky is dark with them
Ihey fly in great circles under the
| leadership of captains until sudden
~ and without warning one of the
leaders hovers for a moment over tbe
alrshaft and then plunges Straight
down INTO 1t. The birds follow in an
almost solid black stream, pouring
into the opening like potatoes into n
measure. Perhaps quarter of an
hour Is required to get all the birds
into the shaft, and one cannot helm
wondering how one chimney can
hold them all.
TWO men active in game leeisla-
ton met yesterday at the Capitol.
one was James B. SAMSON, the wild
Lire League secretary, and the other
asked him this: Say, are you peo-
pie gong to push that bill to make
the quail songbird?"
That Is the talk just now" an
swered Jim"
We'll, then, look out for an
amendment to include the turtle" !"
was the return shot.
|
The manner in which the State
House of Representatives adopted n
resolution 1ate yesterday protesting
against the use of THE Star Spangled
Banner" in what was termed Slap
stick patriotism" was rather signifi-
cant. Members of the LEGISLATURE
have upon more than one occasion
commented upon the manner in
which the national air has been used
at shows. The effect of the resolu-
ton will be to tone down some of
the alleged patriotic exhibitions and
| II taken up properly will reslIIt In