Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-26

Recruiting OF a Harrisburg Rotary
Club contingent for one Of the regi-
ments of the regular army now in
training at Gettysburg will be given
a big boost at a great public meeting
and concert by the Fourth Regiment
band at the Orpheum Theater at sis
tomorrow evening. The public is in-
vited. There will be no charge nor
tickets.
This was decided at a meeting OF
the Rotary Club at the Orpheum last
night, at which President Andrew L.
Buchanan laid the plan evolved by the
board of directors and the COMMITTEES
OF public affairs at an afternoon ses-
sion. before the club as whole. The
Rotarians hailed the proposed pro-
gram with delight and put it through
without a dissenting vote.
Inducements offered
AS inducements to enlist in the Ro-
tary contingent, the following offers
are made:
Each cOnIlnEent To De asSiBhCu
to one regiments enlistments TO be
for the period of the war.
Names of men SO enlistinE will
be carried ON a roll of honor on
the first page of the TELE-
GRAPH throughout the week.
Wrist watch, or equivalent, as
desired, Will be presented to each
recruit.
The Rotary Club to raise a fund
among its members to be set
aside from which TO meet the
wants, needs and desires, so far
as practicable, of the men of the
Rotary Contingent at the front.
Each member of the club to
make himself responsible for one
letter n month TO one member of
the Rotary Contingent, 10 send
him newspapers and magazines
and keep track of his condition
and needs In the service.
The Rotary Club pledges itself
TO procure for men enlisting this
week, in Harrisburg, In the reSu-
lar army, to the number of the
hrst $50 responding, suitable em-
plOyment upon return, If he finds
himself out of work.
This plan has the approval OF Cap
tain Harrell, who recognizes the value
TO the soldier of being associated
while away from home with men
frcm his own town. He has made
special arrangements with the Wal
Department, permitting the organiza-
tion of this Rotary Contingent and
has given the plan his hearty APP
provaL
MIR. Buchanan Explains
President Andrew L. Buchanan, eX.
planning the proposal of the Rotary
Club. at the meeting last night said:
Most of the Rotarians are beyond
military age or are SO tied down by
responsible positions that they can.
not get away to do the work of a sol.
dier. Some of them have volunteered
but for these reasons have been re-
jected by the Government. Neverthe.
less. they desire to do their bit. and
IL they cannot go to the front them
selves. they. feel that II is the least
they can do to look after the needs
and desires of young men who can and
will go, and they have undertaken "a
do that In the way we have outlined
Tho offer of work upon the return
OF the soldier who goes away carrying
a card of membership in the Rotary
Contingent is made in all good faith
IL must oe remembered tnat most oil
the Rotarians are either themselves
employers or are influential with mer
in the community who have work tc
offer. 1t is also true that many mer
who have been thinking of volunteer
ing before the draft comes to take
them away have been deferred by tine
fear that they would have no work
upon their return. The Rotary Club
will help out such as these"
Open TO the Public
Tomorrow evenings concert and
meeting will be open to the public
and every body. women included, are
invited to attend. The Fourth Regi-