Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-27

Signal Reserve Corps.
Almost fifty men comprised the Har-
9f3puTy contingent. Many of them
iwdAe l1ochl men. The company left
thlf Pld dce on June 10. for Long
IRPn$h, ". J., where they were
sworn into United States service. The
battalion was composed almost en-
tirefy- or Bell Telephone employees
l lfrop1duIerent parts of the country.
Fhe-Phffadelphia and Pittsburgh
divisions comprised two companies
of 110 men each.
Several weeks ago the battalion
left for France. Following are the
names of local men and those who
were employed by the Bell people
in Harrisburg: George X. Erb, 2lO1
North Sixth street; Jerome NJ. Ham
iltono SASi Hummel street; Paul r.
knigbtiu210S North Fourth street;
FredsrtcR f. Lutz, supervisor of sup
plies, South Fourteenth street
John Miller, 223 Boas street; Henry
w. Taylor, 1903 North Second street:
iGeorSefA, Donbaugh. Wormleysburg;
Nictor'nE. c. Hasskarl. Camp Hill,
construction foreman; Maryl Il
Miller, Shippensburg; Charles John
son, York; Ray c. Tritle, York; c.
E. Althouse, Paradise. Lancaster
County; Samuel j. Bigham, Nc
Knightstown Raymond Brauer,
Lancaster; Chauncey B. Fullerton,
Red Lion; John c. \. Kiehl. Lancas-
ter; Calvin f. Miller, Lancaster;
William c. SINNERS, Greencastle;
William ]. B. Daniels, Tamaqua:
Walter B. Haislon, Thornsburg, Va;
Henry L. Spangler, Carlyle, ILL.,; VIII
liam a. Underwood, Bent Mt, Va.
Reserve Officers Leaving
A large number of the newly COM
missioned officers who have been
spending the past two weeks with
relatives in Harrisburg will leave to-
day or tomorrow to take up their
work at the various camps to which
they have been assigned.
Many of the local men will be
located at Camp Meade, near An
napolis, Md, where it is probable
that the drafted men from Pennsyl-
vania will be sent this fall. Other
officers have been assigned to other
points some with the Regular Army
and some to training camps. Tho
harrisburg contingent received their
t4aining at Fort Niagara.
- Lieutenant j. II. Boyd was among
the first to leave, going yesterday
to Camp Wilson, at San Antonio.
Texas, as a second lieutenant in the
Ewenty-first Field Artillery.
First Lieutenant Wilbur S. Barker
left Saturday for extended field duty.
His destination was not announced.
Most of the officers will go to
Camp Meade, and are directed to
be there by Wednesday,. The fol-
lowing are among those who are
leaving to-day and tomorrow:
Captain Francis A. Awl, infantry.
Captain James Nick. Reilly, Jr., in
fantry.
First Lieutenant II. NJ. Kistler.
machine gun regiment.
First Lieutenant Samuel Froehlich.
infantry.
Second Lieutenant Z. Curzon
Eager, quartermasters department.
Second Lieutenant Raymond H.
Holmes, of PaXtang, quartermasters
department
Second Lieutenant John S. LLOYD.
field artillery.
Second Lieutenant Archibald G.
Knisely, field artillery.
Second Lieutenant George Kunkel.
Jr., infantry.
Second Lieutenant William B.
Schaeffer, field artillery.
First Lieutenant William Calder
Jr, field artillery.
Second Lieutenant John b. War
den, field artillery.
Second Lieutenant j. Wilbur Tow
sen, cavalry
Second Lieutenant Arthur P. Mil
Ier' Steelton, field artillery.