Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-20
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If the number of enlistments n
the Regular Army In this city ar
vicinity are anything like what
believed to have occurred there wi
not be many persons called fro
the state capital district under tt
draft. This city has been the leadd
in Pennsylvania in enlistments an
the State has been the leader
the union. Just what it's credit I'D
Regular Army and other nations
armed service will be no one ca
say with accuracy, but it runs in
the hundreds. The Harrisburg M
tional Guard district gave 77S me
to the various organizations of Il
organized militia of PennsylvaniE
over 200 enlisting in the last mont
At this rate it can readily be sed
that there will not be very much
q call upon the states official, cente*
big railroad and industrial tow
which could claim many exemptio
on the score of men needed to kedE
the wheels turning, but which Civ
freely of its sons. This record
service is nothing new. AS has bed
pointed out in this column HarT
Ferry, the early name of the cit
gave practically a regiment in Il
Revolution, thirteen companies
the War of 1912, a company al
many other men in other organic
tions in the Mexican War, and cor
pany after company in the Civ
war, to say nothing of men co
unually serving as officers or e
listed men in the Regular Army al
IN the Navy. The record in Il
Spanish War, with three organic
tions and number of regulars, sa
ors and marines, is something to r
call. This wars contribution in Il
Gays when men enlisted and befo
a number was drawn from the dra
VIII be something of which to
proud in years to come.
Governor Brumbaugh, who, b
tween signing bills and veto md
sages and letters and messages h
about as much correspondence
any two men in Harrisburg, is jI
now doing his bit for Uncle Sam
signing every voucher for maint
nance of the registration bured
This bureau is an Institution of
National Government establish
here under the state governme
The Washington authorities pay
the bills and had Major II. S. w
liams named as the disbursing
ficer. But the Governor has to a
prove every voucher and no 9th
signature will go for a minute. T
other day he signed one for A
cents. About the same time he "
signing some papers of pure
state nature for $4,000.
Members of the Public Servi
CnI11 icGfnF cf,t1xyitae~ 10 ft,
problem from various angles
present and some of the propo
tions encountered are different.
is said that Notwithstanding the ia
that jitney complaints have cor
from the same place and apparen
on the same basis there are
stances known where there are ra
ically different points. There we
decisions a few days ago in
Wilkes Barre case wherein m
were refused certificates and oth(
granted because of differences
the status of the operators.
One of the interesting articles
the Philadelphia Public Ledgers
of old folks is about Charles E. Fer
who is eighty-nine and lives at T
yer. Mr.. Fem is a member of
newspaper work and publishing
was born here. Mr.. Fem was bo
June 20, 1928. and learned his ira
as printer at the cases in the off
of the HARRISBURG TEL
GRAPH, which was founded abd
three years after he was born. n
Fem did considerable work on t
newspaper and then went to Phi
delphia, where he was connect
with newspapers.
People who have been long
Capitol Hill are recalling with int
est the days of controversy betwe
Governor Daniel H. Hastings and
Attorney General Henry Clay n
Cormick, and Auditor General An
H. Mylin, about nineteen years
The Governor and the Auditor CO
eral were on opposite sides of
fence in Republican affairs and w
both men of determination. 4
controversy between them was
last of any account on Capitol T
in which two elective officers Gro
ad swords