Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-10
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likely that Harrisburg will be calleI
upon to furnish many men unde|
the second draft call. It is improb
able that the call will come I'D
months anyway because of the do
lays in completing cantonments anI
the time that will be occupied II
training and equipping the men d
the national army The mobilizatio|
OF the drafted men has been al
tended by disappointment due to til
tremendous strain upon labor anI
material circles and consequently til!
next call may not come until winte|
by that time Harrisburg will haN
many more men added to its enlist
ments, which are already impressiJ
IN number, and the condition due
the draft will not be anything lid
that experienced in other cities, ThI
city has been talked of all over til
united States because of the numeI
GUS men it gave to the Eighth Reg|
nent and the army. Harrisburg tool
nold OF its opportunities in til
ElShth Regiment and showed itseI
real headquarters city. The regI
AhAACNii illOiS VI lGOS dS
Harrisburg regiment as a result an
lts career in this war will be followe|
with interest by the whole state.
This is the story of the man froi
the Keystone State who ran ID
against three men from other statd
VINO knew all about that mysteriolI
district of Pennsylvania known l
the Dutch Relt," about which \
many people in other parts of tH
country know so much and we Will
ilVe In the midst of 1t, appparentlI
know SO little. The four men met
the course of journey and natural
began to talk about the draft. TH
man from Now York city was rejoil
ing that the board in his district hs
gotten through without a riot, til
man from Connecticut was wonde|
ing how his states industries wei
going to run when the men wei
called and the man from suburbf'
chicago was confident that his oil
tllct would raise the quota needeI
They settled it all to their satisfaI
ton and alighted on the PennsS.
Vanian. The New York man hd
visited Pennsylvania, the Illinoisa
had travelled through it and the Col
necticut man had made" PennsSI
vania towns when he was selliI
goods before he got rich and begd
to manufacture.
Guess you'll have trouble to n
your quota from Pennsylvania" n
marked the man from Illinois. "Y@
nave such a diversified state and
makes and mines so much"
Yes, Pennsylvania is industri'
and then there is the German ell
ment to contend with" said the m
from Manhattan, where they call oil
the cops to suppress speake'
against the draft.
From what L know from passii
through your state 1 should imagit
you would have no end of trouhI
drafting men. Take the Pennsy'
Vania Dutch, for instance. 1 predi
you will be up against it to get II
men in the cities of the Pennsylv'
MIA Dutch belt" was the comment
the man from the Nutmeg State.
Say, where and what are the citd
of that Dutch belt'?" fiared up II
Pennsylvanian, native and famili|
with the state.
We'll, Lancaster. Allentown, Real
ing, harrisburg, York and some
the towns l used to visit" repliI
the Connecticut man.
| ."Oh, very well. Just take this n
the Pennsylvania Dutch, as you ed
them," answered the PENNSYLVANIA
They are descendants of men wi
backed up you Yankees when vi
were chased out of Long Island, Nd
York and New Jersey and came
us in the Revolution. And Lancast'
and Harrisburg are two cities til
this year enlisted so many men IL.
they do not have to give a man und'
the first call. and Allentown and II
others have very few called for. Sui
pose you write to Crowder."
Hiram G.. Andrews, the Harrisbu'
correspondent of the PhiladelpH
North American and Pittsburgh ID
patch, has been called to WashingtE
to assist in the publicity work of II
national food control and has givE
the time allotted for his vacation
that work. The publicity work
being directed by men of wide d.
perience in national movements, md
of whom, like Mr.. Andrews, are gis
ing of their time and at actual Id
| to themselves to the movemeH
Probably never before were new.
| papermen rendering as much aid
the government and it's agencies thl
! at present. The success of the dra|
was largely due to the patriotic att
tude of the newspapers and to II
! calls they made upon the peopH
while since that time there have bel
hours devoted to dissemination of 1
formation about the draft laws al
regulations by newspaper men.
many cases they had to reduce
terms and phrases understood by II
public the official regulations al
decisions and rulings upon them.
Members of the Harrisburg ri
serves will see the officers of II
Eighth Regiment leave the city VT
regret, for much of the success
the organization in mastering. Il
intricacies of drill has been due
the detailed instruction given th4
by officers. Captains Bretz, JenkiI
Hartman, Slime and Baker and Lid
tenants Long, Thomas and Wilbar !.
sisted Major Porter and his compa'
officers at every opportunity.
In the last few weeks copies
the charter and bylaws of the n
serves have been sent to half a doz'
cities to be models for home defer
organizations. These bylaws. VIII
include some of the regulations
1.-THE Harrisburg military associati@
have been incorporated in the pla
of several guards Allentown. Greer
burg and other cities have re~eiS
them.