Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
BOYS ON ISLAND
AWAIT COMMAND
TO MOVE SOUTH
Eager to Join Company D at
Camp Hancock; Promo
tions in Company l

The boys at the island are wait
ing, but rather impatiently, the or
der to entrain for Camp Hancock.
The officers have received no definite
information regarding the time of
leaving, but there Is feeling in the
air that the start will not be many
days delayed.
The boys of Company D are sorely
missed, for, as one of the Company l
boys expressed it, the boys of Com
pany d are mighty good scouts, and
we are all anxious to see them
again"
Plans for a hitting demonstration
to be held upon the departure of
Company l and the machine gun
company are going forward and all
arrangements will be completed
when the time of departure Is an
nounced.
Privates Promoted
Two promotions were announced
at the island to-day. Privates John
NJ. Cleckner and John Triest have
been appointed privates OF the first
class.
First Sergeant Charles NJ. Graeff
left with the Harrisburg boys this
morning for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
This afternoon the baseball team
at the island played a team from the
Forty-seventh Infantry of New
York, stationed at Rockville.
The band concert by the Eighth
Regiment band was largely attended
last evening. On Friday evening,
following the impressive guard
mount drill, the band will give an
other concert. The guard mount
ceremony will begin at $50 o'clock
and will conclude in time for the
retreat at z. This ceremony is being
given at the request of prominent
Harrisburgers and will in all proba-
bility be largely attended.
SergCants Transferred
Upon recommendation of Captain
William f. Harrell, Sergeant James
Simpson and Sergeant Joseph b.
Mullany were ordered to report to
the officers training camp at Fort
Corporal Frank Weidwald has been
transferred to the barracks at Co
lumbus, Ohio.
BY the enlistment of Roy NJ. Kel-
ler of 1861 South Ninth street, Com
pany l, Eighth Pennsylvania Infan-
try, gains a new recruit. Arthur w.
Snyder, of 216 South Thirteenth
street, has enlisted in the aviation
corps and will be sent to Columbus,
Ohio.
Troop c Gets "Jabbed"
Persons passing the old church at
Fourth and State streets. where the
Governors Troop is. stationed, were
met this morning by numerous husky
young men without coats and with
rolled-up sleeves. The soldiers did
not have anything on their minds.
but rather on their arms, for every
soldier boy was either inoculated or
vaccinated to-day. The new MEM
bers of the troop who were vacci-
mated upon their joining the troop
were inoculated. and the old recruits,
about siXty-Tve in number, who were
Vaccinated about a year ago before
leaving for the border, went through
the process again to-day.
Captain Roberts is planning to in
struct his men in French and a num-
Der of phrases which will prove es-
pecially useful to the boys when they
arrive in France are being prepared
for general distribution among the
troops.
Ask Red Cross to Dance
Three Steelton young men offered
themselves fox enlistment in the navy
yesterday, but were not accepted be-
cause they could not pass the rigid
physical examination.
Major J. NJ. Peters has issued the
following invitation to the local Red
Cross chapter:
I'm recognition of the many cour-
tesies extended the various military
organizations, the medical depart
ment, Eighth Pennsylvania Infan-
try, desires you to attend, as hon
orary guests, a dance to be held at
Fort Washington Park, Friday even
ing, August "a, at SIS o'clock.
THE committee in charge will ap-
preciate a prompt reply in regard
to the acceptance of this invitation"