Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-17
INDIANS EAGER
TO SERVE U. S.
Four More Come From Car
Isle to Enlist; Life on Ocean
Wave" Appeals

The Harrisburg district for army
recruiting, in charge of Captain Will
liam f. Harrell, with headquarters in
the strouse Building, shattered all pre-
vious recruiting records for the dis
trict yesterday when 101 men were
enlisted and sent to Fort Slocum, nine
teen of this number were from Har-
risburg and the immediate vicinity.
The highest number recruited on any
previous date was sixty three. 1t was
announced this morning at the re-
cruiting office that Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad officials have prom
ised the local office a special train to
take recruits to Fort Slocum and the
offer will be accepted.
Men from Harrisburg and vicinity
who enlisted yesterday are: Henry
A. Handshaw, Hummelstown; George
G. Swartz A Boyd street, Alfred G.
Swails, 1410 Green street; Charles II.
Smith, Royalton; Victor II. Gottschalk,
Yeagertown; Paul A. Patton, Mif1in;
Paul C. Mankville, Mifin; Irwin G.
Snyder, Lykens; A. A. Powell, Miflin;
Carroll w. Fitzgerald, 81 West Eight
eenth street; Boyd C. Kohler. 1908
Derry street; Michael C. CARRIER, Will
liam II. Breshlin. Ray T. Mcnamara.
Thomas c. Ryan, Williamstown; Walter
Crawford, Yeagertown; Joseph Il.
Gall, Sunbury; Thomas A. Middles-
worth, Yeagertown, and Eligo Mick
sic, Steelton.
Indians Eager to Serve
Quartermaster w. e. Quirk in
charge of the local navy recruiting
office, Bergner building, made a trip
to Carlisle this morning and at noon
returned with four students of the
Carlisle Indian Shcool, who will enter
the United States navy. They are
George Anderson. full blood Choctaw,
Daisy, Okla; Thomas Montoga, Taos,
N. NJ, a full blooded Pueblo; Lou
Conley, Cherokee. N. c., full blood
ed Cherokee, and Peter Swamp
Franklin county, N. Y, a Mohawk
The Indians were given a preliminary
examination at the local office and
were then sent to Philadelphia this
afternoon. Two students of the In
dian school entered the naval service
last week.
All of the Indians are prominent in
athletics at the school, Anderson is q
football man, Montoga and Conley are
members of the cross country team,
and Swamp is a baseball player. They
are anxious to enter the services and
are excellent specimens.
The total number sent to Philadel-
phia from the navy office to-day, in
Guiding the four Indians was seven,
the largest number sent away on any
one day since the office has been
opened here. The others are William
d. Naylor, New Cumberland; Elmer N.
Zimmerman, Marysville, and Paul w.
Shut, Carlisle. Five other applications
were received one of which was Jo-
seph B. Funk. Stevens City, Va.
Funk is employed by the Cumberland
Valley Railroad Company and secured
pass last week to come here and en-
list He passed the preliminary ex-
animation and then returned to his
home to place his affairs in a condi-
ton to enter the service. He will re-
turn here within a few days and will
be sent to Philadelphia for q final ex-
animation.
Captain William r. Harrell, in
charge of the Harrisburg District for
army recruiting with headquarters in
the Strouse building, announced this
morning that during the last ten days
1898 men have been enlisted from a
population of approximately thirty
five millions of people in districts com
prised of New York, New Jersey,