Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-17
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announcement Cnat HARRISBURG 1b
to have an infantry company of the
Reserve Militia keeps UP a chain of
organizations at this place
from the French and Indian war,
when John Harris built the first fort
on the Susquehanna about what Isl
now Harris park and a couple of
blocks adjoining and organized the
settlers and traders and huntersi
hereabouts into a company. In thei
neighborhood were the Paxtang
boys, who gave the Quakers some
uneasy moments for a time and ind
the days of the Revolution the COM
pany from Harris Ferry and Paxton
church was among the early ones to-
respond to the call for mobilizatioA1
at Cambridge, and some of its mex
died before Quebec. When the Rev
olution ended there were three CON-
panies here, and they went as far asi
Carlisle in the Whisky Insurrection.
They included Captain Wallace's in
fantry; Captain Ainsworth's riflemen4
ana Captain Devin's infantry, each,
unit about fifty men. About 1900 1t
is presumed that Harrisburg had a
troop OF cavalry, company of rifle
men ana company OF infantry
When the War of 1912 broke out
there were two companies. but the
Guy had many men in that struggle,
lncludlng General John Forster.
Col. John Roberts. Robert Harris.
Chris. Glenn and others, and COM
panleS commanded by Thomas Wal
ker, X. M. Grain. John Carothers,
jeremiah Rees, Thomas McIlhenny, /
Peter SNYDER John B. Moorehead,
lanes Todd, Richard Knight. John
Elder Isaac Smith, Philip Fedder-
non ana GaWan Henry These men
were active in military affairs here
one hundred years ago and organ
lied the Harrisburg Rifles and Dau-
phin Guards after the war. In
the war with Mexico Harrisburg
sent out the Cameron Guards, COM
manded by T.. G. williams and be-
tween that time and the Civil War
there were three companies here.
The Harrisburg Zouaves were the
nrst company to go from here into
the civil War, and after that struggle,
IN which Harrisburg had high per-
centage of it's sons. there were four
companies for q time Then came
the City Grays whose record Is un-
broken from 1872. The Governors
Troop, successor of the Revolutions
ary Cavalrymen, and the Capital
city Cavalry of the Twenties date,
from 1858.
Speaking of military matters the
history of this city is filed with mem
tion of infantry companies and
troops of cavalry and it is interesting
TO note that there were organizations
or rillemen in the early days. This
has always been q center for Marks
men and they made themselves noted
IN the Revolution and in other wars.
In the Civil War there were compan-
les from this section which were
mighty proficient with guns. The
early records of men who served. in
the wars from this city are extensive,
but they will have some rivals this
year.
THE rates that are charged in this
city for hauling trunks to hotels are
q scandal and ! am not surprised
that travelling men are asking people
to come to the station and look at
samples instead of having trunks
carted to hotels" said a commercial
man who makes Harrisburg often.
The rates here are going up, but
why | do not know. II used to cost
quarter to take a trunk or q grip
from the station to u hotel. Now
its fifty to seventy-five. l do not pro-
fess to know the scale of charges, but
l have heard of a man who was
soaked a dollar and a half to lave
trunk taken from the station to his
Motel. This does not help your city,
either"
State Game Commission officers
here had to give rush orders to
printers to supply additional hunters
license blanks and almost daily sup
plies of the salmon colored arm
/ bands have been going to treasurers
of counties In response to urgent re-
quests. In at least a dozen counties
the issuance of licenses thus far has
gone over the total for last year and
the payments at the State Treasury
have been on a scale that recalls the
first year of the operation of the law
| in 1913. On one day last week,
| $4,000 was received in hunters IL
censes. but this record paled before
$4,000 from six counties, one of
which had almost $4,000. These
payments will continue to come in
until the end of the season, which is
now In full swing with the deer slay-
| ing time to come. The issuance thus
far is believed, in spite of the num-
| ber of men who have gone to war
and who ordinarily hunt, to. be over
the 100000 mark of last year and
that 1t will probably be around, ifI
not above. the mark of S29S,972
made in 1914. The first year the
licenses numbered 800, 900.
Prosecutions for violation of IL
cense laws have been going on, but
the number has not been great.
Game protectors have been bonding
efforts to round up bad actors" who
have been Dragging about the way
| Neen defying the law and
telling what they are going to do.
DR. Joseph Kalbfus. Secretary oil
| the State Game Commission, has taxi
en- to the woods. DR., Kalbfus is one|
of the best hunters in the state, butt
! of late he has been going afield andI
| aforest to conserve game. About this|
| season when the wild turkeys are on|
the wing and all kinds of game is in
! season, except deer, the commission
secretary goes out after the game|
hogs. And he generally gets them.
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