Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-09
MAJOR ZIEGLER
IS PROMOTED
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tieeee for the new army.
Other Appointments
Olin F. Harvey, Jr., Wilkes Barre,
wac to-day appointed lieutenant col
onel of the Third field artillery, of
which he had been major.
Paul e. Zeigler, second lieutenant
of Company y, Eighth infantry,
York, was to-day appointed captain
to succeed w. II, Baublita, advanced
to be major.
Other National Guard appoint
ments announced weres Medical
corps, Walter J. Lace and Thomas j.
Snowwhite, to be first lieutenants
and assigned to Ambulance Company
No, Il Charles Lester Reed to he
first lieutenant and assigned to field
hospital No. 4. infantry, Dana E.
Bassert, 10 be second lieutenant and
assigned to Company NJ, Tenth regi-
mont,
Adjutant General Stewart to-day
called attention to the fact that an
erroneous idea was abroad that
Pennsylvania was giving Il bonus to
all OF its citizens who enlisted in the
armed forces of the country. There
Ia no such provision, he said, al
though many letters havo been re-
ce;ved on the subject.
In Last War
Lieutenant Colonel Ziegler enlist
cd as private in Company d, Eighth
regiment, April 80, 1896, serving in
that company until May 12, 1898.
During the Spanish War
he served in Company II. Provision
al Guard regiment, afterward made
Company l, Eighth regiment, as
private until August, 1898, when he
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pany, On July 81, 1899, he was pro-
NOTED to first sergeant of Company
l, in which capacity he served until
March 8, 1900. He received his COM
mission as second lieutenant, Com
pany !, Eighth regiment, January
Is, 1905, Two years later, November
%, 1907, he received his commission
as first lieutenant of the same COM
pany, He was first lieutenant until
21, 1908. when he was
elected captain of Company 1. He was
reelected September %, 1913. While
at the Mexican border, November
., 1916, he was appointed major OF
the Eighth regiment.
Major w. II. Baublitz, who sue
ceeds him as major, received his
commission as captain of Company
\, York, on May rs, 1908. Other
majors of the Eighth regiment are,
George II. Corbin, Huntingdon, and
Lester II. Huber, Chambersburg.
Chance in Signal Corps
Officers of the signal corps unit
now being recruited in Harrisburg
this morning laid emphasis on the
chances for promotion offered in
the signal corps that is not offered
in any other branch of the service.
Promotions to commissioned officers
and to noncommisSioned men have
been unusually rapid.
First Lieutenant +. r. Amthor
who has charge of the recruiting
CT the local battalion is himself an
example of the rapid promotion in
the signal corps. He is barely over
his commission as first lieutenant
several months ago. Lieutenant
Amthor, then senior at State Col
lege was among those in the Ma
tional Guard to be sent to the Mex
lean border. Prior to his going he
had specialized in electricity and
wireless telegraphy, at one time
teaching a large class the intricacies
of the wireless. While at the Dor
der he again specialized in signal
work and when the present trouble
arose was one of the first to receive
u commission and when raised to
the rank of a first lieutenant was
among the youngest commissioned
officers in the service
While no more men are receiving
commissions without first making
good at a training camp officers say
that several commissioned vacancies
exist and that men who qualify in
few months of practical work stand
an excellent opportunity for ad
vancement Even at the present
q
sergeant provided the men can fur
nish the necessary qualifications.
Lieutenant Amthor is very anxious
for the young men of Harrisburg
to drop in and talk ii over" To
learn all the advantages of the corps
from Lieutenant Amthor will in no
way obligate the applicant and will
give him an opportunity to learn
every angle of the service from one
whose experience has given him the
necessary qualifications.
Men who have had experience in
telephone, telegraph and wireless
work stand the best chances of ad-
vancement Men who have never
had any technical experience will re-
ceive not only the same pay as other
enlisted men but at the same time
have an opportunity to receive a
good technical education at the eX-
penSe or the government. IneSe
same men will then stand an op-
portunity for advancement to the
higher ranks.
Vacancies exist for clerks, electri-
clans. linemen, telephone switch
board operators and repairmen,
saddlers, BARRIERS, cooks, three far
riers, mechanics, caterers as mess
sergeants, bookkeepers as supply
sergeants, buglers, drivers and mo-
torcar drivers
To date the following young men
have enlisted:
Stover NJ. Smith, Harrisburg; Hen
ry Levin, Harrisburg; Joseph Dur
bin, Williamstown; Clarence Flick
niger, Williamstown; Joseph Sites,
Williamsburg; Howard Ellinger,
Ridgway.
Enlistment papers are uncom-
pleted for Robert r. Shuler, Harris
burg; Daniel II. Zorger. Harrisburg.
Applications for enlistment have
been re ,eived: Thirty from State
College and three from Harrisburg.
While only fourteen were sent
yesterday from the Harrisburg office
of the regular army it was consider
ed a good number for Sunday. The
following Harrisburg men were
among the number: