Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-10
SIGNAL CORPS
UNIT IS GIVEN
GREAT OVATION
Thousands Wish Well to
City's Last Volunteer
Organization

Three score young enlisted men
in the signal reserve corps left for
their training camps at Camp Dodge,
Des Moines, Ia, after one of the
greatest demonstrations yet given
a unit to leave the city during the
war.
The streets along the line of
march last night were jammed with
people who turned, out to witness
the departure of Harrisburg's last
volunteer unit The parade was in
motion at o'clock. and the boys
entrained at 3, taking with them
the good wishes and godspeed of
the great throng that packed into
the Pennsylvania Railroad station
plaza to say farewell.
The great street demonstration
was followed by short farewell ex-
ercises at the station. Henry B. Nc
Cormick, chief marshal of the
parade, and Rev. Lewis s. Nudge,
pastor of the Pine Street Presby-
terian Church, made short addresses
All along the line of march the
boys in Signal Reserve. Corps were
wildly greeted by the throngs in the
streets as they marched along. They
We're not in uniform, but their bear
ing was soldierly. and they attracted
favorable comment. Sergeant San
derson was in command of the boys,
ana VIII be until they reach camp
Veterans in Line
Sergeant John Blake was mar
shal of the first division. In this
division were the city police, the
members of the G.. A. r., Spanish
American War, Foreign War Veter-
ans, and members of the Harris
burg Reserve Corps. Various other
patriotic organizations were in line.
The Municipal Band was the first in
the line of march, and Chief Mar
shall Mccormick headed the parade.
Augustus II. Kreidler was marshal
OF the second division, which was
headed by the Commonwealth band.
This division was made up of the
various city marching clubs, which
wer" very impressive, all of the
marchers carrying good-sized Amer
lean flags. Some of the organiza-
tions that turned out were Dout-
rlchS Marching Club and the New
Store of William Strouse.
The third division was headed nv
the Tech High School Band. Will
nam L. Laubenstein was marshal of
the third division. A large delega-
division and cheered at the station
when the soldiers deported. Six
troops of Boy Scouts were in line
had goodly number of the Memorial
Cadets marched.
Brief Services
The exercises at the station were
opened by the bands playing Amer
lea, while the soldiers stood at at
tention. Mr.. Mccormick reminded
the soldiers that they were going
away on a glorious mission, and that
their cause is just He urged them
to remember what they were fight
ing for. and to live for their high
principles
Dr. Nudge then addressed the
boys, after which the bands played
the Star Spangled Banner" DR..
Nudge addressed the boys as fol-
lows:
There is no greater honor could
be accorded me-" said DR.. Nudge,
than to have the privilege of say
ing farewell to you boys and to give
you the message of the loving hearts
that you are leaving behind in Har-
risburg.
Recently visited a great steel
works and | saw great nuggets of
steel piled high. What do Won
make from these nuggets?' asked
OF the officer of the company who
was with me.
Some of it is used for horse
shoes others will be used to mako
needles and still others will be uacd
to make watch springs, depending
upon the quality of the STEEL he re-
piled.
Nov boys, you have the stuff in
yon and it is for you to De assaved
aa true blue steel. To be true blue
steel, means that you must not only
fight hard, but you must steel your
self against the evils that will beset
you, evils more dangerous han Tho
guns of the enemy and to igbt
these evils, to assay as blue steel
You must observe three great prin-
ciples:
THE first is purity. Control vour
passions. live clean lives, turn aside
from evil companions and conduct
your lives along the same lines that
have guided YOU in your home life,
TIE second is wisdom, I mean
wisdom in the best sense. and that
is simply commonsense. That which
enables us to face the problems Of
each day in a cool, collected man
ner, remembering all times that
coTnmonsense is an asset that is
beyond price.
"Fhe third is. truth. Remember
that ii is never right to tell a lie
Truth is more valuable asset Than
life itself. l know you boys are NOT
AFRAID TO race the guns of the enemy.
but lave the courage to face the
ri5ald laugh and the sneer Of tbe
unEodly.
III you have these three things
you have American manhood and
the world cannot stand aga,nyt
American manhood when it is male
of the refined steel.
won't say good-by to you BOYS.
but In the name of the citizens of
Harrisburg, I wish you godspeed
and n safe return to us again, whom
the conflict in Europe shall have
ended"