Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-09
Companies to Have $50 Men

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Companies To Have $50 Men
The new companies will be made up
of ESQ men. The personnel will be as
follows: One first sergeant one mess
sergeant. one supply sergeant. eight
sergeants. sixteen corporals. two me-
chanics, three buglers, four cooks,
seventy-one private, first class; 143
privates.
1t is believed the men who are not
commissioned as officers now attend
ing training camps will be made nom
CONS in the infantry companies of
the National Army. If recommended
tion is given them from the command
ing officer at a training camp upon
permission from the War Department,
men can be enlisted as noncoms.
Company I this morning left for
hike in the surrounding country.
They have been drilled with monoto-
nous regularity every day since en-
camped at the island and occasional
hikes will be given the men for
variety in the routine of the day.
Then. too, they are looking forward
to the baseball game Saturday after
noon with the leather leggings of the
Governors Troop. They won quite a
bit of money on the last contest, and
although pay day is some time off,
II Is tAHtNitu that WdBtES Will again
be large.
Gifts of Baseball Outfits
complete baseball outfit has been
presented to the men of Company d
by the members of the Washington
and Friendship Fire Companies They
intend to take the outfit along to-
France and intersperse the grim bus
iness of war with the truly American
pastime.
Although the local companies are
not prepared to mobilize with the
rapidity of the trained German troops
when it comes to detail ii is intended
that nothing shall be overlooked. The
smallest detail of the long trip to
Georgia and the indefinite encamp-
ment there is being gone over very
carefully. Captain Bretz, of Com
pany d, has made all arrangements
for the packing of the stove that may
be used for the trip south. 1t will
be set up in a box car. I'VE are
ready is the company commander
answer to any question concerning the
departure and the men who have seen
Preparations for the trip. second it.
Vacancies, still exist in the coast
artillery. field artillery, infantry,
bakers and cooks in the quartermas-
ters' corps. aviation and radio sections
of the aviation corp. These places
will be filled by enlisted men in the
regular army. Recruiting officers pre-
before the operation of the draft is
general.
Young Accepts Commission
Sergeant Richard A. Young, who
has had charge of the administration
of the local office under Captain Har-
rell. has accepted a commission as a
second lieutenant. Sergeant Young
some time ago refused to accept a
commission, but later reconsidered.
He has had charge of the details of
the recruiting work since the begin
ming of the present drive for recruits,
and is considered an invaluable man
by Captain Harrell.
Sergeants James Simpson and JOS
eph p. Mullaney, who have had charge
of offices in the Harrisburg district.
have been ordered to report to Ft.
Niagara August "a. They are both
said TO be very capable men. Both
will help drill the men who will be-
come officers.
The men of the National Guard who
have been detailed to recruiting serv-
ice are working in the nearby vicin-
ity and at the grocers picnic at Her
shey. Every possible effort will be
made to have the Eighth leave Har-
risburg recruited to full war strength.
Company G. at Carlisle, and c. at
Chambersburg are both recruited to
strength. The supply company needs
a saddler and three cobblers.
More Posters Being Placed
A new supply of recruiting posters
arrived this morning and are being
placed at prominent places about the
town. With a few exceptions, the
business men of the city have well
coined recruiting posters. This morn
ing several poolroom proprIetors
refused TO allow the signs to be
placed in the windows. They refused
to say whether they thought II bad
for their particular line of business or
not. but the posters were not put up.