Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-05
u. S. RECRUITING :.
OFFICE TO CLOSE
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as under Captain, now major. Har-
rell '....
Since tHe beginning of the war,
100, 900 men have been enlisted into
the Regular Army from PennsylVa-
MIA. The local recruiting party Sc
cured $4,000 of these enlistments
from the Harrisburg district. Before
the new draft rules the station in
Quoted q large number of men for
special service. Postmasters in tho
district have enlisted many men,
Lieutenant Lesher said.
From the city alone, III men, and
from the county, 497 men, were Sc
cured by the recruiting party for the
Regular Army
While the party was restricted to
the enlistment of men not in the
draft age limits of 81 to 81, 700 men
were enlisted monthly. During July,
$50 men were enlisted, and during
the first nine days of August, ESQ
men.
The district comprises forty coun-
ties, and embraces what was former
ly the Scranton district. All substa-
tions have teen closed, and goods are
being concentrated at the Scranton
and Harrisburg offices for shipment.
There are eighty men in the detail
covering the district. Eighteen will
be sent to officers training camps,
twelve will receive commissions in
| the Quartermasters Corps and United
| States Guards at once, and others
will receive special assignments.
Many of the men in the offices are
expert stenogra pliers.
Long i'm Army
Lieutenant Lesher reported that
! he will likely be assigned to duty
in the United States Guards. Quar-
! termasters Corps, or as an instructor
| at a college. He has been a soldier.
| for twenty-five years, during thirteen
| years of which he was in active
service. He is now on the retired
list.
Lieutenant Lesher enlisted in the
! Regular Army in March. 1896. at
Harrisburg, and was sent to Fort
| Ethan Allen. VT. in the Third Cav
airy. He was in the Santiago cam
paign in Cuba, and served five years
in the PHILIPPINES. The remainder os
his active service was west of the
Mississippi river. In 1901 he was
commissioned a second lieutenant.
and a first lieutenant in 1908, at Fort
Sam Houston, Tex. In 1909 he was
retired on sick leave, and recalled
to duty at the outbreak of the great
war.
Since he has taken charge of the
local recruiting party. he has made
such a record for the district that
it has repeatedly been mentioned as
leading every district in the country.
He received signal recognition when
he was made commander of the
Scranton as we'll as the Harrisburg
district
Many Promotions
The following men will go to cffi-
GERS training camps at once:
Sergeants Beary, Erford, Hollen-
bach, Corbo, Gestner. Martin, HE
ronymous. Burner, Yingst, Rutter-
burg. CoaIson, Wiesebrod, Partridge.
Strauss, Schneider and Raymond.
The following men will be commits
stoned at once:
Sergeants Schiffman, Gibbons,
Blake, O'Crystall, Weber. Smith, Dill
man. Mau. Perry, Washok and
Brady.
Among the members of the party
were many cid soldiers who had seen
active service in a number of can1-
paigns. These men. have been COM
missioned and are now in active SER
vice at the front and in training
camps. They are: Lieutenants
Hoagland, Young, Meginnis, Moran,
Boyle, Parker, Cornelius. WALL Ber-
rard, Barber, Simpson, Mulleny and
Partin.