Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-24
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Sie eoFoihheht uepotS now unuer
construction and the training camp
at Gettysburg are going to make a
considerable change in the appear
ance of the streets of this city as far
as uniforms are concerned this fall.
Because 1t is a railroad center and
troops are constantly passing
through this city has seen a variety
OF men in khaki the last six months
ana they seem to be coming in ever
increasing numbers. And now when
arrangements are being made to add
hundreds to the forces at the avia-
ton and ordnance supply depots and
! the enormous scale of the quarter
masters corps depot at Marsh Run
is developing this city will become
more or less of a garrison town.
There will be many soldiers to be
here and while the number will not
be anything like the days of Camp
| Meade in the last war there will be
an appreciable increase whose care
should commend itself to residents of
the hospitable State Capital. The
completion of the Penn Harris Hotel
| VIII not only attract to HARRISBURG
| many automobile visitors who have
been awaiting such an event, but
also the families and friends of men
who are at the Gettysburg camp and
VINO Will later be stationed at the
great government plants to be To-
Gated in Perry county. These de-
Velopments of military character
In our vicinity, coupled with the in
dustrial End business activity are GO
ing to mean some changes here
\ abouts.
The systematic manner in which
Harrisburg is going about preparing
Tor the big Fourth of July parade Is
attracting attention even of visitors
and the state will look to the capital
to have notable demonstration OF
the kind asked by the President on
independence Day. These parades
to get the foreigners feeling that
they are part of us have been a
great success in my end of the
state said a man from Pittsburgh.
I think that we perfected the idea
of honoring the men of foreign birth
ana we have had a parade in our
city which struck a keynote. Here
in Harrisburg you have the foreigner
on a lesser scale, but l believe that
you have the same problem that we
do. You are going at it the right
way Another man said that the
plan of having everyone walk except
the members of the Grand Army,
who shall be honor guests, and few
mounted aids to help form the pa
rade, was the best thing about it.
The late David H. Ellinger, Har-
risburg's Oldest municipal employe,
who was laid at rest to-day, prob
ably knew more people and was
known to more in this community
than any one connected with the city
government, not even excepting
Jim" McCann, the veteran police
man. Mr.. Ellinger also knew the
physical characteristics OF the town
better. He could tell what proper
} ties were like. knew the inside and
outside of buildings and more about
} the people who lived in them than
: the average man thought possible.
The way he got It, to use his own
phrase, was "hoofing it" around
town. He got started early and he
, worked late and when it came down
: to enforcing rules the genial officer
was strictly on the job.
"Is it an offense to fight potato
bugs on Sunday?" was the question
: asked of clergyman, a lawyer and
policeman yesterday.
5 The man who asked it had OBJ
served some men knocking bugs off
r young potato plants in war gar
, dens'
! The minister remarked that this
D was war time and that cows could
be chased out of corn field on Sun
day.
The policeman said he would help
kill the bugs if needed.
The lawyer thought that it was
= matter of conscience.
Edward Moeslein, who is in charge
r of the mobilization of the foreign
\ bern for the parade on July 4, is be-
e coming a linguist. Mr.. Moeslein has
n been going about day and night to
: get in touch with men active in the
= affairs of the foreign born, all of
whom are organized. In the last
K week he has arranged for men from
= Germany, Austria and half dozen
n of it's provinces, Serbia, Bulgaria
y Syria, Rumania, Russia and Italy to
e take part in the parade and is after
= some others.
h The number of persons who are
S addressing the Governors office,
!. state draft headquarters and even
d the United States marshal regarding
s the way people affected by the op-
e Grafton of the draft are concerned
t is becoming striking. In the last
: week the Governors office has been
t sent letters complaining about every
!, thing from the way wives of men who
e have gone to war are acting and
s bringing up their children to the
( failure of a local committee to hand
d out sandwiches to the men 1t sent to
e camp. Major w. G. Murdock, at
s state draft headquarters, is assailed
by questions on everything from
meal tickets for drafted men to
! whether a bushelman is exempt.