Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04
UNION HONORS
MEN IN SERVICE
Roll Containing Fourteen
Names Placed in Meet
ing Hall
All glory to the lads who left the

All glory to the lads who left the
case
To achieve the highest honor,
And to us-the left-behind's solace,
To be the humble donor
An honor roll containing the
names of IA members of Harrisburg
Typographical Union No. IA, who
have left their machines and type
cases, for the training camps and the
front in France, was dedicated yes
terday at the Union headquarters in
G.. A. II. Hall, with appropriate eN-
ercises.
Members of the Union now with
the nations armed forces are:
l.. w. Wan baugh, Jr and Edward
Wan baugh, with Medical Service,
France; e. r. King, somewhere in
France; Corporal IL. r. Smell and X.
=. Iaysor, Signal Corps; Corporal j.
L. 1artwick, Camp Meade; Sergeant
.Iere McCracken, Newport News; q.
w. Swartz, Camp Greene, Charlotte,
y. c.; Sergeant Ernest Shaffer, Fort
LeaVenworth, Kan, and First Lieu
tenant Charles Thomas, c. w. Her
man (Pickle), \. r. Fitzgerald, Fred
Koenig, Jr., VIM. Dwyer, all at Camp
Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
Among the former members of the
Union in the service is Walter
Shaffer, who is with the Lafayette
Escadrille in France, and known to
readers of the Telegraph by his
frequent letters.
Col. II. C. Deming, member
of No. IA, made the presentation ad-
dress and the roll was accepted by
Frank A. Sohmer, president of the
Union. Mayor Daniel L. Keister,
member of the union for many
years, was also present President
Sohmer. in accepting the roll, said:
ITO be the presiding officer of
Harrisburg Typographical Union NO:
IA, at this time, gives me eXceptlonal
pleasure Inasmuch as the occasion
affords us an opportunity OF honor-
ing those of our membership VINO
have heard their country's call, and
have needed the same. Also, those
who, no less patriotic, have been
called and were rejected for physi-
cal reasons
Having just listened to the re-
marks of our older brother, Col
Deming, who has seen strenuous
times in previous wars, | am par
ticularly impressed with the sacrl-
fees that have already been made
and convinced that before the ruth
lessness of autocracy becomes
thing of the past, greater sacrifices
the principles of freedom may pre-
vail among a free people all the
world over.
''These sacrifices will not be made
by those alone who are going to
the front, but must. be shared Dy
those of us who remain to keep the
home fires burning. Our sacrilces
must come in the shape of conserNa-
ton of food supplies, the buying OF
Liberty Bonds, to which call our or
ganiZation both collectively and IN
dividually have responded nobly,
having. according to International
figures. purchased in the neighoor-
hood of 5000, 100000 worth of the
first and second loans, the buying
of war saving stamps and thrift
stamps and generally along the lines
laid down by the government.
"Our homes. our families, and all
that we hold dear is at stake in TINS
terrific struggle, and as we have
stood shoulder to shoulder in the
struggle to make our working con-
ditions better, so we will stand back
of our government in its supreme
effort to stamp out the autocratc
Hun and his unspeakable allies.
Il accept this honor roll in the
name OF Harrisburg Typographical
Union No. IA, and order it to be
placed on the wall of this, our meet
ing place, so that all may see that
the members of Typographical
Union No. IA are Doing Their Bit
for that for which we are in this
ruggle-Democracy and Peace.