Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-05
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COLORED MEN LEAVE
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platform and quickly took their
places in the troop train.
Many Well Wishcrs

places in the troop train.
Many Well Wishcrs
The impetus of the crowd of
friends. sweethearts and relatives
who accompanied the men was too
much for railroad guards, and the
station was quickly filled with the
wellwishers, who hung onto the
windows and platforms or the train
until the warning Shrek OF the en-
!, Sne ~ istle told them that the time
To say goodbye was past. There
We're weeping and laughing, ana
hurried careSSes as fathers, hus-
/ bands, brothers and sweethearts
/ leaned far out of the windows to
catch a hasty pressure of the hand
as the train moved slowly out of the
6ation. Amidst "A last flurrIed wav-
ing of handkefchiefs, eyes were
dabbed and the large crowd stood
on the platform wishing tie draftees
| goodbye" and luck on their great
aventure.
Prior to the sorrow-tinged fare
we'll on the station plaform, there
was excitement and eXhilaration
enough to make departing and re-
naming alike impervious to the
sadness of the occasion. A big pa
rade was formed at Seventh and
Nerbeke streets, with members of
the Second and Third city boards
marching in a place of honor in
the procession. The draftees of
City Board No. 1 joined the process
sion downtown, and, all the draftees
were surrounded with their applaud
| ing friends.
Band Furnishes Music
Popular and patriotic airs were
furnished by the Perseverance Band
I a nd h. ,A1
/ ored residents of the city addressed
final words of advice to little groups
| of the registrants.
The registrants have received
! many tributes from their friends
! during the last week in the way of
entertainment. More than 200 of the
232 registrants were given a recep-
| ton in the City Grays' Armory on
| Friday evening. The Perseverance
/ Band furnished music for a parade
prior to the reception.
! Members of Unity Lodge No. II,
/ I. B. P. o. f. of the World, enter
| tained the colored draftees Saturday
evening at their newly-remodeled
| home, 1918 North Seventh street,
with a lunch, music and dancing.
Short addresses were made by Dis
! trict Deputy James R. Wilson, c. H.
| Taylor, A. c. Gray and Secretary
James E. Taylor.
The draftees were sent from the
| boards as follows: First city board.
! thirty-five men; second city board.
| forty-three men; third city board,
! forty eight men: Steelton, first coun-
| ty board, 103 men; Paxtang, second
! county board, three men.
The men were as follows:
City Board No. 1
The First City Boards contingent
was:
Charles Wallace Clark, 2o6 George
street, n. w. Washington; Dove Ed
ward Williams, 1$2 Liberty; Thomas
! Easter, Coatesville: Allen Drum
goole. 14S 1-2 Adams. Steelton;
James Levi w. B. Jones. Lochiel
Row; Thomas Severn Bell. 315 Fors-
| ter; James Pinkney Rudd, Sl5
Forster; Emmanuel York, 1914 Mar
ion; George William Berry. 70S East
Charles Henry Oakley, sol Salmon;
Benjamin Elmer West, 11o3 South
| Ninth: Elmer Johnson, 720 North
Seventh; Kemps Lewis, 107 Welcome
alley. Baltimore; Corbett Mack, Reu-
! sens, Va.
Thomas Henderson Wells. S22
Calder; William Oliver May, sos
South Tenth; Leroy Hoffman, IL
North Third; James Henry Porter,
21S Cranberry; Silas Byres. SO7 South
/ Tenth; Richard Snavely Shaw, 1911
Christian street, Philadelphia; John
| William Miller, 101 Cherry; Thomas
| Johnson, SIG South Fourth; Benja-
min Wells, $500 Mt. Vernon, Phila-
delphia; George Layton Potter, 1925
! North Fourth; Sheldon V. Walker,
| r. F. D. No. 5; Harvey Addison Will
| lis. 223 South Newberry. York; Ellis
worth T. Luckitt, 610 Willow.
! John Henry Craig, 200 Chestnut;
! Nesba Summons, 325 Cherry; Len
wood Jackson, 213 Cranberry; John
| Jackson, Lochiel Row; George
: Hughes, SO North street, Lynchburg.
Va; Charles Jones, 1886 North
I Fourth; George Turner Dews Hurts,
| Pittsylvania, Va; Cara Suber, sos
Cherry; James Leroy Henry. 9 sher-
man; Sam McCray $40 East;
! Spencer Moore, 10S Liberty; David
Kennedy, 1911 Derry; Benjamin L.
Randolph, 1926 North Fourth; Will
| liam Martin Watts, 110S South
! Ninth; Russell Archer, 231 Harris
burg street, Steelton.
City Board No.
! The quota was forty-three men.
They were:
George Jones, 312 South Cameron;
Raymond H. Valentine, 1915 Drum
| JOHN w. JOlltSs OOV >
Earnest ]. Champion, 10S Mary;
| Stephen r. High, Coatesville; James
Boon, 917 Grand; Ira Colston, 1922
! Swatara; Percy Page, 671 Briggs;
| Clarence w. Mutt, $50 South Gamer
on; Daniel Boone, 1916 Elm; Charles
! Davis, New York City; Charles E.
Drummond, 303 Daisy; John Brooks,
| 253 South Cameron; Henry T. Berth,
| 507 Primrose; Marshall Robson, S24
Paxton; Marcellus Payton, Washing
ton; Russell A. Mudd, 25 North
Eleventh; Archie Mcdonald, 3S
Balm; Joseph L. Parker, Atlantic
City, n. j.; William Stenson, Milton;
Robert S. Hall. Philadelphia; John
! Harris, 914 Sarah.
James w. Burruss, 1716 Walnut;
William E. Dawson, New York City;
James A. Togans, 1926 Vernon;
Philip H. Williams, 40 South Gamer
| on; Samuel Hallman, 362 South Cam
! eron Frank Towe, 665 Briggs; Hen
ry c. Allen, 1913 Elm; Charles A.
Robinson, 10 Haehnlen; Steve Smith,
1912 Currant; William Wilson, 1911
Apricot; Douglas 1. Champion, Phil
adelphia; John W. Price. Philadel-
phia; John Franklin. 21S Prune;
Harry S. Evans, 627 Forster; Don
Henderson, 923 Sarah; William L.
Peale, Rankin, Pa; Nathaniel Corey