Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-18
CITY LADS TAKE
UP HOE IN WAR
AGAINST THE HUN
Tech and Central Boys Enlist
For a Summers Work
in Fields
TWO SCORE ON FARMS
Youths Give Up Better Paying
Jobs TO Take Up I'M
portant Work
TWO SCORE ON FARMS

The men who marched away in
khaki with shouldered guns &c
strafe" the Hun in France are not
the only patriots from Harrisburg
who marched away from their homes
10 serve their country.
TWO score young men of high
school age. it was announced to-day.
have volunteered their services for
duty on the farms during the sum-
mer. The young men offered their
services in response to a call made
early in the summer for boys TO turn
out and help farm the crops while
farm labor is so difficult TO procure.
What's more. these forty or more
boys from Harrisburg have created
demand on the part of the farmers
Tor more. They are making good. +"
The principals of the two high
schools who enrolled the boys. said
this morning that the farmers are
looking for more labor of this kind.
as they can depend on the boys to
do their part of every job, and do
il right.
Sacrifice Opportunity
When the war has been success
fully concluded, the roll of honor will
not contain more deserving names
than those of the farm boys. 1t is
pointed out that they have sacrificed
opportunities to make attractive
wages in munitions plants and other
lines of endeaVor, to answer their
country's call. Too young to be in
the draft. the youths are at the same
time giving their time and best ef-
forts TO answering the call which
they considered addressed to them.
They receive on an average $50 a
month and board, or $50 if they are
able 10 do a mans work.
The boys signed up for service on
the farm during the early spring.
and were then sent TO State College
sssr ten days course of training. A
Rtingent of boys from the Tech
hsyal High School is at State College
now. The remainder of the Tech and
Central High School volunteers are
on the farms. some in Dauphin
county, and some in farm camps
scattered over the state.
The Volunteers
The names of the boys who volun-
teered for farm work were an
nounced by DR.. Charles r. Eager. Jr..
county enrolment representative of
the Boys Working Reserves this
morning. They are:
John c. Koch, Central: Paul John
SN'l. letA' hfaner johnston, IeCh.
Albert Sanders. Central: jaw Stoll.
Central: c. Willard Smith. Central:
Gerald Harris. Tech: William Long,
Tech: ]. Roy Seidel. Tech: Edward
Watson. Tech; Robert Webster. Jr.
Tech; William Webster. Tech: Henry
Young. Tech: William Keller. Tech:
Emerson Beible. Tech: Daniel Krieg.
Tech: Leon Reisch. Tech: George
Mccormick. Tech: Paul Schwartz
Tech; Harry Weidman. Tech: Carl
Miller. not in school: David Gilbert.
Tech; Richard Wilson. Camp Hill
High; Richard Hamme, Tech: George
Dolby. Cameron: Paul Springer.
Cameron: Wilbur Nisley. Tech; John
Roth, Tech; Paul Shank, Tech: Karl
opDerman, Jr.. Tech.
Besides the farm volunteers. six
teen bows volunteered for industrial
work. They are:
John s. Bowman, Tech: John L.
Bitner, Tech; Foster ". Cocklin.
Tech: Fred H. Murray. Tech: Wal
ton kersteter. Tech: Paul Hunts
berger, Tech; Frederick Huston.
Tech: Ross Reed Tech; Jack Neck.
Tech: Carlton Gardner. Tech; Fred
Essig. Tech; John Derrick. Tech:
Ahram Burkholder. Tech: Earl
Schwartz, Tech: Charles H. Israel
Jr.. Tech. and Franklin Koons. Tech.