Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-11
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stances no colored men were spe-
Gifted to be sent to Camp Meade this
month in the quotas announced by
state draft headquarters, under the
call of last Saturday, is explained
here, by the statement that those
boards did not send information re-
lgarding colored registrants. One of
these boards was in Harrisburg. The
state headquarters, weeks ago asked
local boards to furnish complete
information as to classification of
men, especially as to occupations
and color and number have only s,
furnished part of the data requested
or else not sent any. These boards
are now being urged to complete
their information cards. Inquiries
are being made of local boards as to
reasons for variations of registra-
tions in the first class, there having
been some districts where there are
not many aliens which have low fig
ures compared to other districts
Plans are being made here to put the
farm furlough plans for drafted men
now in camp or who may be drafted
between now and the busy season on
farms, into effect. The federal au-
thorities will send the blanks here
and the state headquarters and State
Commission of Agriculture will facil-
itate distribution, although local
~ 6c wi tn
the application and decide whether
the drafted man is really a farm
worker. Railroad men have begun
the big task of preparing to move
the O,900 men called to be sent to
the three camps commencing April
rs. Owing to the heavy calls made
upon what has hitherto been Camp
Meade territory, there will be more
trains run as both Camps Lee and
Meade are to get men and the Meade
contingent will be made up of white
and colored men. Probably a score
of special trains will be run.
If you are a weather sharp, you
can get a job as Army weather man.
State draft headquarters has receiv-
ed kilograms from Washington, pro-
viding for the special induction of
meteorologists into the service. That
is the polite name for weather man.
This war is bringing out d good
many new things in Army matters
and weather men are among the lat
est to be called for. There are also
special calls on Major Murdock's
desk for tailors and photographers.
Some of the latter to be trained to
take pictures from aeroplanes.
The cool snap and snow of this
week caused a run on places where
oysters are sold, and some of the
oyster bars were kept busy filling
family pals. 1t seems that this city
is one of the best oyster towns in the
country, and the warm weather eX-
} listing for a time prior to the snow
of Tuesday, caused many to give up
the bivalves. But the return of
snow, caused the oyster lovers to get
back on the job, and in the language
of one of the city's noted oyster
men "Dey eat by da barrel One
dealer said that the rush was caused
by a desire to make the last CALI
before the month without an r.
Just how Harrisburg is keeping
house is being watched by many
students of municipal affairs. Har-
lrisburg, as is we'll known, was one
of the few cities in the state to
make q success under the old third
j class city act and the way it spends
it's money and the results it gets as
we'll as its methods of handling
everything from finances to streets,
health. police, wires, vice, sewers
and Fairgrounds, is going to be
checked up by the men in authority
in a number of the cities of Penn
sylvania. and not only of the third
class either.
These are the days for those
husky fellows known as trouble
shooters" The Bell and the two
telegraph companies have squads of
these industrially strong-armed men
whose business it is to find trouble
and "shoot" it away. The snow
storm caused much work for these
men, and they have been securing
the country round, putting up new
poles, fixing wires and getting things
to rights. These trouble" men are
used to more midnight calls than a
doctor and get up and out in all sorts
of weather. They have to be able
to climb anything from the side of
/ a house to manager fighting over
| expense costs and it is astonishing
how quickly they can get things TO
rights, even when the trouble is
miles and miles away in the country
and has to be reached over roads
| WHICH no SelI-TeSpeCllHB aulOInODlle
would take and a motorcycle with
| bathtub attachment could not ne
| gotiate.
|
| DIR. Thomas Lynch Montgomery
/ address before the Dauphin County
| Historical Society tonight, which
will be on "A Harrisburg Commo-
! dore," will be probably the first au
thoritative sketch of the first native
of this city to rise to flag rank. He
will tell of David Connor. command
er of the squadron which attacked
! Vera Cruz, to enable Scott to land
his army. Commodore Connor, was
born in this city about 1871 of par
ents who were refugees from the
Wyoming troubles. He grew to boy
| hood in the village of HARRISBURG
and when 1t had reached the dig
nifty of state capitol, he was mid
shipmite in Uncle Sans Navy.