Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-08
TWO MINUTES FOR
WIFE AND FAMILY:
So FOR COUNTRY
General Clement Gives Amer
lean People New Motto; Ex-
periences at the Front

1.-TWO minutes for your wife and
family and So for your country"
That Is the motto which Major
General Clement, speaking to young
men in Market Square last evening
at the recruiting meeting held under
the auspices of the Rotary Club
urged upon Americans of military
age at this time.
"As stood in the little dugout
headquarters of a French general
| near Verdun," said General Clement,
| a little clock struck the hour and
the officer, standing erect and rtgidly
at attention as only French officer
can,/ remained silent for two mom-
'ments. When 1 left home this Of
ficer explained, my wife gave me this
clock and I agreed that every hour
| minutes to thoughts of her and my
family; the other 5S to France.
That is the spirit we in this
country need" declared the general.
Lower the Draft Age
! General Clement said that had he
his way he would lower the draft
| age to 10, and defended his position
! on the ground that rs per cent. of the
soldiers of the Civil War were under
| 20, and he concluded, IT think you
will agree they put up pretty good
fight"
"Our young men want to get away
from the safety pins SO many of them
| carry about" he said. "One of these
attaches the lad firmly to his moth
er's apron strings; another fastens
him to q sweetheart, and still an
other to wife acquired after the
enactment of the draft law. All SOL
diers ought to be married. I wish my
three boys in the service were, but
being married their place is at the
front defending all they hold most
dear.
"It is idle talk of fighting the
KaiserH said the general, I'VE must
fight the whole German people, for 1t
| is as true now as when it was first
said that no king or potentate can
continue long to hold sway over a
people unless that people comedies
with his views and policies. And so
we are not fighting the Kaiser alone,
but him and all his subjects"
General Clement referring to the
U-boat raids, said he thought per-
haps it would be a blessing If a Ger
man submarine dropped just one
shell into Atlantic City, in order to
let us. know we are really at war.
Experiences in France
General Clement, who spent sew
eral months in France while he was
in command of the Keystone Divi-
sion, being retired on account of age,
visited the whole French front from
Ypres to Switzerland, was under fire
many times, narrowly escaped death
on numerous occasions and knows
more about actual war conditions in
France than any other Pennsylva-
nian. His account of experiences was
picturesque and humorous and
urorthu nf Ynnoh andienCa
His anecdotes were all calculated to
show that while there is a chance of
being killed or wounded not all shells
hit their mark and few bullets find
Judgement in soldiers; that to be
soldier in France is to have much
enjoyment and many thrills in addi-
tion to enduring hardship and that to
miss it is to miss one of the greatest
experiences any man can have.
Fred A. GodcharleS Speaks
The first speaker of the evening
was Fred. A. Godcharles, Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
and himself volunteer, being under
orders as a field captain of aviation.
Mr.. Godcharles paid high compli-
ment to General Clement, under
whom he served in the Spanish
American War and urged upon all
young men the duty of performing
their full part in the present crisis.
He told of the courage of the young
men of Canada and how proud they
were of having volunteered and made
plea for keeping up the record of
the Harrisburg district for volunteer
enlistments, this locality now lead
ing the country.
Park Commissioner Z. Il. Gross,
who has a son in France, introduced
the speakers and there was COM
munity singing under the leadership
of Linford Scott. The Municipal
band played during the intervals.
French War Balloon
At the conclusion there was placed
on exhibition a French captive war
.loaIloon automobile, which had been
in use along the French front and
had the marks of conflict upon it.
How it is used for observation and
signal purposes was explained by a
young American soldier in charge.
Good music, a parade and stir
ring patriotic addresses are the
features of the program for the re-
cruiting rally, which will be staged
this evening on Market Square under
the auspices Of the Loyal Order of
Moose. The Rev. Robert Bagnell,
pastor of Grace Methodist Church,
and A. e. Burlington, will be the
speakers of the occasion. Abner
Hartman will lead in the community
singing.
Headed by the Spring Garden
band of York, the lodge members
will leave the clubrooms, Third and
BoaS streets, at 7.15 o'clock and
march down Third to Walnut to
Front to Market to the Square. 1t is