Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-10

| anu pldCeu on tHe train lor tile hoS-
pital."
His Charge Intact
The above is but one of hundreds
is an example of a telegram that
about by a splendid system. Here
of items, and this is all brought
came recently: Request coffee
seven hundred fifty men. o. II.
Withoff, Lieut." That meant that
| 102 gallons of hot coffee had to be
ready and on the depot platform
less than an hour after the message
was received. Another read: fPenn-
sylvania train and I'd "a, 30 SOL
diers would appreciate food: also
medical kit" Such requests are in
! Vulnerable, but this goes to show
the character of the work.
! Not a long time since a carload
of shell demented lads arrived
from the South minus their officer.
He stepped from the train at York,
ard missed it. Fortunately two OF
the children were at the station here
when the train pulled in, and the
trainmen soon made their preolca-
ment known. These two women
I took the &c men, IL of whom were
colored, marched them to a Third
street restaurant, where they guard
/ ed the doors while they ate, return
/ ed the men to the station without
one escaping, for several tried 1t,
and when the frightened officer ar
rived three hours later, his charge
was intact, and If ever there was a
gracious officer that dapper little
chap was one; for it meant no court
| marshal, as the women had not
only held the car here but took
absolute charge of the situation.
Lady" whispered a boy whose
both legs had been amputated, and
who lay in a berth. Lady" he
said, DO you know it was you
women in Harrisburg that first met
US when we were draftees. Since
then we have been met everywhere
by the Red Cross and here we are
all again, but 1 am not quite the
fellow I was" Another said to a
worker: Red Cross nurse, you are
not very handsome, but you look
good to me- and so it goes each
day as these tireless workers return
to their homes happy with the
knowledge that they helped to
bring some little sun light into the
journey from whence some Will
never return.
Many Touching Incidents
There are many touching Incl
dents that may be related. Recent
ly a boy with both hands off asked
one of the canteen workers to write
home for him. 1t was a few lines
on a postal, childish note about
snow and a sled for a little one he
had left behind. That evening an
| other letter from the canteen work
er went to the mother, a word of
encouragement about her boy. Later
came an answer to Mrs. Hall, a
with these words: II slept last night
| for the first time"
There is apparently no end to
the work in sight, and it is likely
| that it will be continued for a year
at least. The railroad men ale
more than generous with their as
sistance and the system is so per-
fected that on many occasions the
captains are aware of the time of
the arrival of trains, together with
| the number of men aboard, whether
they are wounded or not, what food
they will require and other de-
tails, "a hours in advance. These
good women work in teams, two
lieutenants having charge on one
day in the week, with the privilege
of calling on as many workers as
will be necessary. The rules re-
quire that they be uniformed. They
must be cheerful, and many a tear
| has been held back until train
would disappear in the distance.
The following comprise the en-
tire Canteen service in this city:
Captain, Mrs. f. ]. Hall; assistant,
Mrs. Walter II. Gather.
Lieutenants. Mrs. ]. Miley Jones,
| (in charge of hostess house,; Mrs.
Chris Sauers, Mrs. Ross A. Hickok,
Mrs. John Graham, Mrs. John Oen-
slayer. Jr., Mrs. ]. Z. Murray, Mrs.
Frank Payne. Miss Mabel Upde-
grove, Mrs. Henderson Gilbert,
Mrs. Philip T. Meredith, Miss Dora
w. Coe. Mrs. Edna Dunbar, Miss
Anna Gay Bradley, Mrs. Chas. E.
Ryder, Mrs. j. Austin Brandt, H.
L. Wolfiey.
| Workers. Miss Emily Bailey. Miss
Martha Bailey, Mrs. G. w. Bauder,
Cameron, Miss Eleanor Copeland,
Miss Mary Creighton, Mrs. Curzon
Eager, Mrs. A. w. Greeley, Jr.,
Mrs. A. Boyd Harrington, Miss
Anna Henderson, Mrs. Geo. R.
Kelsey, Miss Mathilda Hester, Miss
Mary Hester. Mrs. Carl Kaltwasser,
Miss Elizabeth Knisely, Mrs. Vic
tor Lecoq, Miss Mary Meyers, Miss
Mitchell, Mrs. Leslie McCreath,
Mrs. Henry B. Bent, Mrs. VIM. E.
Wright, Miss Jane Macdonald,
! MIS- JOHu MdnOn' mTS. f1aTTy Neal,
Mrs. Robert c. Neal, Miss Clara
Shaub, Mrs. Thomas Williamson,
Mrs. Frank Whitman, Mrs. Horace
Whitman, Mrs. C. ]. Wood, Miss
Katherine Stamm, Mrs. Caldwell,
Mrs. E. ]. Stackpole, Mrs. Farley
Gannett, Miss Helen Armour, Miss
/ Constance Ferriday, Mrs. Wareham
Baldwin, Mrs. s. c. Todd, Mrs. E.
]. Stackpole, Jr., Miss Mary e.
| Reilly, Mrs. Mary A. Bacon, Miss
| Almeda Herman, Miss Margaret
Mccain, Mrs. Selig. Mrs. Edward
| Hamilton, Mrs. H. w. Shupp, Miss
Cymbeline Felker, Mrs. John c.
Herman, Jr.