Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-24
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sent to Harrisburg people from
France, one might suppose that any.
body who. mentioned uniform, driE
or military service to the men who
helped lick the Hun would be in fs-
a licking after he has laid away -
khaki and rifle. The tone of some 4
of these letters would indicate thas
the men abroad are disgusted wits
military service and anxious only to
get out. But there are indications
that, while they may have had
enough of their army to meet al;
their own desires, they do realize the
importance of being prepared. For
example, THE Watch on the Rhine,
an official daily newspaper of the
men who are holding the German
territory occupied by the Allies, de-
votes four column article to a dis
cussien of "Why universal service
should be permanent" This pape|
has just been received by the Harris
burg Telegraph. THE short expert
ence," says this newspaper, (which
the United States has had in the
present war has proved conclusively
that system of universal military
training is the only really democratic
method of distributing the burden
incident thereto among the people"
A little further along, the writer
says this: in America we have fall
the State owes us everything and
that we owe no particular duty to
1.-THE Government which protects our
interests at home and abroad" and
expresses the belief that universal
training would make every man rec
ognize his responsibilities with re-
lspect to the Government. And again:
1--WE must get rid of the 'floater' in
our country, of the man who feels
that laws are made for other people
and that the country has no partic-
ular hold over or interest in him be-
cause he has no special responsibility
toward the country. Since joining
the colors, many of our men have
come to know Uncle Sam for the
first time and have felt the warm
pressure of his hand and looked in
TO his kind, shrewd old eyes with y
new sense of relationship. They are
prouder than they were ever before
= of the old man. They have seen
their comrades fight and die for the
principles he stands for. 1t has been
an experience they will never forget
Is If father and the boys come to-
IN gether in this fresh enterprise, they
ly will make new ties nothing will be
~ able to break"
8 Sergeant Fred Luders, an Anzac,
I, who is spending a few days with
I'd friends in Harrisburg, is authority
IS, for the statement that Kitchener was
w at Gallipoli in 1915. This is a bit
in of history which has not heretofore
IN come to light. At the time the
to British were knocking at the gates
r. of Constantinople, nobody knew that
D. Kitchener had been on the field to
.s overlook the operations But Ser
geant Luders says he saw him and
he has the army dispatches to prove
what he says Luders has had a re-
II markable record OF the 103 men
- who were in the unit of which he
IL was a part, all but three were killed.
~ ~ Two were crippled for life and Lu-
W ~ ders came through without a scratch.
- =. Luders also saw the battle in which
% the famous German raider, the
~ Emden, was Knocked to pieces and
- her crew captured. He was at CALI
poll, in Egypt, France and Belgium
and was not in n hospital one day
of the entire period. His pay-book
. shows that in all but two cases, he
received his pay in the field, and
l. those two instances were in London.
& He saw A 1a years of the war and
ot came out of it hale, hardy and a
IL good looking soldier. He has a great
admiration for the Yankee 1--WE
; called them Diggers'," he said. "In
- Australia we call all our best chums
10 'Diggers', and, believe me, the COM
ID ing of those big, strapping, hard
~ lighting Yanks meant a lot to us
st Carlisle is going to have a big
e. Fourth of July celebration in honor
10 of its returning soldiers. The cele-
3 bration will begin on the evening of
the second of July and continue until
the evening of the fourth, with some
l. thing doing every minute. Cumber-
I5 land made one of the best records
II OF any of the counties in Pennsyl-
k. Vania and her people are justly proud
of their record. They are going to
L show Harrisburg a thing or two in
=, the way of celebrations they say
NJ Newspapers throughout the State
are taking a big interest in the for
y nation of the organization of the
10 men who served in the Amy during
ir the war and in Philadelphia 1T is
sr one of the big themes. The PhiJa-
:. delphia Inquirer in the course of Il
discussion of the subject says:
Major William G. Murdock, of the
ii SelectiVe service Headquarters, in
le Harrisburg, is urging cooperation
al by the members of the local and
& district boards in this mogo for the
lie organization of all men who served
IN the American Army, Navy, or
Marine Corps during the recent war;
le and has directed attention to the
Dr. fact that the preliminary work is
ID being done at headquarters Ill this
& city at which Major George f. Tyler
% is officiating with Lieutenant Joseph
= b. Mccall, Jr., in direct charge OF
the organization of the State. There
: is proposition for concentration of
y, activities so that the Pennsylvania
=, delegation shall have suitable head
:, quarters and work in harmony at
Al the st. Louis convention and a defin-'
Iv lite program will be announced short
sSs ly."
Even daylight saving does not sat
3 isfy some of Harrisburg's gardeners
x and in spite of the extra hour they
al have for the ''patch," they are
y grumbling. Almost every evening
l. some one gets on a trolley car on the
,r Hill and complains that he could not
lie Finish row."