Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-25
DILLSBURG WAR
VETERANS GIVEN
TOWNS TRIBUTE
Welcome Home Celebration
Held For Men Who An
swered Nations Call

I
district, last night, reflected the
spirit of love and loyalty that pre-
vailed during the dark days of a
year ago, when the boys were suf-
| fering on the field and in the
trenches of France. Nothing was
! spared on the Welcome Home re-
! ception, time, money nor energy.
Nearly every residence, and all the
business places of the town were
gaily decorated in flags. bunting.
Japanese lanterns and electric lights,
A court of honor, consisting of eight
White pillars, graced the Square,
and another court of honor was
placed before st. Paul's Lutheran
| church. where the services were
held. The pillars were sixteen feet
! in height.
Judge N. Sergeant Ross, of the
York county courts. and Rev. w. III.
Feldmann, pastor of Union Lutheran
Ghurch' York, were the speakers
Bronze medals, furnished by camp
No. III, p. o. s. of A., Dillsburg
were presented the service men. A
parade over the principal streets of
| the town, was followed by a program
/ or music and addresses, and a sump-
tuous banquet in the basement of the
church.
Children of schools in the district.
mothers, women war workers. and
Civil War veterans, horsemen and
autos, were in line, and the town in
general turned out to bid the bows
Welcome" Some of the boys came
home from distant cities and colleges
to participate in the reception. OF
the 101 boys who went into service.
Al answered the rollcall.
Medals were inscribed for all and
Will be- kept until the boys have re-
turned home or are located Medals
were even inscribed for the six heroes
who will never return.
They were: George Stauffer,
Dillsburg; Barker Weaver, Dillsburg:
Charles I. Hess, Franklintown and
Monroe Hunter, Dillsburg, who were
killed in action on the battlefelds of
France.
Two who died in service were: H.
w. Miller and r. d. Miller, and one
who died after being discharged was
w. B. Dick, Dillsburg all of whom
were eulogIzcd by the speakers.
st. Pauls Church was overtaxed
TO ACCOMMODATE the people. Wis.,
itors from Harrisburg, Gettysburg,
New York, Princeton and York, were
present
Program of Exercises
The following was the program:
America" congregation; invoca-
ton, Rev. H. c. Sperdeck; Star
Spangled Banner" congregation;
vocal solo, Murray Ness; address of
welcome, Rev. w. H. Feldmann,
chaplain of the House of Represent
atives, Harrisburg; Battle Hymn of
the Republic" congregations; vocal
solo, Murray Ness; reading of the
roll of honor, j. f. Kapp, chairman
of the general committee; taps by
the bugler; presentation address,
Judge N. Sergeant Ross; God Bless
Our Native Land" congregation;
benediction, Rev. H. Z. Crow.
Forty-seven> soldiers answered the
rollcall.
They were:
James C. Trostle, Earl K. Fishel,
NJ. Fl. Cook, B. H. Dearborn, w. B.
Dearborn, Jacob Cottingham, Bruce
Hess, Robert Sewers, John A. Dit
mer, Charles Grimes, d. II. Shelter,
George w. Miller, Paul Frysinger,
DIR. w. l.. Crawford, Charles S.
Smith, Bruce S. /Klugh, M. ]. Karns,
Benjamin Knaub, Ralph Slyder, Boyd
S. Myers, Charles Freysinger, Bruce
A. Byers, H. NJ. Arnold, George w.
Wiley, Mack w. Weaver, Wilbur
Flicker, Lewis Frederick, George
Murphy, Clark Fisher, Morris Smith,
Robert Beatty, William Grove, Eu-
gene S. Bailey, Joseph De Martyr,
F. Terrell Tyson, Merle Hess, H. w.
Fair, William Wolf, Walter r. Diller;
Roy w. Smith, Frank e. Wolf,
George d. Yost, Bruce Drummer,
George Coover, Merle Fortney, Rob-
ert McMurray, Harrison Arnold.
| At the end of the rollcall the
soldiers advanced to the front and
Toll xuhi
pinned on by Clarence Thumma and
c. E. Cook state representative of
the district.
Soldiers Banqueted
At the close of the exercises the
service men and Civil War veterans,
clergymen and committees repaired to
the basement of the church, where the
banquet table was spread, in the form
of hollow square and beautifully dec
GRATED in flowers, flags and bunting.
A sumptuous banquet was served. The
girls of the district waited on the guests.
The Rev. Feldmann in his address of
welcome, pointed out what the Kaiser
did, what the soldier did, what we, at
home, did. and what is left for us to
do. He cited the experience of the boys
at Chateau-Thierry, the Argonne, and
all the big battles of the war; showing
how the plans of the Kaiser to domin-
ate the earth were frustrated by the
work of the American soldier What
tho boys endured win be known only to
them-we can only imagine. But they
acquitted themselves most nobly, for
they made the Huns run. The boys of
this district were pitted against the
choicest of Germany's troops, and put
them to rout.
Mr.. Feldnann paid tribute to the
work of the women of the district.
pointing out what was done throughout
ovation.
In the presentation address, Judge
Ross spoke of the medal being SYM
| bolic of the feelings of the people of
the district toward the boys In re-
| ferring to the suffering of the service
| men, Judge Ross said that 1t has al
| ways ztaken a war, bloodshed, for the
uplift of the world. And this is the
part the American soldier has taken
in the worlds history. He impor-
| tuned the boys to keep up the work OF
mercy. in civil life, as in soldier life,
and continue the uplift of mankind by
ameliorating suffering wherever met,
and thus make the world better for hav-
ing lived.
Formation of Parade
| The line of parade was as follows
! Committees, horsemen, Bowmansdaie
band. Chief Marshal Bailey Spahr and
seven aids three autos OF Civn War
veterans, Al service men in uniform.
six autos with the mothers of service