Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-30


ware Brcakwatcr at 7.30 A. M. a
utes later. They will probably a
this afternoon, and it is an open
Engineers on both vessels are
crowding on all steam possible to
win the race for their contingent of
Keystone State heroes by landing
them first. The Pocahontas is twen-
ty-four hours ahead of schedule and
the Mercury is at least four days
ahead, not being due here until
Sunday. Each vessel has one dis
tinguished passenger on the Ner-
curry it is MAJOR General Charles H..
Muir. the Uncle Charley" of the
doughboys and commander of the
Twenty eighth Division.
Baby Born at Sea
on the Pocahontas it is n baby.
Wireless dispatches received late
yesterday afternoon told of the in
FAINT being on the ship, and it is be-
lieVed here it was born at sea. There
are three women passengers, wives
of soldiers, on the ship. Three YES
sells left Philadelphia this morning
with Governor Sproul, Adjutant
General Beary and members of
State committee, members of the
Philadelphia welcome home com
mittee and relatives of the men on
the Pocahontas. All the boats were
gaily decorated with the State and
national colors and with great "Wel-
come Home" streamers flying from
mastheads.
Many Harrisburgers
More than two hundred Harris
burg men are believed to be aboard
the Pocahontas and Mercury. Most
of them are members of Companies
- and |, of the One Hundred and
Twellth Infantry. Some are with
the Machine Gun Company of the
one Hundred and Twelfth Regi-
mcnt. while others are scattered
throughout most of the remaining
companies that will arrive in port
during the day.
These units are the first Harris
burg organizations to return home
from overseas. Company d, of the
old PENNSYLVANIA National Guard,
made up of many Harrisburg men,
is aboard the Mercury, while the
Pocahontas is carrying Company ].
These two companies were COM
bined at Camp Hancock. Ga, with
similarly letter companies of the
Sixteenth Regiment of the Pennsyl-
vania National Guard, coming from
Warren and Oil City, to form Com
panies ID and | of the One Hundred
and Twelfth Regiment. with which
they are now coming homo
a total of 6,146 men are reported
TO he aboard the two vessels The
Pocahontas is carrying seventy off,
GERS and 2,S72 men, while the Mer-
curry has on it ninety-eight officers
and 3,106. men
Plans For Parade
Plans for the parade in Philadel-
phia are going mCrriiy on. The con-
tract was let yesterday by the
Councils Committee on Sustenance
and Relief to William Steele * Sons
for the reviewing stand and dccora-
tions on Chestnut street at 1nde-
pendence Square, and bids for the
stands on the Parkway will he open
ed to-day. The stands at the square
will be built to leave Independence
Hall unobstructed, so that the SOL
diers can get Il full view of the
building as they march by.
The stands on the Parkway are
designed to hold from 10000 to 15,-
900 persons, and will be built on
both sides of the Parkway between
Logan Square and Twenty third
street. AS far as possible these
stands will be reserved for rela-
tiVes of the men in line.
Nothing has transpired to change
the tentative date of May 15 for
the parade, but the definite adoption
of the date will not be known for
several days. 1t seems to he we'll
settled now that the entire Twenty
eighth Division cannot he secured
for the parade here; but the outlook
is that all the units in the eastern
half of the State will be in line.
The transport Finland, which was
scheduled to arrive in Newport
News tomorrow, has been diverted
to New York, according to a mes
sage received by Mr.. Guenther yes
terday. That has the one Hundred
and Third Engineers aboard.
Legislature Ready
Governor Sproul to-day told the
Legislative Committee in charge of
making arrangements for the at
tendance OF the members of the Cen
eral Assembly at the parade of the
Tw enty-eighth Division in PhiladeI-
pbia, that he was in favor of fitting