Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-25
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Members of the local draft board
In Pennsylvania are afflicted wit
too much modesty judging from
circular which Major w. G. Nun
oock' the chief draft officer. has is
sued calling for the ompletion of tn
historical data. The boards, as
rule says he, have been sending in
teresting. data, but not enough in
dividual incidents are being sent id
The major says that a paragrapl
should be devoted to the personnd
or the board so that in future tn
occupations Of the men who serve
VIII De known. Boards must no
be too modest to give their ow
personal opinions and Impressions,
says the major. Some boards hav
wisely forwarded papers by ali mem
bers of the board and the chic
Kept a diary of daily occurrence
ana incidents which has been sen
mere and will be preserved, whil
otners nave sent a Photographic rec
ora OF the draft. Dauphin Boar
NO. hled seventy photographs Civ
ing pictures of many incidents. in
| Guiding meetings of draftees, de
partures and parades. Some of tn
records have been lamentably shor
and not even photographs have beel
sent in to help make up the stor
or the draft" remarked the majoE
to-day. This record will be of tn
greatest value in years to come an,
newspaper clippings will be of i'm
portance to show how the work ant
| incidents were regarded at tn
| time. In fact we want all the ap
| proprlate newspaper accounts tha
we can get Some of the newspape
| cuts showing departures of men and
| demonstrations are excellent.
Few boards have had their histories I
printed with pictures. Some of tn :
most valuable parts of histories !
nave come in as supplements"
| DR.. Robert Bagnell. pastor oil
Grace Methodist Church. ILLUSTRATING
a talk before the Bible class of thai
| church lunching at the -Harri
MOTEL last Saturday told this story
| once there was the wealthy
widow of fire works manufactured
who searched long and in vain fol
an epitaph suitable for the monuI
ment over the grave of her greatly
beloved husband. She thought hinI
a great genius in his line of endeavi
or and her love for him was such
that no epitaph she could find com
piimentary enough for the grea|
man whose body lay under thd
stone. Finally in the North of EngI
land. in an old graveyard, she ran
across the following, which she had
carved on the stone over her husl
bands head: He has gone to thd
only place where his work could
be eXcelled.
That" concluded DR.. BagnellI
II believe would make good epi1
taph for the ex-Kaiser."
Walter Shaffer. the aviator. in
speaking before the Rotary Club al
luncheon in the Penn Harris yes1
terday got off this very good one:
| When it came time for the Brit
ish to go over the top the officers
gave the soldiers each a drink of
rum.
When it came time for the
French to go over the top the off,
GERS gave them a drink of hot wine
When it came time for the
Americans to go over the top the
| officers gave them-the word OF
command; that was sufficient"
Just to show how carefully thu
models and sketches for the new
Memorial bridge are being held by
Arnold w, Drummer it may be said
that a photograph of one of the bis
new steel" cars of the Harrisburg
Railways Company together with &
statement of dimensions was secured
from President Frank b, Musser fol
use in the drawings. The model
which will be here Tuesday night
will be one of the finest things OF
the kind ever shown In Harrisburg,
Search of the records of legal ex-
ecutions in PENNSYLVANIA which Is
/ being made at the department of the
secretary of the Commonwealth tc
ascertain for an inquirer tho date
of a hanging in 1890 has disclosed
some grim occurrences. Charles r.
| Willitts, who is making the search
| discovered the record of the eXecu-
tions in PENNSYLVANIA from 1873 tc
1882 in a bundle and the hangmar
seems to have been pretty busy. Mer
were hanged in Revolutionary DAYS
for robbery, counterfeiting and other
offences which are now punishable
by Imprisonment in penitentiaries
Judging from the size of theFbundle
of the records there were more exc.
cutions in year in that far off time
in Pennsylvania than occur in these
days.
More interest was taken in to.
days legislative sessions by the peo.
pie of Harrisburg than in any ses.
siosn for n long time because of the
liquor legislation. The word from
the Senate about the action on thu
prohibition amendment was eagerly
awaited, while the House had the Ii.
cense bills which have caused much
debate to hold the popular interest
/ Captain Fred A. Godcharles
who is back in "cit" clothes after
serving as rifle demonstrator al
Camp Funston under General Leon.
ard Wood, tells some interesting
things about the rifle work. The
American soldiers were taught tc
shoot and the captain, who is crack
shot, spent long hours on the ranges
One of his jobs was to take the
| service rifle apart and put it. together
again to show men how to care
for the weapons There are ninety.
three pieces in n rifle and he made
a record for speedy assembling. The
greatest care was taken in instruct,
ing the men about the rifles.