Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-24
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taik OF ways to greet the boys in
kahki when they come home, 1t is
interesting to note the way that Har-
rispurg welcomed it's soldiers sons
IN years gone by and the interest
the people of the place took in the
celeDrations. During the long strug-
gle Tor the independence of the col T.
ohies, harris Ferry was q depot and
we nave nothing to tell of the way
me men We're made to feel at home. !
Philadelphia newspapers mention in :
prler paragraphs that some of the}
olu organizations returned after the z
surrender of CORVALLIS and prob
aoly some OF our people were among
them, although nrost of those who
went from there were militia. The
return OF men from later wars, how
ever, was marked by noisy demon Z
strations, some of which we re-
member from Spanish
War days, and others dating from
1852, are fresh in the minds of those
VINO have heard veterans tell of
them. Harrisburg has always been
most generous of it's welcome to it's
soldiers and there will be nothing
lacking when the organizations
come back from service abroad. The
expression of feelings will be as
Fspontaneous as when they marched
TO the station to take trains for
camps.
The earliest record OF return of
soldiers Is of men who volunteered
LOT tne defense of Baltimore and the
erection of the British from WASH
nstpn IN the War of 1912. The
Harrisburg Chronicle of December
~, 1874, says: ION Thursdayy (four
days before), the volunteer COM
panies Of Captain Walter and Cap
tam Grain, of this place, returned
oithefr homes after having perform
Ieq a tour of three months and nm
wards at Baltimore. They marched
through the town and were dismiss
ed in the diamond"
l. Ihe diamond" referred to was
tprobably Market Square. 1t was the
pace where the companies used TO
nolo muster day and where various
DEMONSTRATIONS were held. The cap
taNns were ancestors of some we'll
/ khown residents of Harrisburg and
IN the companies, whose names have
oeen preserved by local historians
ana on state rolls were a number of
! men whose family names are to he
iouhu In Harrisburg to-day. This
community sent regiment into tbe
war OF 1912 when it was called
upon and the British attacking Fort
McHenry brought the war home. The
t response was as hearty as half a
century later when Lees cannon
inunuered IN the Cumberland VAL
E ley and Rodes got within sigbt oe
the 'Susquehanna and fought CoI,ct,a
outposts beyond Camp Hin Otbar
companies went as far as York and
3 some 10 Mason and Dixon's line
3 sun others served under Brown I'm
the campaigns in Canada and tba
navy had number of men from
, thls section in the battles which
mace the Stars and Stripes respect
0 eu' references in later newspaners
are 10 return of soldiers and the
|. interests of the men who had VOL
ui,teereu were as valiantly protect
}. gu IN .he Legislature then starting
10 mold sessions here as ever were
v those of the men of 1865 or 1918
.Ihe hnal orders of General John M
forster' OF this city, who command
eu brigade of Pennsylvanians at
, oaItlmore have come down to us
The order is addressed York. De-
eember z, 1914, and is to the brigade
? Whlch included the companies of
captains walker and Grain. Tt is
y stlklngly like some of the orders
e. whlcn we nave heard of lately. He
endurance and for meeting with
! good spirit the hardships and lack
or supplies, while he hits. a note
J, which must appeal to the men of
1918 when he says that he has seen
: with pleasure The cheerfuiness
with which the disappointm ent in
= : not being paid for the whole service
= performed was borne by the officers
and men of his brigade" The good
order. of the march from Baltimore
. to York is complimented in high
? terms, but he 81 seems to forecast
u these days when he says: "On the
: return of the troops't to their homes
and accustomed occupations and
!, again mixing with the pursuits and
:, occurrences of civil life to reflect on
u the events of the campaign cannot
: but yield them pleasure and CON
ISOLATION for the hardships and pri-
y vations they endured. 1t will have
q created new associations of friend
~ ship among the gentlemen Fof all
3 ranks in the brigade and will draw
s closer those previously formed 1t
twill disseminate through a portion
lof our state correct notions of the
g duties of an officer and a soldier
: and a mass of information on mill
r tary subjects that may be highly
!. lalseful in the crisis of public affairs
+ that appear to be approaching"
e The city's representation in the
:, Mexican War was the Cameron
g Guards, formed by E. G. Williams,
Il later a general, from the Dauphin
: Guards and other home companies
It and modified where the building
d of the Harrisburg Telegraph stands
: This company left here December
h 26,s 1S47. for Pittsburgh, where it
;, was mustered in on January 2, 1s4S.
1t, returned to Harrisburg. in July
n and the newspapers say that sthe
It men, thinned in numbers by hard
: ships of the campaign with Scott,
It were WELCOMED with every demon
g stration of Joy" The company vas
d nfarched through the streets, hav-
It ing left the train at !. Market street
e and while bells rang and cannon
It were fired in Capitol Park. were led
5, to the space just east of the Capitol.
= That was close to Fourth street
: and where, the east wing now stands.
: There from the Capitol steps Edward
A. Lesley formally welcomed them
home and the company and the cit-
lizens sat down to dinner, provided
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