Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-30


and gazing hopefully at the groan-
ing tables.
When Do We Eat"
From Many Thr0dtS
The old-time cry. when do we
eat?" arose with Increasing fire.
| quency until at o'clock the party
began. Soldiers who started from
the bridge and tried to get a place
! near the Walnut street part of the
| feast found themselves out of luck.
! foi by the time the baseball crowd
arrived the best places had been
usurped by men with greater appe-
! tites and less baseball enthusiasm.
The best thing about the whole
| performance was the service rem
dered by the women and girls of the
National War Aid. The banquet
could not have been more efficiently
| served if corps of walters long
trained in the gentle. art had been
used. And it's good bet that If that
corps had been used instead of
the feminine contingent, the dough
| boys wouldn't have enjoyed their
! food half so well. In fact, many of
them had bad time trying to eat
| anu hNCp llclI eyes On lhS NoieA Scs7SS,
| at the same time.
The $4,000 chickens, 500 home made
cakes, and all the rest of the good
| things that made up the feed, disap-
peared like a bugler after reveille.
With the finish of the food, the old
timers lighted up the cigarets placed
| at their elbows, and were all set for
the evening.
Parade Was Notable
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remembered sight. Long lines of
khaki and blue, broken here and
there by the brilliant uniforms of
bands or the darker colors of war
workers, marched by while Harris
burg stood on the side lines and ap-
plauded.
The veterans went by with their
heads, up, marching with the fast
marching step which is used in all
reviews. The veterans of the Civil
War preceded the veterans of the
World War and received cheer after
cheer as the automobiles in which
they were riding passed along the
line of march. The Veterans of For
eign Wars likewise had a contingent
in line.
Welfare Workers Busy
The welfare workers had a busy
time yesterday and certainly proved
their worth to the boys. The Y. NJ.
c. A. was busy all day with it's group
of secretaries, going from one place
to another where the boys were con-
gregated and serving them with Gig
arettes, chocolate bars, and all man
ner of gifts. At the parade, the ball
game, after the banquet, and late in
the evening, untiring secretaries
worked to make the day a complete
success. Ten thousand packages of
Triangle Mints were distributed.
The Knights of Columbus secre-
taries were likewise putting out a
good deal of work to make things
pleasant for our soldiers. In addition
to the canteen service the K. of C.
had ten secretaries in line, two of
them having seen service overseas.
They used many cars to take wound
ed soldiers from the Carlisle Hospit
al to the ball game.
Comrades Meet Again
One feature of the parading yester-
day was the greeting of comrades
in arms who had not seen each 9TH
er since they went away two years
ago. This happened in number of
cases. particularly of the later drafts
as many of these were used as re-
placements for divisions which came
from all parts of the country.
1t was unfortunate the crowd was
not handled more efficiently by the
police, as the final act of the parade
was TO have been To march uhdof
the victory arch erected for that
purpose. On account of the huge
crowd which surged forward and
made it impossible for the marchers
t. countermarch in the Square and
pass through the arch, this part of
the program had to be abandoned.
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Several commanders led the same
companies yesterday which they
headed in the battle line. Captain
Robert A. Jenkins and Lieutenant
Charles w. Thomas led Company
OF the One Hundred and Twelfth, and
Company D had it's readers, Captain
John Bretz, and Lieutenant Rippey
L. Shearer.
The Jewish welfare workers had
big hand in making the day a big
success. Many workers were through
the crowds handing out picture post
cards which contained photographs
of the army transports which were
only too familiar to many an eye.
Rabbi Louis ]. Haas was their rep
resentative in the parade yesterday.
The planes which stunted over the
city held several members of the
Carlisle Hospital staff. DR.. j. H.
Kreider, formerly of Harrisburg, was
taken up by the pilots from Middle
town, as were also Miss Rose and
Miss Kinney, nurses at the Carlisle
institution. All of them declared
they had never seen such a beautiful
sight as Harris burg presented from
the air.
Evening Span of JOY
The evening was just one grand
span of joy for the many soldiers
and sailors who made the most of
the dancing at Winterdale and the
Chestnut Street Hall. Orchestras at
both places were playing the latest
tunes, and playing them with the
greatest amount of pep so that 1t
is not to be wondered that the gobs
and leathernecks, to say nothing of
the doughboys. had large evening.
The Red Cross canteen service put
out the best effort of the day, too.
when they distributed gallon after
gallon of cider and doughnuts. cakes,
pretzels and apples to the dancers.
The number of barrels consumed has
not vet been tabulated.