Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-05
Euf1ttt.g Gl1at

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diers are coming home from France
there are many inquiries being
made as to what will be done about
their battlefiags, and Adjutant Gen.
eral Frank d. Beary, who was the
executive end of the Pennsylvania
division until it went into United
states service will endeavor to Sc
cure the flags of the four infantry.
three artillery and other units
which were carried when the Key
stone State men won what Perish
ing says is "a fine reputation" and
what the Germans call something
else. Just what will be the outcome
of the generals effort to obtain
these colors for the State Of Penn
sylvania so that they may be placed
in the Capitol rotunda beside the
flags of three other wars, and the
ghostly hours of the night tell their
stories to the standards of Gettys-
burg and Appomatox is uncertain.
Because the regiments were United
States infantry the war department
officials may decide that they should
be deposited with the flags of the
regulars in Washington. There are
many Pennsylvanians who would
like to see the colors of the 10Sth'
l110th, 111th and 112th infantry in
the marble hall of the official CEN
ter of the commonwealth, and the
flags of The artillery placed close to
the colors of Ricketts, battery. But
the nub of the question Is now
Washington will view the PROPOSE
ton. But if Pennsylvania shall get
them what a ceremony we can nave
and how proud will be the men OF
the Keystone State units to show the
flags to posterity. Similarly we
would like to see the colors OF
guidons of the regiments formed OF
Pennsylvania drafted men deposit
ed with the colors of the regiments
of men who went out in the drattin
the civil war.
II it should happen that Wash
ington insists upon retaining the
flags perhaps General Beary VIII pc
able to obtain the colors OF the resi-
ments of the National Guard wnlch
they took with them TO Camp Han
cock. and bore until they were mers-
ed into new formations. We IN
Harrisburg, are immensely interest
ed in the Eighth regiment just as
Iuzerne is in the old Third artil-
llery, Westmoreland county in the
"Fighting Tenth" and Pittsburgh in
the Eighteenth. 1t would be a fine
thing IL these colors, which were
Iettered with the name of Pennsyl-
vania and the number of the regi-
, ment, and which were prooapiy
turned in by their colonies when
the organizations we're mace ohlteu
States troops, could be placed IN
the Capitol, all grouped in a niche
and marked as the colors under
: which Pennsylvania guardsmen en-
tered the United States army and
: career of glorious service.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that
the colors of the Eighth can pc To-
Y Gated. The war department has a
= wav of finding things years and
I wears after some incidents, and per-
= hans it can trace these standards,
8 too, 1t all. depends upon the I'M
I mise that is given. If the people
= nf pennsylvania call for them 10
Mace beside the battleflags OF their
= sires it ought not to be hard for lhe
. folks at Washington to see the I'M
= portance. There are empty nlcnes
Y at the State Capitol, put neal.s nj.
{ ed with pride for What Fehh''i
= vania did.
= while we are on war topics IL
would he worth while for the COM
: n,ittees named by the Champer oL
, Commerce and the Dauphin County
= IJistoricaI Society to make some Ell
, forts to obtain photographs not ony
of the Harrisburg units OF the Ma
r tional Guards as they appeared pc
/ fore going to Camp Hancock ou1
while at the camp and when on .oVeE-
saas duty. We all know how inter
. esting are the pictures of men OF
the, civil war from the Harrisburg
. district. and the Spanish war photo
: graphs furnish a study in the ad-
G vance of military uniforms. the
. Harrisburg boys in mobilization out
= fits and in fighting togs should be
/ preserved by all means.
y And It may also be said that city
a authorities might authorize City
\ Clerk Ross Seaman to secure good
I picture of the United States trans
a mort Harrisburg and place 1t in the
= CITY council chamber. Thanks to
: the enterprise of the late Mayor
. Charles A. MilleS Harrisburg in peace
y is well illustrated in the photographs.
The transport Harrisburg Is a fine
ship, and some of our people have
crossed the Atlantic On it. We would
all like to see it in pcture form.
t Adjutant General Reary's state
e ment that the war department favors
$ the use OF the historic names by the
{ National Guard regiments when re-
! u constituted should make the Harris
| burg people vigila>t to see that the
+ old Eighth d><ignation comes back
!, to the Capital City. The books of
. the war refer to the Eighth as the
. Harrisburg district regiment.
.
"There is another thing about your
!, new hotel which is to the advantage
p of your CITY," said travelling man
: who often makes" Harrisburg and
: who is keen about the Penn Harris.
"and that is that people can see
= what the city looks like. The other
= hotels did not afford good view"