Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-04
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with Colonel James B. Kemper in
administering the greatest army re-
crulunS district in the United States,
- an an around man even among
/ tne all around men who are the
backbone of the active list of officers
OF the regular army. And incident
ally, he has a knowledge of the
world and its people from within.
likewise, although he will not ad-
NIT 1t, he was preparing for the
great war long, long before it came,
because he saw the signs in Europe
and In other parts of the world.
MAJOR Mahin comes of a family of
soldiers and newspapermen, which
seems to go together in many in
stances He was born in Clinton.
Iowa, May 81, 1887, his flther hay-
ing been for years owner and editor
or the Clinton Herald and likewise
having served as colonel of the First
Iowa Infantry. When Major Mahin
was just ten years old, his world
adventures began, because that year
ms father was appointed consul at
Reichenburg. Austria, which post he
held until 1902, when he was pro-
NOTED to Nottingham. England,
Where he remained until 1910, when
ne was again promoted, this time to
Amsterdam, Holland, where he still
u.s. Young Mahin first went to school
IN Relchenburg, Austria, then stud
ied IN Dresden and Berlin. During
his five years in Austria and Ger
many at most impressionable and
formative age, he learned much of
the future plans of the Central EN-
,plres and became firmly imbued with
the danger to the rest of the world,
II those ambitions were carried out,
: Scores of the boys with whom he
was intimate and with whom he
went to school, were Prussian. Sax
+ on BaVarlan and Austrian officers
curing the late war. He learned
; the German mind, the Junker Prus-
sian mind, as only n school boy can.
When he went to England IN 1902.
, ne at once enlisted in the English
Ierrltorlals in order to prepare him
SELF to do his share when the time
r came to overthrow the Central EN-
= pres: Having soldier father, he
rapldly acquired considered theor
/ etical knowledge of tactics. and at
Ihe age of IL was a sergeant in tbe
Ierritorials. In 1905 he returned
q TO the United States and entered
harvard IN the class of 1909. Two
4 years later he left college and went
! 70 70 New york, Joined the Seventy
!, rlrst regiment, New York National
Iuard' and at the same time was
G "ue superintendent of the factory
o 9l 0,,e lne New York Association for the
re rapidly built this factory
up ana placed it on sound con,-
merclal basis Later he worked for
sne large importing house of William,
a teger and Company, laces and en-
n Dioiuerles' and then in John Wanna
y MAKERS New York store. In 1eIo
eeiing mat the time was approach.
- ing Tor the World War, and keen
:, hs closely in touch with European
y allalrs' ne decided it was up to hin,
q ~ ~ learh some more about soldering
than could be learned in the Natio,,e
al Guard, he enlisted in the ReenIr,
Army. In April, 1912, he was con,
missioned second lieutenant in The
EleNenth infantry. In 1913 he mar
; rled the daughter of Colonel pici,
- erlhg' OF the Regular Army. He bae
- served, as he says: From the Car
v aulah TO the Mexican border. and
!, from China to France" He was in
HekinS' China, in June and July.
1917 when Chang Tshun over+bra,,
q the republic and seated the bow em,
= peror on the throne and while. in
4 turn' the Republican forces again
gained the upper hand. While in
the orient he was all over the Phil
a ippine Archipelago, in Korea and
Japan. In April. 1918, he went 10
. france with the Fifth Division.
served for three months on the
Sosses front, then took part in the
Saint Michel offensive. where he
o was slightly wounded and gassoi1
y and was then in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive until he was SEVERELY
J. gassed on October Is. From tbat
time until his recent arrival in Har-
i rlsburg, he has been in various hos
pitals in France and this country
l. trying to regain some part of his
former health. Due to his years of
lie association with people in the con-
sular and diplomatic circles, and to
n the fact that as a boy he frequently
assisted our Secret Service men i'm
2 Europe. then was engaged in phil
anthropic and business ventures. and
finally added a wide experience in
the army, Major Mahin is a constant
n source of amusing and unusual
stories and experiences that have
g come to his personal attention dilr
ing his twenty-five years of travels
II and adventures in official or semi
e official capacities.
l. Tt is nothing uncommon for peo-
pie to sleep in parks during hot
l. waves in Harrisburg, but this is the
first time in the first week of June
that it has been known in this citv.
The river front and Reservoir Park
benches have been filed with sleep-
ers and folks sitting along the Sus-
quehanna watching the lights of
Enola until dawn have been noticed
the last three nights. Incidentally,
some night swimming has been in
dulged in.
- One of the most perfectly formed
- hornets nest seen in Harrisburg in
;, many day is now in the State
Capitol, where hornets nests are not
= uncommon, especially in legislative
- times. 1t was taken from an ever
10 green tree in front of the home OF
N Captain John w. Morrison, deputy
&c commissioner of banking at Wayne
IS and is formed about the evergreen
IS branches which protrude through
n. the nest material. 1t is as large
lie as watermelon and has been r1uch
lie admired for the beauty of the in.
ID sects' workmanship. Captain Nor
,e rison, who dispossessed the tenants
Of is arranging to have it sent to some
Id of the schools as lesson in natural
so history