Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-23
UPPER END IS
BEDECKED in
GALA ATTIRE
Final Touches Being Put to
Program For Patriotic
Event

official decorator, George Henritzey,
of Hazleton will be here decorating
the town with Old Glory, SO that
Lykens and Wiconisco will have an
entirely different appearance. Sgt.
Bruce Morris was picked by Wash
ington Camp No. 23S, P. o. S. of
A. to be the chairman of the cele-
proved his great worth in pulling
things across. He Is ably assisted by
A. f. Minnich, secretary of the gem
eral committee as well as Attorney
H. e. Burlington as chief of publicity.
Morris has assisted in seven different
celebrations held at this place, but
his statement the other evening was
that he never worked on any cele-
bration that the various committees
were so willing and able to pull over
o time.
The welcome home celebration will
begin Thursday evening of this week
with a big street carnival in Wico-
nisco. Pottsville street will be closed
to traffic at p. M. and the jubilee
will begin. There will be special
cars run from Reinerton to Wico-
nisco and Lykens.
Friday morning, the military day
of the celebration will begin with
memorial exercises which will be
conducted by the Rev. Whitman, the
famous chaplain of the 10th Divi-
sion. This service will last about
two hours. During this time Lykens-
Wiconisco will honor their seven
heroes who fell in Flanders fields
| that namnnrapV might
Immediately after the memorial
exercises the soldiers will go from
the Borough Park to the w. & L. A.
A. Ball Park where they will demon
strate to the home people what they
had to do in the training camps;
overseas, how they were trained to
do military tactics, exercises, pitch
tents, throw grenades, pitch shelter
tents, dig trenches and most every
thing that is expected of a soldiers.
The boys will start drilling for
their part of the task tomorrow
evening. This will be the first time
in the history of the country that
military day was ever pulled off in
any demonstration. Cantonment
days will be lived over by the boys,
and the home people will be able
to see just what their boys had to go
through.
In the evening the boys will go to
the West Borough Park where they
will feature a trench raid 1t will
be a most spectacular event of the
military days features. You will see
the Signal Corps signaling the bows
with the rocket codes, the boys going
"over the top" how they cross the
barbed wire, the handling of the
grenades, how they creep on the
ground lying fiat, and all these will
be visible by the use of searchlights
and red flares.
Saturday morning, the day of jub-
lice and joy will be one which will
never be forgotten by the residents
of the two towns.
A special train arriving in Ly-
lkens from Harrisburg. which will
leave that city at A. NJ, viii arrive
in time for the monster parade. All
the famous bands of Harrisburg,
Steelton and northumberland will
tarrive on that train, and it is ex-
pected that the train will be taxed to
it's capacity with visitors from points
of starting.
The parade chairman has been on
the jump and has prepared a route
and formation of the parade. The
route as yet is not for publication,
but the formation of the parade fol-
lows:
The chief marshal directs the at
tention of commanders of organiZa-
tons and aids de-c camp to the fol-
lowing details and formation of pa
HEADQUARTERS will be established
on corner of Main and Market streets
at $50 A. NJ, where all aids will
report for duty.
l hereby appoint George Ibberson
as chief of staff, whose authority will
be next to that of chief marshal.
All organized units not yet placed
will report to the chief or staff who
will assign them to their proper di-
visions.
Chief marshal, chief of staff, bug
Ter. P. Blackway; aids. Lieut.. Leroy
Keen, Lieut.. Roy Rhoads; color
guard; Heilner Post No. 232, G. A.
r.; Spanish American War Veterans.
FirJt Division-4Sth Division Field
Artillery Band, soldiers, sailors and
marines of late war, floral tribute to
our boys still in service; Washington
Camp. No. 23S, p. o. S. of A.
Second Division-Marshal, aids,
Third Division - Marshal, aids,
Ladies' Band; Wiconisco Lodge, No.
53S, 1. o. o. F.; Wiconisco Council,
No 81, Jr. o. U. A. M.
Fourth Division-Marshal, Ed.
Miller; aids; Moose Band, Harris
burg, No 107; Moose Lodge, No.
1176; Lykens Lodge, No. 106, X. of
P; Women with American flag.
Fifth Division-Marshal, William
Hart; aids; Elizabethville Band;
Rockaway Castle, K. of G. E., No.
i27S; Washington Camp, No. 14S, p.
O. S. of A. Harrisburg Drum Corps;
Wesquenesque Tribe, No. III, /. o.
II. NJ.
Sixth Division - Marshall; aids;
Orwin Band; Russian Society; Tower
City Band; Liberty Hose Co. No. 2,
Lykens.
Seventh Division-Marshal; aids;
Wiconisco Band; Representative of
Ladies' Social Circle of Zion Luther
an Church.
Eighth Division-Marshal aids;
floats; fantasies; automobiles.
Immediately after. the parade a
hot dinner will be served to all the
soldiers, the menu consisting of the
following:
Roast beef, potatoes, corn, peas.
slaw, olives, sandwiches, coffee. ci-
gars, cigarets, cake and ice crealss.
All soldiers are invited and the
committee on refreshments and COM
missary are making preparation that
there will be sufficient to feed the
large number that is expected.
Immediately after the dinner the
frolics will begin; there will be track
meets, street carnivals, ball games,
ETC., in fact Lykens- Wiconisco will
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