a Feller Needs a Friend—By Win. Stroase*^*^^*****'
or 'j
the Fourth!
It's a Great ';•
Day, Fellers,!;
and I envy the boys C
Jfy in camp—they can fire i
JyWM off the and can- (
iBP fffif : "' non, and have a jjreat j
| 5? ly^^Vv' time; and if any j
I "greasers" everget in 1,
J v\j range—look out!
£ f Boys, here's a song I heard; it's not orig- J
I Look Out, Mexico! inal but it is very appropriate. 1
! You're a red hot place we I hope you all will have a good time, C
, know, it» • B
' Of course, you think us to-morrow-and I m going to enjoy myself I
\ slow! too, for you know OUR NEW STORE is (
J But watch us when we go: closed all day on the Fourth. ' |
} In peace we wished to . . 0 n i 1 i
f dwell otrouse wants us all to take a 1
I We treated you too well! day off, and go away with our families, ,
€ No Gringo. have a real good time. M
# Ji n S°' And I guess he don't care if we're a C
m Must leave w
I Mexico little late on Wednesday morning getting |
W I ) to work. %
I Yours 1
1 SKIM-MAV i |
1 At the New Store of Summer closing hourp,! #
/ daily, except Saturday, I
? lA7" TCIjI 5 - 30 > for The New Store; «
J Will. Fridays at noon.
Zionists Are Busy With
Many Sectional Meetings
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, July 3. Affiliated
bodies of the Zionist organizations of
America which opened their nine- I
teenth annual convention here yester
day held sectional meetings today. In
the morning the Federation of Am 'i
can Zionists held its first general ses
sions. while the convention of the;
Hadassa opened in the afternoon. Re- i
ports of committees were received and
discussed at the two meetings. Miss
Henreitta Szold presided at the after- |
noon meeting and Mrs. Joseph Fels j
made an address.
Conferences of Achoosas and of
Yiddish Volk were also on to-day's!
program, which will close with a ban- !
quet tendered the delegates by the
convention committees. Dr. Harry
Frldenwald will be toastmaster.
BADI/V INJURED BY MT T I>E
Special to trie Telegraph
Elizabethtown. Pa., July 3. Geo.
W. Clarkson, working on the Landis !
farm, near here, was found in a field
Saturday unconscious, having been
kicked almost to death by a mule. He
is 66 years old.
I
Power! Pep!! Punch!!!
This newest Overland Four has
more power, pep, punch, and
speed than any other low
priced four or six cylinder
car in the world.
Try it and see.
The Overland-Harrisburg Co.
Open Evenings 212 N. Second St. Both Phones
The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio
"Made in U. S. A."
4 cylinder «n bloc motor Cantllsvar raar springs Electric starter
bore x 5" stroke Streamline boc'y Magnetic speedonutAV
4-Inch tires ElcctrUltg!iU Cor.:p!o'.j equipment *
MONDAY EVENING,
1 TO-MORROW AT HERSHBY
I For to-morrow at Hershey Park j
' there will be in addition to the out
door attractions of which there are
a number, a Keith vaudeville bill
which, it is claimed, will make quite a
bid for the patronage of holiday seek- 1
i ers. Mascot, an educated horse which
i has been around the world three times,
'heads the bill. The Five Maltese Play-j
ers will present the "The Wrong Mrs.
Appleton," a poise comedy. The Wil
son Ambrey Trio will offer a triple bar
offering and a wrestling novelty. White
! and Day will principally feature Miss i
| Day's impersonation of Harry Lauder j
! and Hoke Johnson, and Mae Wells, the;
! only colored act playing the Keith
| circuit, will have a singing and danc
| ing specialty. In addition to the vau- i
\ deville bill there are many kinds of I
' amusement for plcknickers and amuse- i
; ment seekers.
I MT. VERNON COCNCII. ELECTS
Mt. Vernon Council, No. 333, O. of
1 1. A., has elected the following officers
for the ensuing term: C., William R.
| Wenrick; V. C., Harry Bomgardner; :
1 R. S., G. W. Straw; A. R. S., Joseph H. |
Rineer: F. S., T. E. Lebo; treasurer.
R. P. Miller: conductor, N. S. Manley:
warden, J. H. Etnerick; I. S., W. A.
Rineer; O. S., L. A. Watts; trustee. O.
M. Bowers; representative to State
council, R. P. Miller; alternate repre
sentative, W. A. Rineer; chaplain, O.
I M. Bowers. The officers will he in
stalled at the hall, 1312 Derry street,
lon Tuesday evening, July 11.
C. E. NOTES
Ross H. Derrick, vice-president of
the up-town district, was in attend
j ance last evening. Mr. Derrick is
doing tremendous work for the suc
cess of the State Convention by ar
ranging for booster rallies and stirring
j societies to activity.
State Secretary, H. B. Macrory, of
Pittsburgh, delivered an address at
; the East Pennsylvania Conference an
nual C. E. Convention held at Leba
j non, recently.
Jameson P. Lewis, who has returned
i from Ohio, is on the Job for a great
i convention. He is assisting several of
the convention committees. He says:
"Whenever Pennsylvania C. E. Union
does big things. Ohio is watching
| Pennsylvania preparing for the big
' event.
The Revs. I. K. Spangler, of Car
lisle and A. E. Hangen, of Park Street
United Evangelical Churchs will de
liver the addresses at the K. L. C. E.
denominational rally, in Lemovne, on
Thursday evening.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
HILL ENDEAVOR
RALLY SUCCESSj
Societies East of Railroad
Gather at Park Street
U. E. Church
WM. P. EDMUNDSON
State Street United Brethren Society
President
Christian Endeavor enthusiasm was
manifested at the big State C. E.
booster rally held in the Park Street
United Evangelical Church last even
ing when fully fifteen societies were
represented. The auditorium was
I crowded to its capacity and about 30
members of the Harrisburg C. E.
choral union occupied seats in the
Sunday School room.
Upon the arrival of the various so
cieties after marching from their
churches, the Endeavorers sang pop
ular hymns under the leadership of J.
Frank Palmer, chairman of the Music
Committee.
President A. C. Dean, the big boost
er for the State Convention, and pres
ident of the Harrisburg C. E. Union,
kept the Endeavorers busy with an
up-to-the-minute program. Repre
sentatives from the general convention
committee were present and gave one
minute addresses on the committee
work which they represented. The
! following Endeavorers spoke: Miss
| Xelle M. Liddick, secretary, Chas. S.
! Meek, chairman ushers committee;
|W. M. Mailey, reception; J. Frank
Palmer, music; Prof. J. J. Brehm,
| finance; A. J. Lightner, decoration;
Elmer S. Schilling, press.
I Presidents from the societies pres
| ent gave encouraging reports eon-
I cerning the work fur the State con
| vention. The following societies weree
| represented and addresses' were de
livered by: H. D. Jackson, Market
i Street Baptist, Millard Hess. Christ
Lutheran; Edward Bowers. Church of
I the Redeemer, Lutheran; Frank Dapp,
| Penbrook Church of God; Stanley B.
j Wengrert, Derry Street United Breth
' ren; W. A. Stover, Penbrook United
' Brethren; Miss Anna Holbert, Olivet
Presbyterian; Agne* D. Sanderson,
Immanuel Presbyterian; Chas. S.
Urich, Park Street United Evangeli
cal; and W. P. Edmundson, State
United Brethren.
Live-Wire C. E. Workers
Among' the live.-wire workers is
Wm. P. Edmundson, president of the
Christian Endeavor society of United
Brethren Church, 18th and State
I streets. Mr. Edmundson was conver
j ted during the Stougli Campaign and
i became a member of_ the above
j named church in January, 1915.
1 After several invitations wore extend
| ed to him he became an active mem
| ber of the Christian Endeavor society
l August 1, 1915. He was nominated
• and elected as president September
I sth. The society is active and is com-
I posed of 4 6 members, ten of which
| were received since Jan. 1, 1916. The
prayer-meetings are always good and
many of the members are regular at
-1 tendants of the Friday evening cot
; tage prayer-meetings and the Moody
Bible conference. This society is ald
j ing needy families and is contributing
toward the State C. E. Convention in
many ways.
| POST OFFICE HOI RS JULY 4
I On July 4 the main Post Office and
I Hill and Maclay stations will be clos
led from 10 a. m. to 12 p. ni. All car
riers will make their 7.15 a. m. delivery
land collection, and tli% 5.40, 7.30 and
1 10.30 p. m. collections, Postmaster
Sites announced to day.
JSxnvrmanZ
BELI limi—UNITED FOUNDED 1871
T |HE freedom of
I a nation - con
many narrow I
business customs of years v
gone by. Freedom from \
the long-forgotten mer
cantile tricks —from ad- | x
vertising that bristled \\v.
with thorns of falsehood
—from juggling of prices .
—from evils within and
without.
Closed All Day Tom
IN MEXICO 70 YEARS AGO 1
[Continued finm Fklitorial Page] j
ings of the "Cameron Guards" of!
Harrisburg.
An Antiquated and Useless Militia
System
May 11, 1840 the Congress of the;
U S. declared that a condition of war '
existed between the United States and
Mexico on account of the acts of the i
if iter nation; and autnorlzed the
President to raise a volunteer force
of 50,000 from the different States as i
an adjunct to the regular army.
The President, accordingly, called
for 85 regiments from the 30 States
then composing the union, with an j
additional battalion from the District
of Columbia. The numoer of regi
ments assigned to Pennsylvania was j
six.
The olden-time mustering with all j
its attendant scenes of convivality was |
still in the heyday of its popularity; ;
and, in consequence, nearly every
town and community had its crack
company arrayed in all possible extra
vagances of uniform, with wonderful
trimmings and edgings and of every
conceivable combination of hues. j
These crack companies from all
over the State promptly tendered their ;
services in large numbers so that, by |
tlie opening day of June, more than
100 State organizations had indicated
an eager desire to go to Mexico.
Among the very first of these were 1
two fine Harrisburg companies—■"the
Dauphin Guards," and "the Harris- -
burg Rifles." While neither of these
companies participated in tne Mexican
war, as an organizaton, 'the Cameron
Guards" did. And the reason why, in j
this case, the last was first, unfolds a
talk of interest which will be briefly
tolo.
Following the offer of services from
thcße many companies, the militia
officers of the State, who through all
the piping times of peace had been the
central figures of parades and musters
as they rode around in gaudy unl
foims, began to get very busy.
A Plethora of Proclamations
For months the papers of the Com
monwealth carried columns of gen
eral orders, proclamations and in
structions from the Governor of the
State, the Adjutant-General of the ;
nillltla forces, major - generals and !
brigadier-generals who commanded
alleged brigades and divisions of I
militia. At first, June 22, was fixed as
the time when everything was to be
lr. readiness for a Pennsylvania move
ment Mexico way Then the time was
extended to July 11, as the Adjutant j
General of the Stale expressed it "to 1
allow time for the correction of In- i
formalities, and that companies might
be enabled to make up the full com
plement of men."
Bluntly worded the true reason was
that the so-called mllltla system of
the State at that day was a glittering
sham abounding In show, pretense, i
high sounding titles and general in- j
efficiency to produce speedy and
practical results when confronted with
a condition of actual hostilities. Com
pare the months of delay and disap
pointment in placing two regiments ;
In the field, in 1846. which 1 am about
tr> narrate, with the mobilization of
flip entire National Guard of Pennsyl- (
vania at Mt. Gretna in some twenty- i
four hours at the beginning of the!
Spanish-American war or what we I
have just witnessed In our State In!
the past few days following President
■Wilson's call for service on the Mex
ican* border, and one is able to com-!
prchend the vast difference in military
conditions at the two periods.
Something Doing at I-east
From May 11 to November 18 is a
| good IOIIK time as we measure time
j now. Yet. on November 18, 184". not
| one of those hundred and more Penn
[ f .vlvania organizations which had
I tendered their services was one inch
nearer Mexico than they had been
when the President called for volun
teers on May 11. Troops from many
of the Southern and Western States
wfre In the field: a battalion from our
' nriphborine city of Baltimore covered
itself with Klory amid the lurid flres
j of Monterev. but not a Penns.vlvanian
' was in the fray except those who were
j ir. the rerular army. And quite »
! number of patriotic you«<T men of
. lit > -'sburi;. disTtistnd with the Inter
i-.rrilpt/. dctay I' l the orpmlznf.ion of
Ponnrvlt-nnia"vo'-<rteer roKiin»nts, had
cr tb" regular se-vicn.
There wns P- vest deal o,f talk in
; official circle- nnd much froth »hout
"•hai WPS irnin? to be done. Yards
..ryi '-erf's of r»"o'-tn>*\atl r >ns end U9"-'|
rtryi o-fWs fl-ed off eve'-y ""c s k.
11 lU i ip"'der« r Pt 1 "' nil »*»«■*« sneme'i to
lb., on ii-"s"nore ,- le d'fe"lty <n Kett-ins: j
th< machinery In 'notion. Some com- :
Ipinles were not tilled to tbe requisite j
JULY 3, 1016.
standard; many rolls and offers of
services sent to Harrisburg were de
fective. In some cases, in the first
outburst of enthusiasm a company
would vociferously offer its services,
but when it came to muster, many of
the members would balk at the clause
of the enlistment which said "For the
war."
This is not a pleasant theme to
dwell upon, but, perhaps, it is just as
well for us to know to what a pass of
nothingness a general system of reel
tape combined with utter inefficiency
can reduce a State.
During all these weary months of
"watchful waiting" the rival "Dauphin
Guards" and "Harrisburg Rifles" were
much in the popular eye and the
popular mouth. They were both tine
companies ornately uniformed and
veil drilled, the admiration of the
citizens and more especially of the
ladies of the borough who greeted
them with smiles and waving handker
chiefs whenever they appeared on the
streets. They gave street parades and
shooting matches innumerable. All
these the small boy of the period en
joyed Immensely for the genus "kid"
was just as fond of viewing parades
in the year 1846 as in this year 1910.
At length, November 17, 1846, Gov
ernor Shunk received a pre-emptory
i equisition from Polk's Secretary of
War for one regiment of Infantry to
lc mustered into the service imme
diately. Then began the task of se
lecting ten companes from the hun
dred or more on tbe waiting list.
Neither the "Dauphin Guards" nor the
"Harrisburg Rifles" were chosen as a
component part of the First Pennsyl
vania Volunteers, and there was gloom
in Harrisburg.
The next paper will tell how the
"Cameron Guards" did secure a place
in the Second Pennsylvania Volunteers
of the Mexican war; how they bravely
upheld the flag, and how they suffered
and some met death through the
grosf and criminal carelessness anel
inefficiency of those in authority in the
United States government of 1846.
(To Be Continued)
EAGLE'S SCREEM TO
HAVE DEEPER MEANING
[Continued From First Page]
ing to-day off. too. The banks will
be closed and special holiday hours
will be on at the Post Office.
The Out-of-Town Exodus
The greater portion of the populace
will journey out-of-town; the nearby
parks and similar recreation places,
Balanced Meals—
Have them both tasty and healthful.
Years ago a food was devised to serve two
important functions—(l) furnish delicious
flavor, and (2) well-balanced nourishment.
That food is
Grape-Nuts
It fulfills its office admirably, for it is made
of whole wheat and malted barley, with all
their splendid nutrition, including the vital
mineral salts, which are lacking in much of
the food of the usual dietary.
In thousands of homes Grape-Nuts forms
part of the daily ration with both young and
old.
"There's a Reason"
the mouths of the big creeks, the
river islands they'll all draw a share
of the folks. Scores of picnics have
been planned and Paxtang, Reservoir,
to say nothing of Hershey, Boiling
Springs, Mt. Holly parks and the
neitttsr dancing pavilions of ' Fort
Washington and Summerdale will have
big "representations of city folks. Mid
dle-town's big llremen's convention will
draw hundreds of folks from the City,
too: '
The day will be an especially- big
day for the postman.
The fifteenth annual convention of
the Pennsylvania State Association of
the United National Association of
post office clerks will begin to-morrow
and" this will likely be the big event'
of'lndependence Day, 1918. "
THo Athletes Have a Big Day
The youthful athlete of the city to
ray nothing of his older professional
brother, will be in fine form, too. Th't
athletic program is large and varied.
Albany and Harrisburg will fight out
two big games on the island; a hun
died odd amateur games have been
planned for various parts of the city
and surrounding towns. The Motive
Power nine of the Pennsylvania
League will play two battles royal -with
the:. N.ew Cumberland team at New
Cuniberland and there are double
headers scheduled in the Dauphin-
Perry ■ league circuit, i A feature of
'the postman's program will be the
[game between the local anei Lancaster
poet office clubs on the island play
ground at 3 o'clock,
i Of special importance too, on . the
athletic program will be the big street
: run of the Methodist club. It will
! begin at 10 o'clock, starting from
I fifth and Grand streets. ' '
The Message of tlic Flag
So far as noise is concerned Harris-
I burp will probably be more than
ordinarily safe and sane and quiet.
Only the occasional hanging of a re
| volver in some back yard or perhaps
the surreptitious explosion of cannon
crackers will enliven the monotony of
! the day. And at midnight of course.
I the whistles and the firebells will
signal the advent of the hundred and
I fortieth anniversary of the Nation's
l birth.
However, It will be at lit. Gretna
that the flag and its birthday will
j have the deeper significance; thou
■ sands of Harrisburg folks will go by
| train and motorcar to the great camp
ing ground to say good-by to Com
| purtifes D and T, of the Eighth regl
! ment and the Governor's Troop. When
j another Independence Day celebration
I rolls 'round the Flag may be shelter
ing the city's khaki-clad fellows some
j where south of the Rio Grande,
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