16 TELLS HOW U.S. IS TRAINING TROOPS Camp Life Interestingly Told by Harrisburg Boy Now at Camp Gordon With splendid conditions existing at Camp Gordon, Ga., the following letter wis received by a prominent Harrlsburg woman from her nephew who is staioned at Camp Gordon. The letter would indicate that Camp Gordon is a "model camp" and tnat all the soldiers stationed there are perfectly satisfied with all con ditions. Headquarters Company, 327 th Infantry, Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. Dear Aunt: —Sunday down here is the only time we have for intellec tual pursuits, among which I now class letter writing: so your letter has remained until to-day unan- i .' wered. I am continuing to enjoy : camp life, and lind that I am less in- j clined to be homesick here than 1 was in Camp Upton. Camp Gordon j is certainly a tine cantonment. Per- | haps the details of our daily life will I interest you. We rise every iporning J at the 5 o'clock bugle, hustle Into j cur clothes, and assemble under the \ stars .for rollcall. This is followed j by a wild rush for mess hall, where j we almost aways have excellent j meals. After breakfast we have a : short time in which to clean up tlie j barracks. Then, from 7 until 11.30, j we areftout on the parade ground for calisthenics, squad drill, singing, j manual of arms drill, etc. In the' afternoon we have company forma tions, followed by a live or six mile hike, arriving back in time to wash up for retreat at five, ltetreat is the most picturesque part of the day. i The company stands at "Parade rest" while the bugle sounds and the tlag j is lowered: then at attention While j the band plays "Tho Star Spangled j Banner," and the officers salute. On j Friday mornings, instead of drill, we j have a long hike, about fifteen miles, , through different parts of the sur- | rounding country. On these hikes, 1 often think of Grandfather and won- I der whether he rode over these same j places when he was with Sherman, j On Saturday mornings we have divi- J sion review, passing by regiments, in j company fronts, before General Swift j tnd his staff. Last week Governor ! Brumbaugh was guest of honor at ! the review. Saturday afternoon is free, but we procrastinating privates generally leave our week's accumu lation of socks and handkerchiefs to be washed at this time. "At present, you see, the life here seems more like a vacation than any thing else; but we know that sterner times are coming. 1 feel sure that when we get to the trenches, every body will do his duty, and that the National Army will be one of which the country may well be proud. There is perhaps less enthusiasm expressed than has been tile case in other wars, but we are all llrnily resolved to keep the horrors of war away from our own homes, and to go to the rescue of those who have been less fortun ate than we. I wonder whether Grandfather ever knew General Swift; 1 have heard that his father was in the Civil War on the Northern side. There is no longer any feetling between North and South; if any existed before the present war. it is entirely gone now. 1 find the Southern officers delightful men. Please give my best wishes to all my near relatives in Harrisburg. Affectionately, CLINTON MINDII* Headquarters Co., 327 th Inf., Camp Gordon. Ga. Men at Camp to Have New Chance For Exemption Camp Meade. Md„ Nov. 2 8. —Ma- jor General Kulin yesterday received a special memorandum from Wash ington announcing that all men now in the Selective Army who claim that they have not had a full ana fair opportunity to be heard by a local or district board, or who claim that the board has exceeded its jur isdiction, or substantially violated the law. are to be permitted to make application to the commanding of ficer of their mobilization camp within seven days after their arrival to be discharged. The commanding ofllcer is author ized to request the Adjutant General of an> state to investigate the facts of any such case and the circum stances of its hearing. A telegram to this effect was also ser.t to the Governor of each state from \\ ashington for transmission to all local and district boards. Dur ing the last few months the author ities nere have been called upon to discharge a large number of men, who were inducted into the service through error, or who were entitled to exemption for occupational rea sons. Some, who were not fortunate eno igh to obtain exemptions in spite of their claims, declare the local hoards exceed their authority under the la v. "I FELT LOGGY AND NERVOUS" HE STATES Cur Inspector Thought His Heart Was Going Had and Nerves Were Upset TAXI/AC FIXKD HIM UP "Tanlac sure is the real stuff," exclt ims Grover C. Broderick, a car inspector, who lives at Lemoyne, Pa., near Harrisburg. "It fixed mt up in great shape when I was all pone to pot and I feel fine now all the time. "I tell you I was worried. I felt so dopey all the time and I though*, my heart was going back on me for it used to have a queer way of jumping and thumping and every now and then it would miss a beat and I'd feel weak and faint. "My nerves were very. Very bad and I was troubled with shortness of breath that seized me at the slight est exertion. "Well, sir, I read some of the Tanlac testimonials and I became convinced that all my trouble camt from gas pressure caused by indiges tion. Tanlac sounded good to me; I tried it and it fixed me up—no mora heart trouble, no more nerves, no more shortness of breath, nuf sed. Tanlac, the famous reconstructive tonic, is now being introduced hern at Gorgas' Drug Store where the Ts.nlac man is meeting the people and explaining the merits of thia master medicine. Tanlac is also sold at the Gorgas Drug, store in the P. R. R. station, in Carlisle at W. G. Stephens' Phar macy; Ellzabethtown, Albert W. Cain; Greencastle. CI irles B. Car 1 ' Middletown; Colin S. Few's Phar macy; Waynesboro. Clarence Crofts Pharmacy: Mechanicsburg, 11. y. Brunhouse.—Adv. WEDNESDAY EVENING, EXPECTS GUARD TO BE SENT TO FRANCE SOON [Continued from First Page.] —- MAJ. GEN. CLEMENT the very winds were charged with awful torment and destruction. On the 28th day o), October, his birthday anniversary, he was so near the battle lines that one of the French officers Informed him that if it were a clear day, instead of being 'Dives, Pomeroy Zw* 'Jhe Store °f the @hristmas Sr>trit and Ste ty 'Jhe Store °f the Shirtt Specials For Friday, Thrift D Thanksgiving Day No Friday Specials tft Colored Dress Goods Sent C. O. D., or ?3.00 Burrella cloth. 54 inche. A K| p PlpQyQn^^ Mail or Phone Orders y jSffi.) i I I **' d ®> all wool, heavy enough for I I I LyVvrVXVy Vjl V/Cvl CXX I\.'V v/J_ F '" ed Stylish Trimmed Hats inches. Special W" Tll7CL?'cltrd $8.50&$10.00 $12.00&$15.00 Floor. cial Friday only, yard, .. $1.05 Women S Shoes shades. Special Friday only, / /\ 4• tS t), patent colt with black cloth tops . yard $1.40 jL*\ and leather heels, good range of sizes. Special Friday only, >S. pair $3 00 ' \ . "* SS \V shades, blue, green and plum. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, v. V N \ /1 I 1 WUhfv , , , , , . 1 1 Market street. ~ i special Friday only, yard, 89c / / /// nave not been here longer than a month and ex ~ \v 25 granite cloth " aU Wool ' /ftkS'l llsS press the latest millinery modes. These models ~~ xltN x\L/ best shades. Special Friday only, / I , ,_ . , • , Boys' Hats, 250 y . iri , S) ■•> i W? possess the definite chic that is Clearance of broken sizes, $2 50 costume serge 56 inches I I I 1V l\ always associated VVltll OUT liat Boys' Hats, formerly 69c, 98c, , >\. SJ.SO costume serge, &b lncnes Jin I 1 ,--_ J $1.25 and $1.49. Special Friday wide—shade, navy. Special Fri- hml [ 1 <^ < " Styles. Christmas slloppClS Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, U0TI& Smiles With ••••••••••'•" 1 cannot afford to overlook these Second Floor, Front navy broadcloth, 54 tt|flß&g9p V rare lllillincry Values. O ± * m 1 • inches wide, high lustre. Spe- bCLTIt(I \ J ICI 11S ITI / #77 c,al Friday only, yard, .. $2.09 Jersey Petticoats 0U716U ill 1 I lib $1 . 75 silk popUn . 40 inches ? Dives, Pomeroy Rin MemiTnulnnf] s P *. J J & Stewart, $7.50 values. Special Friday '' y J.VJ. Cl 1 JL L\A.M l\A. cial Friday only, yard, ... $1.40 / / W,/\ Second Floor ° n '" V $8.95 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, W Dho 'on the 3rd Floor ' ' ■ Percahne Petticoats Ilu s P ult of Jo> land is contagious —it Black Dress Goods Valenciennes Lace Women's Handkerchiefs Men's Pajamas Black percaline Petticoats makes evei'VOne bubble over With hannitlPSS DldtK J-'ic&b vjuouh with colored Persian trimmings cvc.pnc uuuuic uvci Willi Happiness Valenciennes Lace edgings Hemstitched linen handker- Flannelette pajamas with silk on flounce; SI.OO value. Special it's the One bright pot ill this War-tOHI WOl'ld. $2 0 ° b,ack Redona popUn - 42 TITT \Ti T°' embi-oid- loop frogs. AH sizes. Special Friday only 80c inches wide, all wool. Special "®! , t0 SPGC " l Fr ' day ° n ' y ' ed corner, some wth touch o'f ' Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, You can just feel the presence of Santa , , #1 „„ Sc co,or ' Spcc,al y> rriday onlJ 8115 Second Floor t riday only, yard $1.60 Dives, romcrov & Stewart, Dives, fnmcrov & Stewart, Dives, Pomerov & Stewart, 1 Claus in the great displays conceived by his „, ack co „ tum , , crße . 01 , str< "" '""'° r - s„-.et Fl ..r, || M .n-, si.,e. genius for the delight of the little ones. I wool, 41 inches wide. Spec al I . j ■ . aOn Velvet , t F'riday only, yard SI.OO Georgette Crepe Ribbons Girls' Sweaters $2.50 Paon Velvet in navy. the great beautiful smiling family of dolls eo cn ~ , Copenhagen, brown, garnet $2.50 black costume serge, 54 Georgette Crepe, 40 inches. Taffeta inoire and satin taffota $3.50 heavy all wool sweater®, grey and black; 36 inches wide! ~S° important it requires a big section all for inches wide. Special Friday white ' black nnd colorH - * 2 00 Ilibbon - sto 7 inchcs wide " Val " rose and Copenhagen Special Special Friday only, yard. $1.50 •,*. • • 11,.., value. Special Friday only, ues to 50c. Special Friday qnly, its own IS SO Winsome and lovely It IS almost only, yard $1.05 yard, $1.59 yard, 25c Friday only $1.95 Dives, Pomerov & Stewart ,J Street Floor. lmOOSsible to take Iho hl-ifrbl--PVPrlliftlp tnntl-iArc * 3 - 50 black broadcloth, 54 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives, Pnmerov & Stewart, Dives, Pomerov & Stewart, LU idAc uic ungiu cycu llllie moiners Street Floor. Street Floor. Men's Store. ■ n r • . .... inches wide. Special Friday away. Many toys are in motion —helpful tovs J only, yard $2.05 i ss.so \Yk!™I ee "rk street ' to traln llt,le folks minds, too. blaok <0 Silk Tassels Caps and Scarfs Boys' Sweaters sK£i "fday*?,;.. The biggest and best Toyland Santa ever "" a '' Spec '°' Pr ""' y Sllk T —"• ''*• ■" - $3.00 Velveteen, navy and i . , . ,t • , only, yard $1.40 25c value. Special Friday only, plain and fancy colors. Spe- ay on ly $1.05 brown; 44 inches. Special Fri- brought tO tlllS Store. ' $1.50 grey wool mixed sweat day only, yard, . . .." $1.85 ' ' Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, 10c cial Friday only, each, .... Oc ers with roll collar. Special Dives, Pomerov & Stewart _ D 1 . . Friday only $1.15 Street Floor. Dives, Pomeroy & htewart, Third I-loor Street Floor. "Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives, Pomerov & Stewart, Dives, Pomerov & Stewart, ' Street Floor. Men's Store. ' Men's Store. i ~ i e^vet Lining Specials Basement Cotton Goods Crepe de Chine Cotton Net Drapery Remnants Angora Scarfs $5.00 silk chiffon Velvet, , street shades; 40 inches So- 40c black satine; 36 inches 35c Japanese crepe in fancy Waists Reduced WWtO Cotton net ' 72 inches: Remnants of 25c to 19c Scrim, Men's and women's $1.50 An- C Wide Min flnp RnnHnl Kridav stripes and plain shades. Spe- $1.25 value. Special Friday only, net and madras. Special Friday gora silk scarfs, choico combina cial Friday only, yard, ... $3.05 wide, extra nne. Special riday Dp<J An accumulation of about tion colors. Special Friday nlv vard "Oc olal Frida y only. Jard 10c yard 08t ' onl > r > >' ard 15c only 95 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, seventy-five regular $2.98 Crepe Street Floor. 25c to 30c ratines 36 inches 20c percale, 36 inches wide Dives, P omP rov & Stewart, Dives, Pomerov & Stewart, Dives, Pomerov & Stewart, - Jb >ncri ps . mcnes wiae, d(j chlne Wa ists from our regu- Street Floor. Third Floor. Men's Store. wl?lc - colors on, y- ** to 3 yardei neat Bt y' es ° n wh'te grounds. , ar Btock has becn Kathored for ; —J 1 Odd Pairs Curtains Speclal Fr,day ° n,y ' yard - • • loc Spec ' al FHday ° n,y " yard ' 15c "Peclal clearance Friday. The ~ ~ TTT™! $1.50 to SIO.OO curtains -in i.50 Farmers'satin. 54 inches i2V4c fancy prints for com- colorß are flesh and white , ln Khakl Handkerchiefs Cretonne Remnants Men s Sweaters scrim, net and Irish polret, one wide, black only. Special Fri- fortable coverings. Special Fri- tn id ol „ Men's khaki color handker- °dd lengths of 39c to 50c Heavy rope weave coat sweat pair of a kind, some slightly ' izes 36 to 44 " An unu s ual <>P- , f'retonne in light and dark col soiled. Special Friday only, day only, yard, ..? sl.lO day only, yard, 10c portunity at $2.30 cnlers - Special Friday only, 3 ors Special Friday only, yard, ors ' oxford - maroon and grey. " a Dives, Pomerov Js'tewart' 00 D ' Ve8 ' Pomeroy & stewart - Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, 25 ° 25c Speclal Fr,day only 2 'S Third Floor. ' Street Floor. Basement o ~ Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. casement. Second Floor. Street Floor. Third Floor. - Men*. Store. rainy and cloudy, he would have been extremely luuxy to nave left the place alive. They were within asy range of the German guns and shells dropped all around them, and the adverse weather conditions alone prevented the Boche gunners getting Ith range of th building whre the party of which General Clement was 1 a member, was sheltered. Saved By Driver Within a radius of an eighth of a mile the earth was frequently rent with great shell holes. Rome wore forty and fifty feet deep. On another occasion he was along the French line of battle so close that a big shell exploded within 150, feet of him. Once his automobile skidded and an automobile "lorry" driver turned his own car into the path , of the Gen eral's and saved it going over a sixty foot embankment. On the Messlnes Heights a shell burst close to the General as he was walking towards the trenches. A French oflicer remarked: "They have the range of this crater and we would not dare to be here two min utes if the sun was shining." There are several dents in the English hel met the General wore on his tour of the trenches. This he brought home with him, together with one of the gas masks used at the front. General Clements also met and dined with General Pershing, com mander of the American expedition ary forces. An engagement had been made to eat at a restaurant, but when the time came, General Per shing had to hurry to a different point to confer with an allied war council, and he wired General Clem ent to meet and dine with him on a train. To do this General Clement had to make a speed of nearly a mile a minute to arrive at a junction HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH point In ttme to meet Pershing's party. Two Foot of Mud France has been churned into a clay pit, the Goneral says. The mud everywhere la from four inches to two feet deep. The soldiers stand for hours In mud that reaches halfway up to their knees. The General saw many German prisoners. At one interment camp ho and his aid, Theodore D. Boal, of Boalsburg, were sighted by one of the Germans, who cried "Ameri cans." The Germans in their eager ness to see the Americans pressed forward in such great numbers that their guards had to threaten to use their bayonets to hold the men in I check. Prisoners captured in actual light ing are often brought back over the lines with their clothing torn into rags, due to their coming into con tact with the barbed wire entangle ments. Stories to the effect that German soldiers are poorly fed and half clothed, are discredited by the Gen eral. The Germans in the front line trenches are fine specimens of man hood. One group of prisoners includ ed about thirty boys of the 1919 class. These from their appearance were pale and underfed. This was ex plained by the fact that those at home sacriflec to the lilmt so that the soldiers may be fed. The 1919 class had not been in the trencher long enough to profit by the feed provided for the men at arms. At one of the fighting fronts he saw several engagements. At one time he sat with a French comman der in a battle. A report came that ,one sergeant had "accounted" for I fifteen Germans. They refused to surrender as the dugout was enter- Ed, and as they reached for weapons the sergeant used a grenade. After the battle General Clement accom panied the French officer as he made a detour of the trenches. Soon a man covered with mud saluted. "How many men did you ac count for?" asked the French com mander. "Seventeen, sir," was the answer. The conversation appeared as informal as a customer asking the price of eggs of a country merchant. The men are taught to kill and they work with the same unconcern as the mechanic at his trade. Need Knitted Goods On account of the general damp i ness of the atmosphere, rain falling nearly every day, the water In the I trenches, and no heat from the men relieved from duty, respiratory dis eases run rife. The things in the knitted line most needed, in his opin ion, are warm stockings and abdom inal bands. General Clement and his aids suffered slightly from the cold, but were not delayed in carrying out the purposes of their visit. During his stay on the other side. General Clement also spent consider able time with the American forces. He says the Ameican boys are in good spirits and health. The Yankees in the short time they have been there have made great progress in solving the problems of modern war fare and all are eager and anxious to go to the immediate front without delay. The trips over and back are un eventful. On the way over one of the ! s passengers insisted that he had seen ] a submarine but this report was not 1 given credence. The ship was shrouded in darkness after &p. m„ and for four nights the passengers slept in their clothes to be ready for any emergency. On the return trip '•<- portholes were closed early In the evening. At all times a captive bal loon was kept suspended over the boat, where a lookout kept watch for n Hun submarine. On the return trip on a French steamer General Clement spoke sev eral times to a little American nurse, who had been Injured in the bomb ing of a French base hospital. The French government had decorated her with the cross of the Legion of Honor. In spite of all efforts she re fused to talke of her injuries which were understood to have been se rious. I General Clement expects to re sume command at Camp Hancock at tl.e beginning of next week. Social and Personal Items of Towns Along West Shore Miss Miriam Lenhart, a student of the Lebanon Valley College, is -•pending Thnksgiving at her home in Geary avenue. New Cumberland. Edgar and Ralph Wire, of New Cumberland, are spending several days in Adams county hunting. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Baverty have returned to their home at Enola, after spending several days with their parents at Shiremans town. Mrs. Mnry Zimmerman and Mrs. Edward W. Miller, of Shiremans town, spent Monday at Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ebert and son, Stewart Ebert, of Mechanics burg, spent Sunday with Mrs. Eb ert's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brlnton, at Shiremanstown. Miss- Susan Wise, of Harrisburg. NOVEMBER 28, 1917. spent the weekend i „ Tie:- homo at Shiremanstown. Mrs. William A. Clouser, of Shire munntown, visited Mr. and Mrs. K rutin Snyder at Sprint? Lake yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. -A. L. Heiges, of Shiremanstown, spent over Sunday with the latter's sister at Lemoyne, Miss Olive Cromlieh has returned to her home at Steelton after spend ing the weekend with Mr. and Mr 3. Herbert Parks at Shiremanstown. Pauline Prowell and Wayne Prow ell, of New Cumberland, are spend ing a week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, John .Snyder, at Shire i.ianstown. Miss Mary Wise, of Mechanics burg, visited Mrs. Samuel Bates and Miss- Susan Mater at Shiremans town. FIRST REGISTRATION Wormleysburg, Pa., Nov. 27. Mrs. W. F. Martin, local chairman, announces the beginning of the reg istration of women for the national defense in Wormleysburg. The first registration will taVe place Satur day afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock at Mrs. Martin's home, 222 Front street and every Saturday afternoon be tween those hours thereafter until December 15. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. TRUFFLES The truffle Is a cryptogamic plant, having no visible means of fructifi cation, and is found at all sorts of depths beneath the soil, from two Inches to two feet. It pqsseses neither root, stem, nor leaf and var ies in color from light brown to black. It is somewhat globular in form, ranges in size from that of a filbert to a large duck's egg,, and weighs from two ounces to four pounds or more. Its surface Is knotty and warty, and is covered with a skin which forms a sort of network of serpentine veins. Little is known of its early developments as a vegetable production. In its native state it is found free from attachment to anjf other body. , VINOL MADE THIS RUN-DOWN WOMAN STRONG Her Signed Letter Proves This. Read It ♦ Keene, N. H.—"l was all ruti down, had no strength, no appetite and a bad cough, so that a good deal of the time I was unfit for work. My druggist lold me about Vinol. I took it, and my cough soon disappeared, my appetite improved and I am strong and well again."—Mrs. Irine Davis, 60 Ilussell St., Keene, N. 11. Vinol is a constitutional cod liver and iron remedy which creates an appetite, aids digestion, enriches the blood, and In this natural manner creates strength. We guarantee it. Geo. A. Gorgas, druggist; Ken nedy's Medicine Store, 321 Market St.; C. F. Kramer, Third and Broad Sts.; Kitzmiller's Pharmacy, 1325 Derry St., Harrisburg, and at the best druj? store in every town and city in the country.—Adv.
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