CITY IS PROUD OF ITS FIGHTING MEN fContinued from Hi'st Page.] about seventy-five Harrisburgers to lill up the ranks to war strength and this company, combined with one from the old Sixteenth National Guard Regiment, forms Company C - the One Hundred and Twelfth. 1 > also had charge for a short time of the men in Company K, a Bedford unit. These troops, too, were tine soldiers, typical of the kind Penn sylvania has furnished by thousands. "1 am sure that every man in the line Hundred and Twelfth is well trained and an excellent soldier, and it was a great pleasure and no sur- | prise to me to read that they were successfully engaged in driving back the Huns. They will certainly be capable of any task assigned them and no officer will find a more will ing organization to 'carry on' in any drive." A brief history of the battling units, of which every heart in Har risburg is proud, follows: Originated in Civil War Companies D and 1 of the Eighth Kegiment of the old Pennsylvania Xaliinal Guard, whose members are now right up on the tiring line, tak ing part in the hi* nattle being waged on the fields of Prance, have had a long and noble career. The two companies are outgrowths of the First City Zouaves and City Grays, the germ of which was laid i in the spring of 1861 with the for- | (nation of the Harrisburg Rifles. The j membership of the two companies I was made up almost entirely of Har- I risburg boys. After a series of metamorphoses. | the Harrisburg Rifles became the j Eighth Regiment of the Pennsylva- t nia National Guard and only ceased to exist as such when it was mus tered into the United States service shortly after the declaration of war j against Germany. Company 1 came into existence as such when the Pennsylvania Na tional Guard was reorganized at the close of the Spanish-American War, being formed from Company H of the Eleventh Regiment. This lat ter unit had been formed for home protection when Company D had been mustered into the United States service at the commencement ! of the Spanish-American War. Formed in the spring of 1861, the ; Harrisburg Hides soon was known as i LIFT OFF CORNS! • J Doesn't hurt a bit! Sore corns lift right off with fingers. Magic! Vv JmL & ra * uB 1 Costs few cents! Drop a little I Freezone on that touchy corn, in stantly that corn stops hurting, then you lift it right out with the Ang ers. Why wait? Your druggist sells a I tiny bottle of Freezone for a few j cents, sufficient to rid your feet of j every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between Ihe toes, and calluses, with-l out soreness or irritation. Freezone is the much talked of discovery of the Cincinnati genius.—Adv. Save S3O to S9O New Piano H ere —This Week V Convenient Terms may be arranged if you are buying v in advance of your plans PIANOS will be scarce and high this fall and winter. Give us your order this week and save the increase. We can still give choice of new pianos priced from $290 to S9OO, and new players at $485 to $1,300. All well known, guaranteed makes. J. H. Troup Music House Troup Building 15 So. Market Sq. TUESDAY EVENING, the First City Zouaves. In 1862-63, ; during the Civil War, it served as I Company A, One .Hundred and Twen ty-seventh Regiment. In 1863-72 It again took up the name City Zoui a\es-. It passed into the City Gravs, being known as such until 1884, when it was enrolled as a unit in the Pennsylvania National Guard, making up Company D of the Eighth Regiment. For fourteen years it ex i i&tec! without a change of name, but when the Spanish-American War broke out and the unit was mus tereu into the service, it was known as Company I), Eighth Regiment, United Slates Volunteers. It re sumed its place in the Pennsylvania National Guard after peace had been declared and only ceased to exist 1 las such when it was reorganized as part of Company D, One Hundred j ami Twelfth Inftfntry. The Harrisburg Rifles was organ ized in the State Library of the old State Capitol, in pursuance to a call for recruits, published in Harrisburg papers on April 15. 1861, shortly after hostilities broke out between the North and the South. The or ganization was completed on May 24, when Deßennevilie Randolph Keim was elected captain. Calvin DeWitt and Gordon S. Berry were made first and second lieutenants. An incident of historic interest is found in the fact that members of this band of volunteers for service to help preserve the Union signed the enlistment roll upon the table used for the signing of the Constltu | tion of Pennsylvania. .Name Soon Changed j The name Harrisburg Rifles stuck jto the organization only a short | time. Shortly after the organization 1 had been completed the proposition was made to change the name of the organization as the First City Zou aves of Harrisburg. This was done and the organization first known as such on June 10, 1861. The uniform of the Ellsworth Zouaves, of Chi cago, who had visited Harrisburg several days previous, was adopted. The Zouaves drilled in the corri dors of the Capitol quite frequently. In good weather they went through their formation and drill work on the pavement in front of the Capitol and during the sessions of the Legisla ture many members and attaches of the different departments drilled with the organization. The Zouaves soon became quite proficient in their worl* and in 1862, when an invasion of Pennsylvania by several Confederate divisions was feared and the War Department is sued a call for the enlistment of volunteer militia for three months, the body volunteered as a unit. Volunteering on May 26, they were mustered into the United States service at 1 o'clock in the afternoon of the following day. "The threat ening aspect of affairs was no longer alarming" the following day and the War Department's order was rescind- j ed with the result that the body was mustered out after serving the United States less than twenty-fojir hours. Captain W. B. Lane, a United States cavalry officer, was in charge of the muster. The Zouaves resumed its local or ganization. When Governor Curtin I issued his proclamation on July 21, i 1862, calling for the organization of j volunteer regiments for nine months' , terir under President Wilson's call for 300,000 men. the organization's service was tendered on the day of' the issuance of the order, it was J promptly accepted and mustered j into the United States service with I I'". Asbury Awl as captain. John S. I Bitzer as first lieutenant and John T. I ISnsminger as second lieutenant. On j August 16 the Zouaves were at tached to the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regiment as Com pany A. Provided Many Officers ITecause of its previous drilling, tlie company was much more pro- i ticient than others of the regiment :'nd was detached from it. Special] ilut;.work was performed in Harris burg and Washington. After being mustered out of the service at the expiration of its term, ninety-five members of the body re-enlisted in other commands, with which they served until the treaty of peace was signed. Most of them enrolled either as commissioned or non- Your Best Asset A Skin Cieareti By CuticuraSoap All druggintß; Soap 25, Ointment 26 & 50. Talcara 20. I {Simple each free of •Cattcura. Dtpl E. Boiton." | Where Harrisburgers Are Fighting J fcrr* X I y • 1 P" i i yC^\J w /O'A/Sfcni j k&prr,/ r f/ILLCRi\Tv- r ~. _ &ft*n jT j i r ;" ,vl , si Js hu/V *—4 (r^ 1 yyVi r ?fo j -I V/ \ Mari< a NCOILIV \ \ / / \vC 1 \l UJ-,, \ / I j j £ / Host- ; iK rV>'' if V, '^S CA<J Iy„. #<!A^E ° F MM - es commissioned officers. Colonel Wil liam W. Jennings. well known in Harrisburg, was colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regi ment during the entire nine months 'of service of Company A. With the War of the Rebellion finally quelled, the First City Zou laves was reorganized with Lieuten ant-Colonel J. Wesley Awl as cap tain. The unit prospered to such an extent that its numbers soon made it quite unwieldy. With 169 men on the roll, in 186 9 Captain Awl con ceived the idea of forming a battal ion. Three companies of forty men each were organized. Captain Thomas F. Maloney, made captain of Company A, was soon in strumental in having the uniform changed and the organization was henceforth known as the City Grays. AfUr an existence, bright at no time, tne other two companies soon faded away. Company C had never been fully uniformed. So Company _A, the new City Grays, continued to live to perpetuate Harrisburg's mili tary honor. The City Grays were at tached from 1872 to 1 884 to the Fifth Division of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, commanded by Major-General Thomas j. Jordan, of Harrisburg. Arms were furnished by the state, but the organization paid ail the costs of maintenance. * Oil Memorial Day in 1872 the or ganization first made its appearance In its new uniforms. Temporarily much feeling was held against the uniforms, the color of which had ion.iT been associated with the Con federate army. The fact, however, that they were the same as worn by the West Point cadets helped to re lieve the situation. Saw Active Service As the City Grays, the body saw active service only once. It was sent at that time to Williamsport to help i <iucll the "Sawdust Riots," occurring among the workers in the saw mills and lumber yards of that city. in 1 874 the organization built its own armory, taking possession of it on June 28. The building, located at Second and Forster streets, was opened with much ceremony, in cluding a drill, reception, music and TTARRISBURG TELEGRAPH refreshments. The First City Zou aves had drilled in the State Capitol for a short time, hut this is the first armory that had been owned by a Hatrisburß military company. The Zouaves had had a permanent armory during the entire existence as c sinsle company and battalion. This was located in the Exchange building on the site of the present ■ Post Office. The last drill in this armory was ?ield on October 18. j 1?84. The building was rebuilt and much enlarged and the first drill ; heir- in this remodeled structure was I on February IS. 1885. It was l .ecupied by the two Harrisburg com- I ,>anies at the time of their muster- I ing into the United States service. ; The unit performed excellent serv. j ice in quelling numerous disturb ance.' throughout Pennsylvania, be ing called into service numerous ; times, it took a prominent part in i the work done during the great j Pennsylvania railroad riots at Home j steac: and In the great strike of an | thracite coal miners at Hazleton. Sinking of the Maine With conditions with Spain he doming more strained early in 1898, j drill of Company D proceeded with ! greater keenness and all inspections were more thorough. Following the sinking of the Maine and with the authorization of the use of the Arnty and Navy, issued on April 20, 1898. Company D prepared to be mustered into the United States service. On April 28 it left Harrisburg for Mount Gretna, Lebanon county, determined on as the place for mobilization of Pennsylvania troops. Harrisburg held a great celebration in behalf of the company. Captain Joseph B. Hutchison was in command of Company D. but on 9 he was commissioned a niajor in tne Kighth Regiment. First Lieu tenant Ezekiah Laubenstein was made captain to till the vacancy. Second Lieutenant Edwin R. Bergs tresser was made first lieutenant and Corporal Charles F. Etter was made second lieutenant. The companv was mustered into the United Slate's service on May 12. 1898. The regiment, however, never left the United States. After being at Camp Hastings, Mount Gretna, for some time, the men went to Camp i Meade, Middletown. Pa., after which lilI il was ordered to go to Augusta, Ga. • When peace was finally declared the j company was mustered out of the j service on March 7. 1 899, at Camp Mackenzie, Ga. A big reception was j tendered to the men on their re-- turn to Harrisburg. It was • again j mustered into the National Guard of i Pennsylvania at the City Grays Armory on April 25. When the entire body of Pennsyl i vania National Guardsmen was mus j teied into the United States service i in May, 1898, it became necessary to j have another body of citizen sol i dierj. So early in May of that year 1 preparations were made for the for | mfctipn of a new National Guard j Provisions were made for the or ganization of six regiments of twelve companies each. The numbers given I the new bodies did not conflict with , j those that had been held by the old i regiments. Many former members !of the old Pennsylvania N'ational j Guard enrolled in the new Guard. To the Eleventh Regiment Harrisburg's unit in the new or | ionization.was Company H, attached jto the Eleventh Regiment. Mem bers of Company D who for some ; reason had not gone into the United I ! Stateb service and those who were ; | sent home were given the preference j | in the formation of the new unit. | Tl is unit was mustered into the Na- j tional Guard on July 22. 189 S. Maur- I I ice E. Finney was elected captain of ! I the new company, with Nicholas Tack and Harry C. Houtz as first i and second lieutenants. Company I ne'er took part in any event until ! the reception on September 7. 1898, | to Company I, Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, a Harrisburg company, on its return from Porto i Rico. j When the reorganization of the National Guard took place after-the ! return of the various commands ! from the United States volunteer | service in 1899, Company H, Elev enth Regiment, fvas transferred to j the Eighth Regiment as Company I. |As such it replaced Company I, ! Eighth Regiment, of Wrightsville, | which failed to reorganize after the muster out. The transfer took place on June 21, 1899, under orders dated • April 21. 1899. ! The two companies, D and I, have I continued to exist in Harrisburg ever since, taking part in all big occa sions and in every disturbance of any consequence. Scores of leading citizens of the city have been in cluded on their rosters. They have conducted their drills in the City I Grays' Armory, Second and Forster streets, ever since. Both companies have been num bered among the most proficient units of the Pennsylvania National .Guard. They were mustered into the United States service during the I summer of 1916 during the fracas. with Mexico. They served along the Mexican Border for a period and were among the first companies to l be mustered out of the service. | They resumed their local organiza tions after being mustered out, but were mustered into the United States service again after several months when war was declared on Germany. They were sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., for further training. With the reorganization of the Na tional Guard, the> wore merged largely into Companies D and I of the One Hundred and Twelfth In fantry. They left for France sev eral months ago and are now tak ing a prominent part in the big Yankee offensive. The Governor's Troop The Governor's Troop of the old Pennsylvania National Guard, many of whose active members are en gaged in deadly conflict with the Hun along the western front In France, has had an existence of over thirty years, during which time it has covered itself with much glory. Thirty years ago when Scranton and Wilkes-Barre were vieing witfi eaPli other for the privilege of fur nishing the cavalry troop for the Third Brigade of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and when no de cision could be made. It was decid ed to organize the troop In Harris burg. At the time the troop was organ ized there were two troops of caval ry In the Pennsylvania National Guard. One was the First City Troop, of Philadelphia, attached to the First Brigade, and the other was thi Sheridan Troop, of Tyrone, at tached to the Second Brigade. The Third Brigade had no troop, and to fill this position it was that Scranton and Wilkes-Barre were contending. When no final decision could be reached and after Harrisburg had had some citizens interest themselves in the movement for the organiza tion of a troop here, it was finally decided to admit tht new troop from Harrisburg. Since then the troop has been known as the Governor's Troop and had grown to be the crack cavalry organization of the Pennsylvania Na tional Guard when it was mustered into the United States service. The organization meeting took place on February 18, 1888, in the City Grays' Armory. Officers Klected On the organization evening, fifty seven applicants were examined and passed. Harman A. Perkins was 1 elected captain of the new troop 'with H. A. Walkemeyer as first Ueu | ienant and Frederick M. Ott as sec- JSmmanZ IIKI.I. inn 1 — 2356 t'MTEU ' HARRISBURG, TUKSDAV, j 11. v 83, IDIH. FOUNDED 1871 Market CmdiTims |j White Enamel Fixtures As Represented jFo^iUlßat^oom I W hat more sanitary addition can he made to a hath room Hate you been skeptical ahout what you've heard or than Snow \\ hite Hxtures that harmonize with the wash read of the scarcity of good goods? hasin and Rath I üb. 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With these officers the organization wa mustered into the Pennsylvania National Guard by Brigadier General J. P. S. Gobin. of the Third Brigade. The first opportunity to do active military service came to the com pany in 1898 when hostilities be tween the United States and Spain broke out. The service of the Gov ernor's Troop, Pennsylvania Volun teer Cavalry, was creditable to the organization during this conflict. The troop reported at Mount Gretna on April 28, and was mus tered into the United Stales service on May 13 as "The Governor's Troop, Pennsylvania Volunter Cav alry." It was held there until early In July when it was ordered to go to the camp of the Second Army Corps in Fairfax county, Va. Arriv ing at Camp Alger, Va., on July 27, it went .from there to Newport News, Va., on July 23. Transport was taken for Porto Rico on August 5. The troop arrived there five days later and landed on the following day. The troop was on the island for .iusi a little over one month, taking transport on the Mississippi from Ponce for New York City on Sep tember 3. The men were furloughed at Harrisburg on September 12 to November 11, when it was mustered out of the United States service fater serving almost seven months. Frederick M. Ott was captain of the unit during the Spanish-Amer ican War with John M. Major as flrst. lieutenant and Edwin A. Nlco demus as second lieutenant. The troop was reorganized as the Gov ernor's Troop of the National Guard of Pennsylvania on January 31, 1 f>99. The Second Troon During Its absence from the Unit ed states, a second Governor's Troop had been organized. The organiza tion meeting took place on July 21. 1598, with Charles P. Meek, captain; S. Frank Westen, first lieutenant, and Joseph J. Weaver, second lieu tenant. On the return from active service of the original troop, Captain Ott was re-elected and Captain Meek made a flrst lieutenant. The Governor's Troop has had an existence marked by many endeav ors that have brought much honor to it. It took prominent parts in many public evertts in Pennsylva nia and other states, and no celebra tion in Harrisburg was complete without the presence of the Gov ernor's Troop. In addition to nu merous festive events in which it participated, it took a prominent pari in quieting numerous disturb-' JULY 23, 1918. nnceß. labor and others, in the state. In iifle matches, the troop has been active and has taken numerous prizes. Organized in 1888, the troop has had but five captains. Harman A. Perkins, the captain at the time of the organization of the unit, served from February 18, 1888, to May 8, 1891. Frederick M. Ott served from June 5, 1891, to May 12, 1910; Charles P. Meek (Second Governor's Troop), July 21, 1898, to January 31, 1899 George C. Jack. May 28, 1910, to 1917; George W. H. Roberts, 1917. On Mexican Duty George C. Jack was the captain of the unit when it was called to go into the United States service during the trouble with Mexico in 1916. He served as the head of the troop, then known as Troop C, First Penn sylvania Cavalry, during its eight months' service there. After the muster out, Captain Jack was transferred to the Ordnance Depart ment. He was succeeded by George W. H. Roberts. Captain Roberts was the head of The Best Time To Buy 1 here s a best time to buy everything; its when prices are as low as they can be and are sure to be higher later on. That's the clothing situation; we'll have plenty of good clothes this time next year, but they'll cost a little more. If you need good clothes, you can save by getting yours no,v. This is the Harrisburg Home of HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX and SOCIETY BRAND ALL WOOL CLOTHES H. Marks Son Fourth and Market "The Daylight Clothing Store" the unit when it again donned the United States colors in 1917 after the declaration of war on the Ger man hordes. Roberts headed the unit as the First Pennsylvania Cav alry when it went to Mount Gretna then and was afterwards transferred to Camp Hancock. The other two commissioned offi cer*. of the troop at the time it was mustered into the United States serv ice were First Lieutenant Charles A. Kline and Second Lieutenant George Shoemaker. When the reorganiza tion of the National Guard came, most of the men were transferred to flatteries K and F, One Hundred and Eighth Field Artillery, while a few of them went into the Motor Me chanics Train. Captain Roberts ia now serving as captain of the Supply Company of the One Hundred and Eighth Field Artillery in France. First Lieuten ant Charles A. Kline is in the United States Guards, National Army, at Wilmington, Del. Captain Nico | demus, long an officer of the Gov ernor's Troop, is now a captain on I the Headquarters Staff of the Twen ty-eighth Division. 3
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