SOME OF OUR MEN WHO DIED WHILE SERVING THE FLAG
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LIEUT. K. E. JOHNSTON
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MAJOR REX FORD M. G RASPY
LIEUT. JAMES GAULT ELDER
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GREAT DRIVE FOR
SERVICE FUNDS
Harrisburg District Wont.Over
Top When Organizations
United For Drive
Harrisburg organizations combin
ed in an efficient manner to easily
oversubscribe the city's quota in the
United War Work Campaign. Creeds
were forgotten by all and every one
combined for the sole purpose of
raising the money asked of the city
for the carrying on the work of the
various organizations.
Asked the people to raise $ ISO,OOO
in this campaign last fall, the city
went ahead and oversubscribed this
amount by $22,000. tho total sub
scription being approximately $202,-
000.
Harrisburg people were promi
nent; not a!oo in tho city and dis
trict work, but in the work of the
slate campaign.
Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert and J.
R. Carrtithers served on the execu
tive committee, while H. J. Schmidt
was on the executive staff.
In the Harrisburg district, E. J.
Stackpole was chairman; Mrs. Wil
liam Jennings, vice-chairman; A.
H. Dtnsmore, secretary; William
Jennings treasurer. v
ether Harrisburg people on the
district committee were Robert B.
Reeves, J. William Cowman, David
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C. EDWARD WEITMYER
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LIEUT. DAVID J. HOFFERT
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FRENCH AS SHE
WAS SPOKE
Scene—Any French village
Time—During the O. D, occu
pation of France.
"Lo, Buddie; haryuh?"
"Twa bearrs in a meskit." Et
voo?"
"Seece beans."
"So bo as that. Tray bo, boo
cou bo. Oh, boy!"
"Ah! b'joor ma'selle."
"Some bright eyes, nes pah?"
"Wee-wee, wee-wee. Yuh
sea'er."
"800-eou, konyak pour dry
soldat, Marie?"
"Oui, m'seurs."
Business of hiking into the
cafe.
"Merei, Americaines."
"SOME class, eh. bunkie?"
"Yeah brudder, if they'd this
back in thuh States, boy!
Howdy!"
'S'long, ole timer."
"S'long, see yuk swa?"
E. Tracy, David Kaufman, Dr.
Thomas L. Montgomery and J. W.
Rodenhaver, Harrisburg, furnished
a goodly share of chairmen of the
various district committees. In
cluded were George S. Reinoehl, J.
K. Bowman. Dr. J. George Beeht,
Miss Alice R. Eaton and C. Lawr
ence Sheplcy.
Because of the illness of Robert
B. Reeves, general secretary of the
local Y. M. C. A. who had been
named campaign manager. A. H.
Dtnsmore was named assistant cam
paign manager and was lrgely in
charge of the d/rection of the work.
David E. Tracy was chairman of
the Harrisburg Executive Commit
tee and E. R. Eckcnrode, secretary.
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CORP. W. S. NOGGLE
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GEORGE D. UMHOLTZ
K. (H?VGAVE
GENEROUSLY
Over-subscribed First Quota
nnd United For Sec
ond Drive
The record of the Knights of Co
lumbus In Harrisburg in various war
activities, was a bright one.
In every war campaign they were
active. In the Knights of Columbus
war work campaign. In which city
members were asked to raise a quota
of $25,000, they oversubscribed this
amount by twenty-flve per cent,
their total subscriptions" In the coun
try being $34,100,000.
Officials of the executive committee
in charge of the campaign in this
city included D. E. Tracy, chairman;
J. W. Rodenhaver, district deputy;
P. A. Kennedy, secretary, and J.
Grant Schwarz, treasurer. In the
second campaign they united for the
United War Work Campaign with
other war organizations.
"Y" Recruiting Here
Took Many to France
Harrisburg furnished a goodly
share of men and women to actively
carry on the good work of the Y.
C. A. among the American forces,
both in this and in foreign Countries.
Between 20 and 30 men and
women were sent out from Harris
burg and immediate territory for this
work, Many of them volunteered
early in the war, but many others
went during a recruiting campaign,
conducted in this and other cities, to
secure active Y. M. C. A. workers.
Officials and members of the sev
eral Y. M. C. A. branches of the city
were active In the direction of this
campaign and in. its being carried
to a successful conclusion in this
city.
J. William Bowman wns chairman
and Flavel L. Wright, secretary, of
this committee. Others Included on
it were Robert B. Reeves, Ross A.
Hlckok, Henry B. McCormick, Arthur
D. Bacon. W. D. B. Ainey, William
P. starkey, Dr. J. George Becht.
Frank H. Gregory, Dean Hoffman.
O. M. Rtetnmetz, J. B. Carruthors,
E. .T. Stackpole. the Rev. Lewis S.
Mudge. A. H. Dtnsmore. the Rev.
Robert Bagnell. the Rev. W. A. Han
son. Arthur E. Brown, Emerson Col
lins, C. A. EUenberger and Dr. F. E.
Downca.
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LIEUTENANT COLONE L FRANK E. ZIKGLER
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AMOS C. REESE ISAAC COHEN A. S. HARTMAN
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THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE HARRISBURG MEN WHO
DIED OR WERE KILLED IN THE SERVICE, BUT THEY SHOW
THE TYPE OF YOUNG MANHOOD THAT MADE THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
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VOLUNTEERS OF I
CITY RUSHED TO
COUNTRY'S HELP
First Call to Arms Found Hun
dreds of Young Men Ready
For the Fray
The volunteer soldier from Har
rlsburg was a decided factor In the
Anal settling- up that this country
had with Mad William. And In
sending forth her sons as volun
teers, Harrisburg made an enviable
record.
Harrisburg sent out so many vol
unteers at the first call for fighters
th the first two draft calls did not
taße one single man from this city.
And In thts supreme record she
stood alone- in all the United States.
In fact, there is not. to the knowl
edge of the writer, another com
munity which was passed, even
once, in the call for conscripted sol
diers. But Harrisburg was twice
excused from the call because of the
number of volunteers from the dis
trict.
Tho Regular Army Is made up of
volunteer fighters. Of the Regular
Army divisions, there were twenty
formed and seven of these saw serv
ice in Franco. Of course, they
were largely filled up with National
Army and possibly some National
Guardsmen, but the basts of tho j
Regulars was always the volunteer.
Tho first five Regular divisions made
an enviable record for themselves
in France, the first two especially, j
as the first two divisions in France j
were the most efficient shock troops !
of the American Army.
Guard's Big Record
But the volunteers were not con- ]
fined to the Regular Army, by a I
great deal. The National Army pro- j
duced a remarkable fighting army, |
which. In the performance of Its du- !
ties, in the fire with which It at- j
tacked, showed Itself to be inferior i
to none of the famous Boche j
sturmtruppen. The Guard also j
was adulterated wfth a sprinkling of
National Army men, and some of!
the Regular Army. Taken by and I
large, however, the National Guard, j
composed of volunteer units, ac-!
quitted itself better than at any;
time in its history. Take our own I
Twerrty-eglith Division. Cited in |
army, corps and brigade orders at j
several different and distinct times, I
the Twenty-eighth Division at all j
times conducted itself in a manner j
calculated to bring pride to every j
member of the organisation. Given
a most important sector in the at-;
tack of the middle of July, when;
the Boche tried for the last time to ;
break through and found their at-!
tack turned into defeat, the Iron j
Division acted like a band of sea
soned fighters, instead of an organi
zation in the front line for the first
time.
The accomplishments of the;
Twenty-eighth, the Keystone Dlvt- j
sion, arb by this time well known
to every reader of the newspapers. I
Practically decimated several times, i
they still held on. and, with a hand-1
ful of officers and men. fought their ;
way every time until their objectives !
were reached, and then had to be j
restrained from overrunning the
stopping places. And this was a
vo'unteer division.
The Navy, of course, did not have j
to resort to conscription. Already I
In better shape than the Army to:
enter a war, the Navy began a con- j
THE K. OF C. DID
GREAT WAR WORK
THE Knights of Columbus did
a great war work both in
Harrisburg and for the
cause in general. The local
branch of the order threw open
its rooms as a headquarters for
soldiers and nothing was too
good for the men who applied
there. Many were assisted in
various ways, good entertain
ment was provided and when the
boys began to come homo from
the front a place was provided
where they might go and apply
for work. A paid secretary was
maintained to look after their
wants and to see to it that all
visitors had a good tijne.
In addition to the local work
large amounts of money were
raised here for the promotion of
the work in the training camps
and in France. The local Sec
retary, assisted by many volun
teers, went to Carlisle repeatedly
and gave entertainments for the
sick and wounded soldiers there
and to the camps at New Cum
berland and Middletown, extend
ing invitations to entertainments
if the city and seeing to it that
the men got to and from those
places when the programs for
their benefit were, given here. All
in ail the K. of C. in Harrisburg
rendered a service that matches
up tjery well with the splendid
record of the organization wher
ever it was active during the war.
; cent rated recruiting drive, and Im
! mediately the boys from this sec
j tion began to appear in the blue of
j the sea fighters. The record of Har
| rlsburg on transport and freighter,
| destroyer and battle cruiser, aubma
j rino and subchaser, will always be
| regarded with the greatest pride.
| Harrisburg men responded to the
| call of the sea and wore there when
i it came to "takin' 'cm across, feedln'
j 'em while they were there and
| brlngin' 'em back." Many died in
i this service, one of tho most exact
| ing of all the armed forces of the
| country.
In >lany I tranches
Naval and Army aviation* were
j well represented in the number of
i Harrisburg men who became the
eyes of the soldiers and sailors.
; The record of the naval aviators in
| patrolling the North Sea, bombing
I submarines, iconvoying transports
j into and out of port, fighting Roche
i patrol planes and doing many other
] arduous duties will never be fully
appreciated. In the same way, the
: fighting flyers of the Army, who
I spent their time in keeping the
, Beche observation ships away from
j our lines, in attacking the single
| seater Fokkers who were out for
the same reason on their side, in
bombing railway Junctions, march
ing troops and front-line trenches,
did a work which was of Inestimable
! value. Harrisburg men did this sort
1 of work, reflecting credit on them
selves and their city.
The Marine Corps is an absolutely
| volunteer organization. It is not
i known how many marines there
j are in Harrisburg, but It is a not
I inconsiderable amount. About the
j marines it is unnecessary to speak,
j Their press agents told what they
i did before the censor would let
■ anything else come over tho wire.
I Harrisburg aent hundreds of will
| ing fighters into the service, who
; jumped at the first call and were
j enrolled. All honor to them!
RORERT A. B^Ui
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JOHN C. PEFFER
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EARL MARTIN
SELECTIVE MEN
MADE GOOD IN
MANY BATTLES
Splendid Records Made bv
Harrisburg Soldiers Wher
ever Called to Serve
As the "doughboys" were the
backbone of the combat divisions
so were the selective service men
the gfeat bulk of the army, and
more than 1,500 of them sallied
forth from the city. Continuing the
figure of speech it is evident that
the drafted men of Harrisburg com
posed no small vertebrae of that
stiff-backed fighting force which
swept the Hun from Prance.
The valiant service the drafted
man performed in "this man's i
army" needs no rehashing for ev- '
oryone is familiar with the work :
they accomplished in the lighting '
lines, behind the front and in the !
camps of America. It was well and '
ably done as has been attested by I
many divisional and special duty
corps commanders.
AVhile the lot of all in the army I
was tough, tlint of the drafted man i
was usually a little tougher even
tliqn that. Compared with the Reg
ular and State Guard units, he was
ignorant of army training, while
they at least knew the rudiments
and had a chance to develop a fond
ness for it. Selective service men
were taken from civilian life, usu
ally in small groups, sent to camp
and there scattered throughout a
division of 40,000 men. Guardsmen
had their own little group of
friends, whp stuck together through
thick and thin, could chat together
about mutual acquaintances "back
there" while trying to thaw out their
shins around a dugout fire and other
connections which bound them more
closely to home.
The majority of drafted men were
shifted and shunted so far around
through a division that they rarely
ever saw an acquaintance. Of
course iftw bunktes are quickly
found in the army, but there were
periods on the other side, particu
larly when the "homesickness blues"
were jazzing into an unwelcome
chord that the desire to chat of the
old loafing and stamping grounds
lind to go unnppeascd because of no
one arofind familiar with them. And
altogether a chat with a bird who
only had gone through your old
town on a train was worth as much
as a "three dayer in Paris."
And that the drafted men from
Harrisburg did get shifted through
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N. G. P. HAD BIG
PART IN SERVICE
THE story of the big part the
National Guard had in Har
risburg's war activities is
told in the number of units that
went out from this city. The list
of these Is as follows:
Company r>, Eighth Regiment.
Company I, Eighth Regiment.
Headquarters Company, Eighth
Regiment.
Supply Company, including
hand, afterward 10th Pioneer In
fantry Band.
Machine Gun Company, Eighth
Regiment.
Troop C. First Pennsylvania
Cavalry (Governor's Troop).
the army is shown by the wide
variety of divisional insignias on the
left shoulders of the boys in the pa
rade to-day.
/ Ranging all the way from the "1"
on those of the first to the Buffalo
of the Ninety-second, down through
headqunrters, corps and special
duty outfits, hardly a one was miss
ing.
Ilarrißburg drafted men bucked
the Hun from the Marne to the
Rhine. The great bulk of them were
enrolled in the Seventy-ninth and
Eightieth divisions, nearly equally
divided as shown by the "Croix de
la Lorraine" and "the Blue Moun
tain." The artillery brigade of the
Ninety-second division (colored)was
composed principally of colored boys
from this city and scattered through
many of the other divisions were
a large number of Ilarrisburgers.
Taken as a whole the variety of
service they saw naturally was un
limited. It is safe to say that there
was not a major or minor engage
ment after July, 1918, that did not
haye at least one Harrisburger do
ing bis utmost against the Hun.
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CAPT. HARRIS IX BtTCKWALTEE
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LOUIS E. HOUSEAL
TELEGRAPH'S WAE
WEEKLY POPULAR
Carried News - Every Weei
So .That It Could Be En
closed in Soldiers' Letters
The Harrisburg Telegraph per
formed a service to the men In th'
camps and the fields by keeplni
them In close touch with their horn'
stations. Not only were hundred;
of copies sent out dally, but becaus.
newspaper mall was often very sloii
In reaching Its destination the Tele
graph pot out what it colled a "Wn.
Weekly,'" published each Saturda;
fn double column form, summini
up In paragraph, form all the new
of Harrisburg and vicinity and suit
ed for clipping purposes. Thou
sands upon thousands of these "Waj
Weeklies" v.-ere snipped out, ea
closed In letters to soldiers and wcp
read nil over France and thrqughou
the twining camps.
"The Telegraph hit upon a gooi
(lea and the soldiers like It," wroh
one soldier of the War Weekly. "I
keeps us In touch with home am
-very time I get a letter I am prrtt:
sure to find therein a "Weekly
•■vltb a lot of stuff that Mother wouh
not think to write, but in which
am much interested. I pass it aloni
through the company and ,lt Is al
worn out before I get It back, 1
aver I do."
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