New Orleans Republican., 1873-03-05
OUR FIREMEN's GALA DAt
PARADE OF THE DEPARTMENT
4 ASANT' DIS PLA Y
l.E.S'r IN THE WORLD

f, tent On inspt cling tn. weather. 70: the time
! ignoring Old Probabilities. ThTee-fourihs
| OF our citizens were interested IN seeing q
! fine day, becaus" our Ire department was
| to celebrate its th!r'y-s!Xth anniversary
a LEGAL holiday. Few of our readers are
unacguainted with the peculiar,.ies of
this eventtu! anniversary. therefore little
need be said in explanation.
! \: an early h"ur :Temen in Neat uniforms
were visible in every portion of New or
leans and suburbs. a little later and the
| clans began to centre towar;. Canal street.
Immense numbers OF peopl" naturally
| drifted toward Clay .tatur. kai;ina in that
neighborhood 70 see the sights.
| Citizens and visitors mingled freely. for
! the time forget ing socia! inequalities.
There was a leyc!iDg Of caste. Il iorgetfUl,
ness Of political; differences. which were
really refreshing to one who looked on
Will. d eritica! eye.
i was arranged for the companies 20
! start on the march at ten o'clock. but that
| hour proved 100 early. "a mos: of the OF
| gani2ation. were unable TO reach Canal
street at tha. date. and when they did ar
rive some unlocked fo. inc. Ken; pveyen ted
a forward movement.
Finally when AZ was ready, Mr.. I. "
| MARKS. President ut the Framcu's Renc
, yo!cn. Association, and his aids. all tnei :,
mcuEted. lei. the neutral ground at the
! corner OF Cana! AMI Camp street.. startin :
, down Royal street. admire! - a.. w!.p Y il
messed the pretty eight.
TIE foIiow.ngi. tie order IN wh."'. H..
first portion of the programme was :c..usd
Grand Marshal--i. n N4rk-.
.ilds-John Mccatfrey. vic" president; e.
e. Flanagan secretary: A. papre'non ont
! treasurer; James IL. WIngti"!d. ex-.hlef en-
giEeer: PhIlii, NcGahe. eX-.h!ct engineer;
Alfred BellangaT. eX &hie! en- ue"r: heorge
IL. B.aughn. "s4"ic" pcCsi!-ns; L. ) 'heItr'
mann. Volunteer No. !; e. Taylor (: 50. he.
Mississippi No. :: Peter Lett"!lIe". |!gIlant
No..'. Pal: Hoffman. Columbia ~ >: Leon
iamoJhr, N..hauics' No. =. Alph Wall
Eagle M. Joh. Graycr. PhaniN No. 8
) 1. pe.ti. rev, Creol, No. 2: lheodui'
ta..s.... Louisiana No. 10. Peter Ic
! Mahou, Ia. Ferry. ~, J.; +. HcElrny
Perseverance, No. !3: W. b. klempetor
. PAl:adeiph., ~. II; Harry Wilde. jackson
No. IS: Theo II. Bgooe. Washington No
20. John U.!:rich. 0riean, No. q: Pete.
! Kaiser, jefferson No. -. George I"tzmanD
CAalmet.e NJ. -. I'd. l.. Ivy. Cre.o"n'
No. "A: John &. Rogers, Louisiana Hose. {
: Staiberger, LAFAYETTE Hook a2! l.tddei
No. !. William +. Bulg-r. American HCol
and Ladder No. :: II. -. Tracy. Hope Hoof
! and Ladder No. 2; Z. \. M..ntvre. Pelican
Hook and Ladder. NJ. 4; Charles Eve!
! shade. Milneburg No. /; Jean neith4n, TX
",u'; Society No. -; ilenTy Munster. 4.N
emp: Society No. -.
Th.se gentlemen Represented! :h;r'" ."ul
sHparate organizations.
! After this came that old rtEahi. ecnl
rany. Volunteer No. I. with rs sturdy
looking steamer. the long lin" ~ member:
dressed in black ard red. Tie machine
was nea.!: arI.ng.! 10. display. Az! "a:
much admired.
Pelican M. 4! Of A!:ie.s. h.,d 'n"!1r
IL .i- t. splendid appearance. ~! NE INA
chino hor. "r!dcurs TIA. every one o! .ht
large number of U,sD or III" ropes hat
! taken AZ ;n:er"s: il. IL" pr".rTs:."ns.
Brooklyn so. :. o! .iig."-.. retain. Ii.
horns Oh -. hand machine. ANA looked Us j
fully prepared. 20 maintain that -'sn' i; Vic
tory. in. III. .:bers turned "u: >trca@l Y
a'G Ar. a ,ro in,a:n. body of man.
Thrn :ol"s.h Washington Hook ans
r,d,cr ,,.., from, ,,,;or. viii. i ere.
! nan. Der q. men y: II" ropes. an; the ;rnci
:,.,,a,fy he,as.,n. p. y.l =. ..-y;.eah,..
n,.;i ,.o.,... :. u .,a .,o;n. from
c..,ns W.. ro. : 10 least il ..rpen,arce
Men and ul.ctl.u" Ire effective. an! do:b!
i,-. or. u.i.hi,u!~ :.... .;:.A: prize III t.,
,.Dnvauy.
Now comes -" .s.,:d division. heade1
hy Cai.s En:n..r Tom n'Conuor and hi
assistants. Nrs.r-. ". y. Mann..g. F.'an nb
Heron. + ScIe;s.r: and =. Schneider. al
!ook!n. A. manly - I'n ,ar look.
| Ou. ueighoors from n,lneburg. neatl,
uniformed. drew a sol ham! engine. tht
;,ide .. the lake shore.
i.atay.:.e Hoo, ant; Ladder Comran,
No. !. with uniform: .: black and blue
never. in all its MANY wears o! active .X
perienc.. looked better. It, truck was a
.idy a. could be, the long ladders al. IL pre-
.;.e position. elegantly painted.
; Folio'.in. w.s Mississippi: No :. "h'
need no rra-. from any :oI.::. Tom No
Intyrc. a. foreman. k-p: everything il
su!ep,id order, while N.ssra l.. \. Burl. e
II. J. Price, T. Bel. ". J. Hart, j. Yos'
and dozens Of others. stood III equal to tn
occasion. The company turned "'.: strong
an! the steamer Lady E'assy i..' ':ot los
anv ut It's old glory. Mar - -" o!1 eN
.lrr:s attended.
\iy;iant Steam ..ngirr Cpniany NJ.