The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-13
rur FIRE BOYS.


To-day tho state iiromenu eohvens
ton sits in this city, aud the occasion
suegests few thoughts ~ appropriate
In connection Herewith. There Is no
association Of individuals on earth which
has for iis object more unseliish aud
aelfsacrilolng devotion 10 the good OF
Others than the association Of the un'
paid volunteer fire companies Of the
state, Ever ready TO respond 10 the
call 10 duty, the most terrible dangers
and appalling situations are faced un
Ainchingly High up amid smoke aud
flame the brave brennan Is found long
after all others have deserted, Content,
richly osntont, is he, if 10Y such risk he
rescues q living soul from death, q dog
or dollar from the burning The
most daring acta and perfect heroism II
found common virtue among the
brave men of whom we write and alter
duty Is paid, no poan Is sung, no trium'
phal arch erected, lorsooth, because the
hero is clerk, book keeper, or u
bcgrimod aud dusky mechanic, hard
handed workingman When soldiers,
tho bodocked and bedilgened creatures
Of gold lace and opaulettcs, to the
inspiring strains OF martial music,
with the pomp and circumstance Of
glorious war, leads in the heady charge,
the world resounds with his praise and
art and song conspire 10 send his name
ringing down the years to eternal glory,
bat when the brave fireman dies nobly
u, d terribly at the post OF duty, perhaps
his sorowing comrades will drape the
truck or hang immortels for day upon
the engine he loved so well, and there
il ends, No proud, glitterng shaft rises
over his tomb, to tell the future men
and women Of Gods noblost hero, whose
crisp and Scared remains rest beneath,
We rejoice that AT last the fire do
partmonts of Texas have combined "a
force that recognition to which they are
so richly entitled, The state asso-
citation, which conyencs here to-day, il
an evidence that hereafter thore is u
be union and that cohesiyeness il
the force, from which SO much go0c
comes to other organizations. Lac
our brave liromen remember that mer
are being educated TO respect thoi
heroism, to love the men who spring I,
the rescue of their loved ones, whei
danger in its most terrific form threat
ems; let them remember that the man
hood and worth of their different OF
CARNATIONS is fast coming to be nc
knowlodged, and that II better iutur
lies Immediately before, and that tn
new possibility is due alone to their owl
devotion TO duty.
Let them strive to attain higher dc
gree Of efficiency, Let no means b
neglected to secure this. Let no alarm
! sound upon an indifferent fireman
ear. No matter whether city council
| or boards of aldermen ignore the sol
> vice, let it be honestly and efficient
l paid all the same and the true rewar
> will be reaped in the satisfaction whic
, always comes through duty fully PEI
, formed.
We cordially welcome to Dallas tn
brave men from other towns and cite
who are present, and commend them +
the hosptable care of our oitiaeas, W
know our own hospitable tiremen vii
see to this nobly, but we would hay
Others, property holders and busines
men, the real benifciaries of the ser
vice, extend that recognition which ha
been won in u thousand scenes of dc
struction and death.
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