The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-25
TIE BOYS In BLUE.
ANNUAL INSPECTION OF THE PO-
LICE AND FiREMEN.
An Imposing Turnout Of H'ch"o"d'
Gallant NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." '"h-
,,,i,, M tbc Torce.-tttractisc Pa
Tho 4 Inc Of March -Ennnuct.

cit, than Richmond told TINES reporter
thai he never saw finer body of men on
/ apparatus in such superb condition.
4 BEAUTIFUL DAY.
The prophecy Of the weather bureau iha'
| YESTERDAY would be- fair day proved true.
| The forenoon Wa- cloudy and WINDY. hui
There wa. DO sign IN the clouds ~ ram
About o'clock the clouds began 10 dl-lrr>c
and hv2 O'Clock the skies were clear and the
s,u VA. shining oui brightly. The chilly
wind had di~sipAied the mad which the
of ,he pre-, iou- day had created. thus result
ine i'm the streets being IN goI condition
| for marching
There were on The street
CROWDS on LADIES AND CHILDREN.
as many. if mol more. than usually assem-
| hle to see circus parade. which generally
draws more people than any other process
sion.
GATHERING OF THE FINEST.
BEFORE 2 O'Clock the police of each Of tbe
three districts assembled nj their respective
stations and marched 10 Broad street, where
they formed in line between Ninth ana
Tenth The hrcncn and the apparatus ~
charge Of the ~iaiion-mcn were also ON
hand before 3 o'clock. the hour appointed
for the inspection. The ire apparatus was
RANGED i'm line on Broad street. between >cN-
cnih and Ninth.
THr INSPECTION.
II was nearly $3.50 o'clock when the IN
spcctiou began The police were formed ~
line facing the south. the hrcmcn were
formed i'm line facing The North. Captain
Epp~ and his four ~crgeanis stood IN IRON,
of ,hn men Of district No. .. Captain Angie
and his four scrgcant~ stood IN 'front.' ~ the
men ofd.irict No. >. Captain peasants. "i
district No. I. having only recently recovered
| from severe illness. and not beng pnssi-
callv able 10 stand the fatigue Of the long
march. was not present. senior sergeant
of tbe district Is. /. Howard. acted ~ cap
tain. and with the other three sergeani'
stood i'm front OF the men Of the FIRST dis
| trict.
The frcmcn ou tbo south side Of the street
were ranged in line. the captain oi cach
company being IN front Of his men.
The two columns of men. policemen ana
fremen. facing each other from olpg-iF
sides of the Roadway. and the crowd oi I'M
terosted spectators at edch end ol lhr wv"
HOLLOW SQUARE.
in the centre of which stood the Board of
| Fire commissioners. the Board Of Police
Commissioners. the Chief OF the Ere De
pqfiincni. his assistants, and other olhciai. =
Major Poe chief Of police: Mr. Edgar H.
White. clerk Of the Police Board ana fo-
&.
member of the force becal-c hc He-t~>e- ihr
fines ON the ,iolators of the lIw which the
yisilant police pick up night ana day.
which fines assist i'm n0 immaieral decree
towards supporting tae Ppilf' establish
lmrnt. The full list of the
roIIcE COMMISSIONERS
are Ale--r-. l.. &. Fig. of Jefferson ward;
.lo~cph l.. Iauhe. of Monroe ward. 4. e..
/ Kosher. Of Madison ward, i. e. Welsh. ~
Marshall ward: j. Frank Jacob. Of Clay
ward. and j. W. H.yerid-c. of Jackson
ward. Mr.. Welsh and Mr. RrNerid-c. from
unavoidable reasons. were unable 90 'e
/ present.
IHT FIRE CoNNl~~IoNEEs
were all present. They are Mc--r-. j. H..
Freischkorn. ofJchpr-ou ward. president of
the board: Norman y. Randolph. ot Jack
son ward tico-pre- ideat; v. \. Boswell
of Marshall ward: Charlie !. TAYLOR. Of
Madison ward Joseph J.. Levy" Marshall
ward. and John j. King. OF Clay ward.
THE FIRST BODY INSPECTED
wor. the police. The Mayor. cr-oWc.o
chairman 81 the Board of Police 'ommi--
-ionor~. took Tine am OF Major Poo. and
thev went in front. The four members
off the hoard followed Police Justice
/ Crtchficld and Clerk l.. y. White. lh.n
came The Fire Commissioners. lhen lhc
officer, of the Fire Department. The,
passed MP and down the line according To
regulations.
JuE IHFNEN
were next inspected. This time ihc MAYOR
lcd. ON the arm oi Chief Fuller with ihc
Board of Fire Commissioners unAi. aud ihc
assistant chiefs and other officers Of ihr
Firo Department. They were followed hl
fine Police Commissioners. Police Justice
Cruichiicld and Clerk White.
After the men had been Inspected. Oh"
two Boards of commissioners proceeded up
the street 90 seventh and Inspected ihe lire
apparatus. Returnin-. the parade hc1an'
TIE LINE Or MARCH
was down Broad street 90 Nineteenth.
thence 10 Main. mp Main t0 tiiih. thence Co
Franklin. uui Franklin 10 >Aaier- ihence %
Grace. down Grace t0 First into Broad.
and down Broad 90 the starting point.
TIE COLUMN
was formed in the following order:
Chief of Police Poe. with Officers Lamp
Kin. James. and Clinely. as aides on horse
back.
NOelkcr'- band.
Police of the Third district. commanded
bN Captain CHARLES II. INp-.
Police of the second district. commanded
by Captain James u. Angle.
Police of tie First district. commanded hl
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