The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-02
OUR cHIEF RoNoRRD.
Yesterday He Received the OficaI Tokens OF
High Honors Conferred Upon Him.

/ Yesterday Chief A. c. Walden of the
| fire department of this city received let
| ter from England which pleased him very
much. 1t was from Mr.. Frank E. Stuart,
A. l.. Z. E, G. E., fire brigade electrician
and expert in fire photographers OF Twick-
enham, England. Accompanying the let
| ter was a certificate of honorary member
| ship in the Fire Brigades union of Great
Britain to which Mr.. Walden had been
| elected, ii compliment he very much
appreciates and one Wichita ought to be
proud of in view OF the fact that very few
American fire chiefs have been elected to
such an important position. Some time
ago Mr. Stuart of Twickeuham had heard
of Mr.. Walden and RELAXING his ability as
fire chief through mutual friend he
wrote to him for permission to propose his
name for honorary membership in the
Fire Brigades union of Great Britain.
Soon after Mr.. Walden went to the
national meeting OF the fire chiefs of this
country, of which he was vice president,
and there presented the name of Mr..
Stuart for honorary membership and
through his personal influence had him
elected. He Immediately notified Mr..
Stewart and the following is the latter
gentlemans letter:
TwICKENHAM, Eng. Nov. 10, 1892.
=. 6. Walden. Esq, Wichita, Kan.
DEAR SIR-IJ was with great pleasure
that | received your more than kind COM
munication of the-October; aud it has
gratified me exceedingly to become an
honorary member of the National Associa-
ton of Fire Engineers of the United
States of America. Ii ever | can be of any
use to them in any way, or write any
papers for them or you on the English
brigades please let me know. | suppose |
shall have an official lntimatlon OF the fact
from the secretary.
/ can now reciprocate the great honor
you have done me, and extend my hand i'll
fellowship across the ocean, and congratu.
late you on being unanimously elected an
honory member of the National Fire Brig
AIDES Union of Great Britain; the certif
cate of membership | send yon by register
ed post this day. The silver badge aud
official letter from our secretary will fol-
low in due course. / have sent you our
annual report and also drill book. | have
also sent you regularly our English Fire
and Water and hope you receive it. l
shall continue monthly to send you a
COPY.
Our Union is going to hold big demon
stration at the Agricultural hall, Ellington
London, next spring. / am on the COM
mittee and we shall send you an official in
vitation to all the fire associations in the
world and also one to your honorable body
gave Mr.. Beasley an English brass
helmet to send yon as present from
myself, in token Of the great esteem in
which l hold you as brother fireman. |
hope it will arrive in due course. | have
an American hat myself, which l often
wear at fires. and | consider them far bet
ter than our English helmets.
Perhaps it would not be too much to
suggest to you that the National associa-
ton should send an invitation to the
National Fire Brigades' union for their
body to visit the Chicago exhibition. No
doubt many individual members will 20
over; if so, they would like to feel sure OF
n hearty welcome from their brother fire.
men in the States. Our union will be
only too pleased TO make any of your high
officials honorary members of the union,
and we feel that it would cement the ties
OF brotherhood between fremen of all
nations if you would allow US to do So
and perhaps in return one or two of our
high officials would be only too glad TO
accept The same from your body. Our
honorable secretary, Horace S. Folher, for
one, told me he would esteem it great
honor to be an honorary member of your
association. l shall often write you, and |
send you anything of interest TO the fire |
service.
With every kind wish, and hoping some |
day to have the pleasure of meeting you,
believe me most sincerely yours,
FRANK Z. STUART.
Accompanying the letter was the hand
some gold badge OF the brigades' union, |
which Mr.. Walden is now wearing on the |
lapel of his coat. He has caused the GER
titicate of memb ership to be framed.