The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-31

men or squads as hose and nozzle men,
with two SergeantS and two corporalS for
each designation, thus being certain TO
insure at least one non-comIniss1oned Of
ficer with each squad of men at all times.
The hose men will cut off the hose in
lengths sufficient to reach all sides of the
fire and connect with the hydrant and
open the valve when all is ready; the
nozzle men will carry the nose to the
point of best delivery and play on the
hre. These companies will be held re-
sponsible that their hose and carts. span
ners, nozzles and hydrant wrenchas are
always where they belong and ready for
any emergency.
Sixth-Companies D and G. will be
equipped with axes and buckets and will
be known as the axe and bucket com
panies. AT the alarm of fire they will
fall in with their equipments and proceed
on the run to the fire and there held n
ranks at ease, awaiting orders.
Seventh-Company A, B, H and the band
VIII be known as the salvage corps. At
the alarm of fire they will form and pro-
ceed 10 the fire on the run, and upon ar
rival will be held in ranks at ease await
ing orders.
They will be under the orders of the
senior officer of the organizations COM
priZing the corps. The duties of this corps
are to remove property from burning or
endangered buildings, carry it to places CT
safety, placing Waterman over it until
the arrival of the guard. But very small
number of the men comprising TINS corps
could be utilized at one time, but those
not needed must be kept in ranks subject
to call. Most of them will. in all proba-
bility, be required to relieve exhausted
men before the fire is over, at all events
they must be kept in ranks. The officer
in charge of the salvage corps will con-
suit with the officer whose property is
endangered, if it is private property, or
if it is a store house, with the staff officer
of that department, as they will be able
to locate property most desirable to save.
Eich he tirct hat tal &c 10
battalion in the post and fire call goes,
the organizations are assigned and will
act as follows: Company A, salvage
corps, company D, axe and bucket corps,
Company p, hook and ladder corps, Com
pany F, hose care, band, hose cart CC's)
If the Second battalion is the only bat
talon in the post and the fire call goes,
the organizations are assigned and Will
act as follows: Company B, hook and
ladder. Company c, hose cart. Company G.
axe and buckets, Company H, salvage
corps, band, hose cart F's.)
Ninth-At the alarm of fire the guard
will be paraded and it's commandant Will
send one relief under it's non-conmission-
ed officer to report to the officer in charge
at the fire. The remainder will be dis
missed unless orders to the contrary are
given.
Tenth-In case of fire in or near the
stables all the animals therein, public and
private, will be at once turned out.
Eleventh-The quartermaster will fur
band with a map of the post, showing the
location of every fire plug and hydrant.
Twelfth.-The senior officer present at a
fire will take control and the attention Of
all is called to the fact that each and
every organization is required to keep
its unoccupied men in ranks and at ease
the object of this is twofold; it keeps the
excitement down to the lowest point by
preventing unnecessary confusion or talk
and multiplicity of orders and the mob
like running about without any well de-
fined object in view, so often seen at fires,
and inSureS the prompt use of all men
needed, and just when they are needed,
too, by the officer in charge calling on
the officer in command of the nearest or
ganization for SO many non-commissioned
officers and men for such purpose If or
CARNATIONS are permitted to break up
there can be no control or management
of them-everybody would then be his own
fire marshal.
Thirteenth-The orderly musician and
provost sergeant will report at once to
the officer in charge at the fire.
Fourteenth-The post and regimental
non-commissioned staff will, at the alarm
Of fire, repair at once to their respective
officers and remain there until recall goes
it may be necessary to get out paulinS
CT other canvass for use at the fre-the
quartermaster sergeant will be there and
have the keys of the storeroom with him.
Fifteenth-The entire apparatus and
implements will be distinctly marked, in
Guiding buckets and axes. 1t is forbidden
to use any portion of it for any purpose
other than at fires or fire drills. The
guard will make arrests for violations of
this paragraph.
Sixteenth-There will be fire drills
monthly, which means water thrown on
the building supposed to be on fire-in-
Dictated by a camp color. BY order of
COLONEL THEAKER.
Signed) CHARLES P. GEORGE,
First Lieutenant and Adjutant, Six
teenth Infantry, Post Adjutant.
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