El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-21
NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT RULES.
Prepared With Pepper and Spice by the
City Clerk and the Boys.

City Clerk and the Boys.
Following may be found set of rules
prepared after several all-night intel
lectual wrastles by the city clerk and
the boys at the city hall. The result
of their Observation-Disclosures is served
up hot for the delectation of the fire
men:
The chief, or one of the assistant
chiefs, either or all of them shall visit
headquarters at least three times day
during the week, and six times on
Sunday, and see that the paid men are
at their posts and chewing the rag pro-
perly.
1.-THE firemen of the several com
panies are required to visit headquar-
tiers daily and see that the drivers of
their respective companies are supplied
with booze according to their capacity
for the same.
III-The engineer and tillerman are
required to rustic their own booze from
strangers and such citizens as they may
be able to rubber neck.
IN-No member of this department
will be allowed to sleep more than
twenty three hours out of the twenty
granted by the board of fire directors
and sanctioned by the city council.
V-Any member of this department
who shall knowingly and with malice
of aforethought drop burnt matches,
cigarettes or cigar stubbs down the
back of the chiefs neck will be imme
diately lacked up and demonstrated
with by the president Of the depart
ment the first and second assistant
chiefs, and the foreman of his company:
provided, however, this rule shall not
prohibit the mem bers from having
any legitimate fun with the said
chief.
Won the daily visits of the chief,
the paid'men shall line up on the side
walk in front of headquarters and
masticate the linen furiously until
chased off by the police of the city.
VII-Visitors TO headquarters must
be treated cOntemptuously and given
to understand that the fire department
owns the earth. No violation of this
rule will be tolerated.
NIII-The jauitor and extra man will
be required to make up the beds used by
the members, sweep the bed rooms,
truck rooms, clean the stables and
harnesses, groom, feed and exercise
the horses before a. m, each day.
During the rest of the day, he shall
clean the bright works on the engine
and other apparatus. He is also re-
quired to wash his feet three times
day and carry cigarette papers, tobacco
AID matches for the use of the other
members. The janitor when address
ing any OF the paid men, shall address
them by their official titles as follows:
The engineer as Nibsey, the tillerman
as'Weary, the engine driver as Sleepy,
the hose wagon driver as Fatty, the
truck driver as SOaker.
IX-The uniforms of all the paid men
shall be as follows: Engineer, black
brocaded silk, melon pink bodice COW
I I, A
of cut steel, high neck, skirt en- traine.
Tillerman, black brocaded silk, pink
and silver striped, cut a la princesse,
duchesse lace bertha aud diamonds.
Drivers, cream colored satin, brocaded
in pink and green, garnitured with
pink and cream roses and point lace,
decolette, diamonds and pearls. JAM
tor, paper collar, red neck tie and his
own somb re thoughts. These uniforms
shall be worn at all times, and espec-
tally at fires in rainy and disagreeable
weather.
X-Any member of this department
who may be found associating with the
city jailOr or any policeman shall be
deemed guilty of misconduct, and upon
conviction shall be fined the drinks for
the gang. This rule, however, shall
not prohibit the engineer and tiller
man from rubber necking said jailor
and policemen for drinks.
XI-Under no circumstances will
persons not connected with this de-
partment be allowed to rubber neck in
or about headquarters, that privilege
being accorded to the engineer and
tillerman only.
The following rules have been drawn
up for the veal or woe of the volun-
teer firemen of the Ell Peso fire depart
ment.
al vCluotanr frapaD ora ra
CURED to carry copy of these rules
pasted cOnspicuOusly in his hat or cap,
as the case may be: and when the fire
alarm is rung at headquarters. he shall
Immediately proceed to read said rules
that he may avoid any violation of the
same.
Thereafter, members of this
department are ordered to address
the officers and paid men in writing
only: as it is deemed undignifed for
officers or paid men to be seen asso-
ciating with common firemen.
III Any member of this depart
ment found lettering about headquar-
tiers without good and sufficient excuse
shall be rubber necked by the engineer
and tillerman.
" Any volunteer fireman having
business and entering headquarters
will be requested to take off his hat
and shoes, also to remove his quid of
tobacco, and lay them on the janitor's
bed until such time as his business has
been transacted, and he is ready to
leave.
V No volunteer fireman will be
allowed to kick if the paid men of the
department all see fit to use his hat for
2 cuspidOre during his visit to head
quarters. Any violation of this rule
shall render the offender liable to be
rubber necked by the engineer and