Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-12
WINNER OF The PRIZE FLAG
ENGINE COMPANY NO. CAPTURES
THE TROPHY.
Banner intended for Organization
Making Best Showing Finds Its
Owner-COmmittee Report.

Engine Company No 5, located on M
street between 32d and Potomac streets,
Georgetown, will have the honor of leading
the fire department brigade in the annual
parade and review next Thursday after
noon of the police and fire departments,
that company having been awarded the flag
offered by Commissioner mcfarland to the
company passing the best inspection.
As heretofore stated Mr. mcfarland,
who has immediate supervision of the fire
department, recently decided to offer
handsome American flag to that company
making the best showing in appearance of
men, quarters. horses and apparatus, as
well as in efficiency, the flag to be held for
one year. and to be presented to the fore
man of the successful company the after
noon OF the day of parade. EX-Commls-
sioners John b. Wight and John w. Doug
lass and Mr.. Meyer Cohen, president of the
Fire underwrters' Association accepted
the invitation of Mr. mcfarland to serve
as a committee of inspection, and they
visited the various companies last week.
reaching their conclusion today.
Report of the Committee.
The report of the committee was as fol-
| lows:
THE undersigned, at your request, have
made personal inspection Of all the en-
CINE and truck houses in the District of Co
lumbia. giving special attention to the APP
| pearance of property, apparatus, harness,
etc, and witnessed at each house a drill
OF the men, thereby gaining an idea of the
efficiency with which each company is able
to respond to an alarm of fire.
| we have also examined the records for
the past year of the various companies as
to tie matter of discipline, taking into con-
siderat ton men who have been dismissed
or fined. and we are of the opinion that in
connection with these Investigations the
company having the best record for appear
is company Nc. D..
I'VE take pleasure in saying in this con-
nection that all the houses presented an ap-
pearance highly creditable to the depart
ment. with but slight exceptions. Some of
| the houses are very old, and could not pos
slbly be made to compare with the new
| houses. The degree of efficiency evidenced
| in the drills and the readiness to leave
quarters, allowance being made for the
natural embarrassment of men working I'M
/ der the knowledge that they are being
watched and timed, was also generally
| creditable.
your committee beg also to say that
they could not avoid the thought that |
among those men who were perhaps not the |
most neat in appearance or the most active |
in getting ready to leave quarters there |
/ We're many brave fellows who in time of |
actual danger have already in the past, and |
are 'cady again to sacrifice even their |
lives, if necessary, in the discharge of their |
duties
although not strictly in the line of your |
request for the performance of a certain |
duty, we should like to add that after max |
ing the inspection of the various houses, |
We We're impressed with the utter in |
adequacy of the building occupied by En- |
CINE Company No. 4, Virginia avenue be-
tween 4i2 and 9th streets southwest In |
our opinion, it is absolutely essential for |
the best interests and protection of South |
Washington, this being the only engine |
company in that portion of the city, that |
new building should be provided for them
Foreman h reumer in Charge.
company is Foreman c. A. Kreamer, one
of the best-known and most efficient Off |
GERS of the local fire department. his as
sistant foreman being A. Buscher. J. T. |
Reynolds is the engineer of the company, |
Mosby Brown its fireman. J. II. Oliver its |
hGstler, the privates being J. H. Ward, o. |
John Daily and A. Elliott. This company, |
In accordance with the terms of the com
petition, will be given the right of line in |
that part Of next Thursdays parade occu-
pied by the fire department and WILL Of |
course, bear the flag, which will be handed |
to Foreman kreamer by Commissioner |
Macfarland just before the parade starts.
In acknowledging the receipt of the COM
mittee's report, Mr.. Macfarland wrote its |
! members letter of thanks, stating that |
he is sure their verdict will be accepted not |
only by the members of the fire depart |
ment but also by the community, as most |
eminently fair and just one.
Upon the occasion of the parade last year
an engine ana a tTuCR company were sent |
at full speed past the reviewing stand, and |
next Thursday afternoon Engine Compa-
MES Nos. and 6, truck d, the chief en-
gineer and the first assistant chief engineer
will pass before the stand at full speed. |
This speeding of companies was the feature |
of the parade last year. and the idea |
of then Commissioner Wight. 1t is ex
pected, therefore, that this feature of next |
Thursdays parade will be no less a fine |
spectacle The reviewing stand will be
erected in front Of the White House. and |
the Commissioners hope that President Nc
kiney will accept their invitation to oc-
cupy place on 1t.
Reserve Force Assigned.
Mr.. Joseph Paris, the chief engineer of |
| the fire department, has made the follow
| ing assignment Of the reserve force during |
| the time of the parade:
Extra engine No. to be quartered at No
6 engine house, with the following detail: |
Assistant Foreman w. b. Linkns of No |
Engine Company to be in charge, M. ]. |
Barry of No. IL, as engineer. c. A. Keefe |
of No. II as fireman, w. ]. Murphy Of No. |
8 as driver, ]. w. Myers of truck A as
driver of hose carriage W. D. Baxter of |
No. 10 and H. c. Corder of No as pri-
Yates.
No. / chemical house. with the following |
detail: Foreman P. d. Martin of No. II |
to be in charge, S. b. D. Rollins of No. IA
as engineer, f. j. Lochboeher of No as
fireman, O. Fraser of No. IA as driver p
n. Jeffries of truck as driver of hose car
No. and c. S. Thompson Of No. as pri-
Yates.
Extra truck to be CHARTERED at Truck c.
house. with the following detail: Foreman
c. b. Proctor of chemical No. l to be in
charge, T. T. Warren of truck D as tiler-
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