Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-11
The Prize Winners.


were then ordered to carry baton" ami
Commissioner West stepped forward to
present the John B. Wight flag to the VIC
torious precinct. The second was the WIZ
ner, and Lieut.. Michael Byrnes. who was
proud of what his men had accomplished,
stood at the head of his command during
the delivery of Commissioner Vests pre-
sentation speech. Those who compose the
winning command are: Lieutenant, Mlcnaei
Byrnes: sergeants. Raphael Bryan. W b
LYDIA, J. L. Sprinkle; bicycle squad. c. l..
Bode, acting sergeant: G. N. Edwards, II.
w. Forteney. L. P. Gouldman, ]. M. Nc
Grath, T. D. Walsh: privates, J. F. Amos,
J. B. Gibson, G: w, BOYD, William 1 aalie..
". A. Hebrew. H. s. Hutton. J. d. Hauss,
QChas. Lombardy, Edward McCrot. w. w.
Perry. J. A. Pearson. Geo. Shannon. j. l..
H. Sawyer. F. M. Tompkins, c. j. Wagner.
w. w. Wheeler, r. c. Yates, Archie Baker.
c. G. Barteman, j. r. Bennett, James Big
ham, w. H. Buckingham, D. W. Combs. ].
A Connors. J. G. Dunn w. B. Dorsett, J.
R. Evans, C. A. Evans ]. A. Englehart. Z.
B. Elliott c. F. Giddings. ]. P. Hendricks,
Robert Livingston. c: e: La Dow, W. J.
Lee, w J. Mahaney, c: s. Montgomery, T.
F. Murphy, VIM. b MuIhall. Alex, Nc
Peyton. c. c. Parker. E. NJ. Seaman, w. 8.
Shelby, Joseph Shipley. c. E. Smith. d. W.
Smith, D. H. Teeple. C. L. Trur,bo, J. +.
Waidron, c. H. Wnlingham
The Flag Accepted.
Commissioner Henry L. West then pre-
scented the flag to the winning command In
doing so he congratulated the policemen
unon their fine showing. The contest was
close this year, he stated, and therefore the
winners were deserving of more than usual
credit Mr. West said that while the intrin-
sic value of the flag was not great. 1t stood
for great things. lit meant that the pre-
cinct was as nearly perfect as could be
under the conditions governing the police
department. He hoped 1t would act as n
spur to the officers to strive for even greater
things, and he hopedEth the example of the
winning commando would be emulated by
the other precincts and that next year an
even closer competftionWould result, so that
all the department might be said to be de-
serving of trophy nag
Lieut. Byrnes accepted the flag and passed
it over to a member Of his command who
carried it during the march along Pennsyl-
vania avenue. i''@-i
The Medal Men.
Next in order was the presentation of the
medals to the men. of the force who had
made the highest scores In the target con-
tests Private J. C. Bum of the fifth pre-
cinct made the highest score, recording 81
out of a possible 80 Sergt- w. B. LYDIA of
the second, or banner, precinct took the
sergeant.s trophy with score of g. while
]. T. Kennedy of the tenth precinct made
a similar score and was awarded the trophy
for the privates of the first class.
Maj. Sylvester in presenting the medals
referred to the excellent scores made by the
winners. and said he only hoped the men
would be as nearly perfect in their general
conduct and police duty as they were In the
use of their firearms
Upon conclusion of these exercises the
police department moved in the direction of
the White House, and thence to the point
where the parade was TO disband.
The Fire Laddies.
The fire companies participating In the
parade reported to Assistant Chief Engineer
Belt at No. engine company's house. on
K street, where they were formed. The as