Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-27
POLICE AND FIREMEN
CHIEF BELTS ORDER COVERING
ANNUAL Parade.
Companies Detailed for Participation
in the Event-Instructions Re-
garding the Reserve Engines.

Chief Belt Of the fire department today
promulgated general order for the par
ticipation of the department in the an
nual parade of the police and fire depart
ments of the District November f.
The text Of the order Is as follows:
Upon the occasion OF the annual parade
of the police and fire departments Novem-
Der 4. 1903. the following companies of this
department under the command OF the
chief engineer shall parade: Engine COM
| panles 1, 2, 5. 8. 8. 10 and IA; truck COM
panies A, D and f; cheical engine COM
pany /, fuel wagons 1 and 4; supply wagon
| 2, and the water tower.
These companies and apparatus shall
assemble at o'clock pm sharp the day
| Of the parade on K street between 18th ana
nth Engine company No. 10. the winner
of the Mcfarland flag this year. engine
companies 1. 2. and g. truck company A
| and fuel wagon 1, resting In the oroer
given on the north side Of X street. facing
west, engine company No. 10 taking posi-
ton Just east of 18th street; engine COM
pany No 8. truck company u. tuei Wagon
4 supply wagon 2. the water tower, en-
CINE company IA and truck company
shall rest on the south side of X street,
facing west, In the order given, with en-
CINE company just east OF 17th street,
the companies and apparatus resting on
the south Of Il street. facing west, IN tne
order given, with engine company . JUST
east of 18th street. The companies am
apparatus resting on the south Sioe of n
street shall form the second battaiion, anu
shall be preceded by Assistant ChieI En-
gineer James Keliher. who shall report "
| the chief engineer at the hour aooFe iAe
toned. Ill, ,,,.o.aa the two
| battalious and from 18th and streets the
line Of march shall be along Stree. ~
o2d thence south to Pennsylvania aVenue'
thence along Pennsylvania avenue 10 lsth
street. the first battalion resting on tne
south side of Pennsylvania avenue, Iacine
east, with engine COMPANY NJ ~ p.nn-
southwest corner of 10th street ana fenn-
aylvan,a avenue The second Dattalon
shall rest on the north side or fehnsylta-
mia avenue facing east, with engine cv nI,
pany No at the northwest corner OF Iytn
and PENNSYLVANIA avenue. Upon reacnhs
their positions the men of the various COM
| panies shall dismount and marcn 70 lne
( southwest corner Of 18th street anu HenLi-
sylyania avenue and there form IN IVY
columns four abreast, with the members VI
engine company No. 10, to the 'front.' anu
| center. foremen to the front. and remain
there at attention until AFTER the Macia
| land flag has been presented to the winning
company
Chiefs Permission Necessary.
! .no comnany shall leave the line without
permission Of the chief engineer. and when
| the parade has started the foremen OF en-
zine companies and the men riding on the
| spools shall keep their arms folded. The
department salute shall be observed, the
right hand being raised to the fire hat
while passing the reviewing stand, the sig
nal to be given by the foreman. Drivers
| and tillermen shall not salute. ana aie aoe
the horses nor the apparatus shall DE Deco,
rated with flowers. The department SnaA
parade In dress uniforms-fire hats. oeits,
winter shirts. black neckties ana whlte
MISUNDERSTANDING drivers and tillermen and
those driving the fuel and supply wagons:
who shall wear the regulation caps ana
gauntlets. The distance to be maintained
between the hose carriage ana engine snaii
be ten feet, with fifteen feet between COM
pantes Hose carriages shall precede en-
eines, and guidons shall be carried on the
right side. except in the case OF engine
companies 10 and ST. which shall carry
theirs on the left. The mcfarland nag
shall be carried on the right side OF the
| hose carriage OF No. 10, and the battalion
flag on the right side of the hose carriage
OF No. g.
1.-The route of the parade shall be from
10th street along Pennsylvania avenue on
the south side to 18th street. south on 10Th
street to Pennsylvania avenue to I'd street
west where the parade will be dismissed
by the chief engineer. Each compa Snail
proceed by the shortest and most conve-
nient route to It's quarters. Upon reachlng
its quarters each company shall so report
to fire alarm headquarters
Engine companies 3. 4, and IL, truck
companies and F. chemical engine COM
panies Nos. ., and shall remain In quar-
ters
mo engine company shall leave quar-
ters for 18th and X streets at l 20 o'clock
sharp; No. ID engine company shall trans
fer to No engine house at Ito o CLOCK
sharp; No. ) chemical engine company
shall transfer to No. Is engine house at l
o'clock sharp; No. engine company shall
leave quarters for 18th and K streets at
30 o'clock sharp: No. l. engine company
shall transfer to No. engine house at ~
o'clock sharp. Engine company and
truck company shall transfer to No.
| A'x II rIy ,taor
Exhibition Run
Engine company No. IA and uck COM
pany E shall fall out of line of march at
18th and Pennsylvania avenue. and when
the last of the parade reaches 18th street
Assistant Chief Engineer A. J. Sullivan,
who shall be stationed at 18th and Penn
sylvania avenue. shall start on a. run past
the reviewing stand and when he reaches
jackson place. the hose carriage Of No. IA
shall start on a rum and when 1t reaches
Jackson place the engine Of No. IA shall
start on run. and when the engine reaches
Jackson place truck company shall start
or a run. Assistant Chief Sullivan shall.
after making the run, return to a position
| opposite the reviewing stand In order to
direct the drill to be given by truck COM
pany L and the water tower. No. IA on
CINE company SHALL after making the run.
return to Madison place and Pennsylvania
avenue and connect the engine to the hre
hydrant located at that point and lay out
! two lines Of hose and prepare to connect to
the ladder tower pipe on truck company E.
Truck company shall, after making the
rum return to point on the north side OF
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and directly south of
Jackson statue and go through drill with
the ladders, life net. tower pipe. &c, and
when they are through drilling report at
! once to truck house and remain there
until relieved by truck company B. The
water tower shall fall out of the line of
march at 18th and Pennsylvania avenue.
and after the run has been made by the
several pieces of apparatus return to the
point designated for the drill by truck COM
pony E and await orders from the officer
in charge.
nafail for Extra Enoina