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with No. company until the present posi-
ton was created by congressional action.
Mutually Regretted.

with No. 6 company until the present posi-
ton was created by congressional action.
Mutually Regretted.
Captain Lanahan was 10th to leave the
company with which he had been so long
connected and his farewell to the members
OF that company was the occasion of mu-
tual expressions of regret. On many occa-
sions before he was made captain of the
company, as we'll as after he received the
promotion, he attended big fires and was
put in positions where the chief had to
depend upon his knowledge and skill as a
firefighter. His company was the first one
from this city to reach the Baltimore fire,
where their work was praised by Baltimor-
cans who watched their conduct He had
charge of NO. company at the power
house fire and also at the time Of the last
fire in the Capitol building. His company
won the flag this year, and it was largely
due to the manner in which he had trained
his men that they came out winners.
Ceremonies Of Installation.
AS a part of the ceremonies attending
the installation Of the new company, Presi-
dent j. F. Scaggs of the South Washington
Citizens Association will present the COM
pany with three flags. The speech of ac-
ceptance will be made by Commissioner
Mcfarland, who has supervision over the
make brief response. Upon conclusion of
the ceremonies the company will be ready
to respond to alarms. The company will
be composed of the following: Capt. WILL
lam F. Lanahan. Lieut.. J. B. simms. En-
gineer R. 1. Williams, Acting Assistant En-
gineer G. Sauer, Driver w. H coleman
and Privates E. P. Collins, w. T. Coulter,
]. 7. Young, w. l.. Simpson. L. D. Donald
son and Waterman L. Merrill.
Benefits Conferred.
The establishment of the new company
will mean that runs from the house at 10th
and G streets to the business and residence
parts of the southwest section can be made
In short time and the department will
have better chance to prevent fires from
gaining Roadway than they have heretofore
had. -f
Had this company been in service at the
time the last big blaze on the river front
occurred" said Chief Belt to a Star re-
porter, 1.-The fire would have been cut off
long before it was and the damage would
not have been great"
The new company will respond to first
alarms turned in from all boxes in the
southwest section and to second alarms sent
from the business section north of the mall
In this respect the new company will be of
signal advantage to the business section 1t
Will also be of advantage to the business
section when the engines there are called to
otner parts of the city, for then 1t will
~ oiHptiy ue transferred 10 Inc vicinity Of
the business houses. Merchants along the
river front fully appreciate the adyanta pes
TO be gained by having the new company I'm
their midst, and the company will give the
military authorities at the arsenal a safer
feeling of security from fire.
New Company in Service.
Chief Engineer William T. Belt TODAY
placed in service truck company H, which
will be located in the quarters of chemical
engine company No. at Congress Heights,
D. C.
The truck is fifty-five-f foot aerial ladder
and was constructed especially for the work
required in that vicinity. By placing this
truck in service it will give the Government
hospital for the Insane and the other
buildings in that territory more adeoua to
protection and will not compel the next
nearest truck, company G, to cross the
Anacost1a bridge. Heretofore 1t has re-
CURED g long time for truck to reach the
territory to be covered by truck H, and IL
was necessary for truck responding FROM,
meet, city TO cross the Anacostia bridge. This
prldge mas draw, and considerable delav
was liable to occur '
The new truck company can roach CT
El1zabeth's Asylum from its quarters with
IN Two minutes after the alarm is sound-
ed, and as that institution has 2O0O or
more helpless inmates depending unon tho
1re department for protection the adv.n
tage of putting this truck at Conprass
Helghts can be readily seen.
The company will be known as combine
tion company chemical No ) and truck II
and Will be under the immediate snnervision
OF Captain William Luskey.