The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-05
ORDER ISSUED
BUT SUSPENDED
FIRE DEPARTMENT SHAKE UP.
MAYOR HAD ORDER MAKING
WHOLESALE CHANGES REVOKED.

Supt. Mcguire Issued One Order
Changing Numerous FOremen
from one House to Another and
Later Issued Another Suspending
the First Order-First Order Was
Issued With Approval of Fire
Committee and Mayor, But Mayor
Says Committee Didn't Investigate.
Matter To BE Investigated.
Queer things happened in the fire
department yesterday. Fire Chief
Mcguire issued an order shaking up
the whole department and transferring
some of the officers and men from one
end of town to the other, but the ink
had scarcely dried on this order, when
another was issued, indefinitely sus-
pending the first order. The second
order, however, was issued by ''direc-
ton of his honor, the Mayor"
1t is rather a mixed up state of af-
fairs and one that the officials them
selves decline to throw very much
light upon. The first order was is
sued with the approval of Mayor My
ers, and the Committee on Fire
and the second was issued according
to instructions, which the Mayor sent
the fire superintendent only a few
hours after having approved the first
order.
Order Not Rescinded.
Mayor Myers stated that the first
order had not been abolished, but SIM
ply held up for investigation. The
Mayor says he learned after approving
the order that the Fire Committee had
approved it without making sufficient
investigation. He says the matter is
simply being held up so that it can
be investigated to make sure that
the changes are for the good of the de-
partment.
Fire Chief Mcguire after the second
order had nothing to say, though earlier
in the day he had explained at length
the changes, saying they were made
for the good of the department. But
when the second order appeared, do
ing away with the first one for the
| present at least, the head of the fire
department positively declined to dis
cuss the matter at all.
To repeated questions, he would only
answer, 81 won't say a word
The Conflicting Orders.
The two orders issued yesterday aft
| ernoon might be abbreviated to read,
do so and So" and Don't do any
| thing of the kind But in the official
| language in which they appear, they
cover a little more space. Following
| is the first order issued:
| October A. 1904-General Order 1877.
| The following transfers take effect to-
morrow, Oct. 5, at 1890 a. M: Fore
man j. ]. Connolly, from hose com
pany No. l to station No. l. Fore
man j. Z. Campos, from station No.
l to station No. A. Foreman A. P.
Mcfarland, from station No. to hose
company; Engineer T. V. Ponder
from station No. 1 to station No. 3;
| Engineer H. Elliott, from station No.
3 to station No. 1; Fireman F. j.
Kilroy, from station No. 1 to sta
ton No. 2; Fireman T. Dillon. from
station No. L to station No. 6; Fire
man M. F. Sullivan, from station No.
to station No. 1; Fireman A. J.
Cannon, from station No. 2 to sta
ton No. l.
"Foremen will see that these trans
fers are promptly executed at the
hour named.
John E. Mcguire, supt"
The second order is more brief. 1t
is as follows:
OClOD6T 4, IJuf-0eDeTdl NTQBI LOO
Taking effect at once. Order 1877 is
hereby suspended by direction of his
honor, the Mayor, until further no.
tice.
John E. Mcguire. Supt."
Outcome Is Uncertain.
The outcome of the investigation that
the Mayor will inaugurate is doubtful.
He wants the Fire Committee to care
fully look into the proposed changes,
before they are put into effect. If the
Fire Committee, after investigation
again recommends them. it is not
thought that the Mayor will interpose
any objections. He said yesterday
that he simply wanted to be sure that
the changes really were for the good
of the department. He would not have
had the first order held up, he said, if
he had not been told that the Fire
Committee approved the changes with
out carefully looking into the matter.
He approved the order because Of the
Fire Committees approval.
Some of the officers of the depart
ment effected by Order No. 127, were
glad to see the second order issued, as
they were not at all pleased with the
prospect of changing. This, however,
does not apply to all the men effected.
The proposed transfer of Foreman ].
j. Connolly was at his own request
Chief Mcguire said. And the chief
added that he was too good a man to
be kept at one of the less important
stations. Foreman Connolly was sent
1 4 1rr1.r he t..