Arizona republican., 1906-02-23
GEORGES DAY
 RECOGNIZED
Devoted as Usual to Rest
 and Fun
Business Suspended-- Inspection and DIill of Fire Department, and the National Guard.

In an official way, the only celebra-
 tion of Washington's birthday in the
 city yesterday consisted of the annual
 parades and inspections of the Phoe-
 nix fire department and B. company nf
 the National guard of Arizona. There
 was a similar official recognition at
 the Indian school and in addition there
 were numerous social functions of one
 kind and another.
 Recognition of the occasion was gen
 eral however and nearly all the stores
 and all the banks, city, county and territorial offices were closed.
 The national guard inspection was held early in the afternoon. the com pany being reviewed by Colonel J. Fl. McClintock. After a short drill the company. or a large part of it. secured ammunition and went to the target range where the greater part of th,. afternoon was spent in searching fo.' the bulls eye, the purpose being to de- velop a company of sharpshooters. The firemen turned out at o'clock being lined up in front of the engine house for inspection. The members of the city council and an audience of | interested citizens and visitors took a long and critical look at the firemen after which there was a short pro- gram of felicitous Oratory Acting Mayor Moss, by virtue of his office, was expected to deliver an address but ] he had browbeaten City Recorder Frank Thomas into performing that duty for him. MT. Moss being a fire man, felt that for him to speak would be like talking to himself and men who talk out loud to themselves are sup | posed to be the only one move from
 the crazy house. MT. Thomas made q short talk, but a very interesting one | in behalf of the city councilmen in which he set forth the appreciation
 of the importance of a good fire de- partment and the further fact that the ! Phoenix department well served the purposes of its organization. Follow | ing Recorder Thomas Mir. Fred Win slow of Kalamazoo. Mich, made a few ! remarks. He is himself a retired fire man, having served in that capacity for more than a quarter of a century. He complimented the department and said that he had never seen a finer | looking set of men anywhere or a bet | ter organized and equipped depart
 ment anywhere. whether it was vol
 unteer or paid organization. L. R. Kruger. president of the department. made a short talk acknowledging for the department the pleasing compli-
 ments paid to it and guaranteeing its continued prompt and efficient answer to every call of duty.
 | After the inspection the department | headed by the Pioneer band, paTaded | through the streets of the central part of the city. Though the turnout was
 not as large as on some previous oc- casions there was q good representa- tion of the members in line and with 1.-the apparatus there was quite a large and imposing parade.
 At the Indian school there was a | parade in the forenoon by the Indian school cadets and the school band, the former being under the command of | Major Grinstead and the latter under the direction of Bandmaster Worms, | the new leader of the Indian band. He
 was formerly leader of the Eighteenth | infantry band of the regular army.
 After the parade there was a drill in extended order that was both interest | ing and instructive.
 l The parade and drill were witnessed | by quite a number of Phoenix people
 and tourists who are spending the
 winter here.