Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-14


ing, and the most important feature
~ the nremen's program,
4 IL was In six divisions. under tht
| general charge Of Dr. Washington &.
ciaude, who acted ~ chief marshal,
The parade was reviewed by GoyerDoi
WarGeId. The line Was about . half.
mile long. Money prizes " ere awarded
for the best band IN the line, the best
/ drilled company and the best fire.
| 6gh ting equipment.
The prize for the best drilled aud
Uniformed company was awarded "a
| the GOOdW lis, % Homecoming, with
| the FrOstburg fire Company second.
The prize for tic best playing and
marching band was awarded 10 the
AriOn Jand, Of FTostburg, which also
won IN the band contest last night.
Tho Drst prize for tbs best equipped
Gre engine In line WAS awarded 10 the
United steam Fire Company, Of Pred.
erick. The largest man lu the parade
vas William w. Wblttig, ~ Frost
burg. who Is q feet I.2 inches In
height and weighs 275 pounds. The
smallest was Joseph Morrison, who
marched with the anrei Company.
MOrr isOn is q years old, but Is only
o. inches in height and weighs ~
pounds.
one Of the most interesting features
Was the presence VI about twenty-five
members of the Veteran Firemen's
Association Of Baltimore, affection
ateIy known AZ the "Old Vets" They
are under the command Of ex-sberin
Augustus Albert.
The event on the program last night
was a water carnival in tho harbOI
A number ~ gally decorated and
illuminate sail boats were fastened
to a launch and towed about the
waters contiguous 10 Annapolis. There
Was also separate exhibition Of
small power craft.
Every visiting fireman declares
that no state convention Of Maryland
arsmen ever held has been so snc-
csssful a. the Ons which has been
held in Annapolis the past three
days, and today passes into history,
Time and money has not been spared
by the city volunteer Grs dspafs 9"ut
In making this convention tie la
gest, tho most noteworthy, ~ best
in the annals 0f the State volunteer
Ere department.
The local 6remeD. especially those
ON the committees, deserve much credit
for the success Of the affair. The cit
fzens more or less, have taken q live
~ interest. Nearly every public
house. store, place Of business aud
priv vato residence was decorated, and
the sight is n beautiful one even IL
the decorations are limp with the
rain aud dampness. The decorations 4
Of many are worth mentioning, but IL
is fnvidious to particuIarize. How
Al. Of fEsu afnre ff
Mr.. Louis H. Rchn, Market Space, in
which there is n iIfe-sized fireman IN
fall regalia, IL especially worthy Of
mention.
The town was never in more gala
4 ress than II has been this week, and
il cannot have failed to impress yisi-
tors favorably. The return of the
Naval Academy band yesterday
morning from jamestown added en-
thusiasm 10 the occasion. The band
headed the parade yesterday after
noon, playing popular national airs
aud patriotic tunes, and ia its scarlet
uniform the band, lead by Profes-
scr Zimmerman. was striking fea-
ture Of the parade.
But this was not the only band in
line: there was score Of others,
and the times OF Dixie, - Maryland.
NV MARYLAND. - 1.-THE StAr-Spangled
and other national and pa
triotic airs reverberated through the
town. There were twenty-four compa-
uies in line, and il is estimated there
were at least twelve TO fifteen hundred
tiremen i'm the parade. They made a
pretty spectacle in uniforms of blue,
gray. white and red and white shirts,
with dark trousers, and they presented
a natty appearance.
IL is the consensus of opinion that
the best looking firemen were those
of the GOOD viii" Company Of Lo-
and the company from
chambersburg, both of whom wore
attractive uniforms and were well
drilled for marching. The only body
~ men in the line OF march who
we're not volunteer state iremen
were those Of Friendship Hose Com
pany Of Chaubersburg, Pa.
The parade was reviewed by Cover
nor Warli eld from the official review
ing stand erected in front Of the Fed
eraI building, together with Mayor
Douw. members of the City Council,
county officials and others. Conspic-
nous OF the organizations in the pa
rade was a delegation Of thirty mem
hers of the Veteran Volunteer Fire.
mems Association of Baltimore city.
The vets the majority of whom
are we'll advanced in years, marched
the whole hour that the
parade required. They attracted much
attention and were loudly applauded
All along the route. Theyswere among
the first in the procession.
While all of the organizations did
themselves proud, an additional meas
ure of favorable criticism goes TO the
Friendship Hose Company, Of Cham
bersburg. Pa, which was represented
nv a deegation Of thirty men. Their
nattv blue uniforms gave them mil
ttarv appearance. and they executed
various evolutions OF marching with
marked military precision. and they
were generously .appIauded.
The parade started at 2.3O o'clock.
There was a constant marching and
eountermarcbing Of the different COM
pauies and the bands in getting into
line. since Governor Warheld did
not participate, Dr. w. Clement
claude. Of this city. who was chief
marshal. was master Of ceremonies