New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-18
WHITE WING" MEDALS
Mrs. Waring Presents A7cdrds 70
Faithful Public SERVANTS.

Standing out on the wind-swept steps OF otaDie =
of the Street Cleaning Department al no O0 " =
18th street yesterday afternoon Nrs' a.
Warning wife of the late commissioner OF ina
...en. ,,nrad medals on the breasts or she
man Judged by the Womans Municipal League ~
be the very best sweepers in GreehwicIl Is
The women of the Greenwich branch Oh TIC -.
headed by Miss Katherine 9. Day, resol'eu &C.
-. 90 r,,,a medals to the sweepers who shouio
he found to have the best records, ana yesteiuA'
presentation was the result Of the opserValoH'
an inspector appointed by them On the s'ep7'
sides Mrs. Warning were Mayor II I,o,,+v
made the speech; Commissioner Grower peput'
(-on,,r,seioner Edwards Mrs. Thomas X. FRENCH
vice-president of the Womans Municipal Le NJ
Miss Day Mrs Camden c. Dyke Mrs' 1aiho9 -
Iawton and Mrs. Henry ButterWorth. Di"
IN long lines that filed the street were SOU
.rb,te wings nearly all the street cleaning IolI
of Greenwich Village being there. ThlrtE-niho Pr
ciaI policemen from the 18th precinct Voc o -,
to preserve order, under CapIdlh IN>''0'
tenant and three sergeants .+v
80 bfra tho Mavor smoke there was a pretty
touch One of the white wings steppeo IoA 49, 80
and gave great bunch Of American oeau'S -
to Mrs Warning. After 1t was all over "i
Warning was photographed with the men VIM g.
medals she made Michael Trainer chiet Hleu0A
winner hold the roses while the picture was taken
The medals are called the Waring medals, anu
are of bronze showing a medallion head OF Coione'
Wartng on one side with inscription ana the
name Of the recipient on the other- before theS
were presented the Mayor spoke
- can conceive" he said, mo memorial WhlcH
could have been more pleasing than this 10 CoIohe
Waring whose heart was wrapped up IN the Depart
rnent he organized out Of chaos. There are some
names however, which require no memorial, ana
one Of those is the name Of Colonel Warlng' the
faithful public servant the steadfast friend, the
gallant gentleman.
II believe the men IN department are as me
a body of are to be found IN any Depart
ment in any city. l believe their work Is as OF
hat
matter where. The great work of the world is not
done by the few great men, but by bodies oil slall
men. You and I servants OF this fair city OF
New York. Much has been given US. much shall De
required Of u.s. If a man doing private work does
his work badly he be discharged, and no harm
is done If in the service of the public does
his work badly the matter is not so simple; the
harm is more farreachng. Ny work is harder than
yours, but the difference is only in degrees You
men who receive medals should be very proud
May you wear them well and never forget the fair
city In whose service you earned them!
Then the Mayor stepped back and Commissioner
CroWell came forward.
Michael Trainer" he called, and Section Fore
man Trainer of the 9th section, came forward in
his uniform. He is one of the three who have the
highest records. Mrs. Waring shook hands with
Foreman Trainer, and with the medal he received
an envelope containing SIS, sort Of additional
tribute Foreman Trainer was so overcome that
he dropped the envelope, but he recovered it and
stepped back smiling and blushing. Sweeper Sc
bastian Russo. of the 18th section, and Driver
Charles SeIig of Stable E. received medals and
envelopes containing $40 each. Foreman Trainer
has clear working record for thirteen years and
one month and Driver Selig on his whole period
of service Sweeper Russo has clear record for
eleven years. After the medals were given six
men summoned for honorable mention Peter
Parker, tall, stawart negro; John Coster, John
Tuomey Orasio Monastero, Giovanni Giusto and
Marcus Zussman. Of these two were quite elderly
men, with heads partly bald
Miss Day made the last speech. She told the men
how glad she was to meet them, land l hope"
she said, you will head the list next year"