The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-03
10000 TO MARCH
IN BIG PARADE Of
ExEMPTS, JUNE a
Seventy-fye Bands VIII Lead
the Veteran Fire Fighters
Through Newark Streets.
TO LAY CORNER ST0NE
OF NEW HEADQUARTERS
Representatives from All Parts
of the East to Be Present
on Gala Occasion.

with seventy-ive bands and 10, 300
fremen in line the parade attending
the cornerstone laying of the now
home Of the Newark Exempt Firemen's
Association, at Springfield avenue and
South Fourteenth street, on June IA,
viii be the biggest thing of its kind
ever seen in this State.
1t will be a great day for the volun-
teer hremen, both active and exempt.
Companies from all over the East will
be in line and the first delegations will
begin to arrive in this city next week
The parade will consist of eleven Ill
visions. Louis Hauser has been APP
pointed grand marshal. His aides will
be Chief Engineer Bernard Higgins, of
Bloomfield; Chief Livingston. of Mill
burn, and Chief Ryan, of Harrison.
Special automobiles will be provided
for The invited guests n the follow
ing have responded to President
Charles K. McCraith's invitation: Menu
bers of the Board of Fire Commission
ers, James ]. Manning, president of the
New Jersey State Exempt Ffremen's
Association; Charles F.. Axtell, OF Nor
rIstown; Alderman John F. Sinnott.
William A. Halsey, John lllingworth,
Albert. j. Simpson, Louis J. Beers,
Frederick Kilgus, Z. Stuard White, Cr
Hackettstown. state Treasurer Daniel
s. Voorhees,. Morristowh; Robert Davis,
of Jersey City; Mayor Firth, of Phil
l~ipsburg; Mayor Holmes, of Railway;
Mayor Stille, of l1oboken; Mayor Flor
ence. New BRUNSWICK; Sheriff William
Harrigan. Major Carl Lentz, the Rev.
DR.. Pleasant Hunter and City Clerk
James r. Connolly.
The parade will be reviewed at the
new home and Mayor Jacob Haussling
will preside. The exercises viii be
opened by prayer by the Rev. DR..
Charles l.. Mead, of Hoboken. Seha-
tor George Silzer, of Middlesex county.
will deliver an grafton on Volunteer
and Exempt Firemen." The corner
stone will be laid by President Nc
Craith. The Rev. f. c. O'Neil, of the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, will
pronounce the benediction. At the
close OF these exercises there win be
an aIl-day picnic at tine Colosseum,
with games of skin among the fremen
for prizes, and band concerts by visit
ing bands o Boston, Bridgeport and
Philadelphia.
The Line of March.
The line of march will be: Down
Broad to South Park, up Broad to
Market, up Market to Springfield ave-
nue.. n thence to Fourteenth street.
The parade will be made up as follows:
First D~ivision-Chief Mathews, Of
Orange, division chief; New York Elk
empt Firemen's Association, Newburg
Engine Company. of Newburg, N. T.;
Cambridge Engine Company, of Cam
bridge, Mass: Atlantic City Firemen's
Association, of Atlantic City; Waccacoe
Hose Company, B~ordentown; Exempt
Firemen's Association, of Brooklyn;
Exempt Firemen's Association. Hack
ettstown; Cataract Hose Company,
Hackettstown; Exempt Firemen's
Association, North Bergen: Exempt
Firemen's Association, Hoboken; IN
CINE Company No. 1. Fort Lee; New
London Veteran Association, Connect
cut.
Second Division-Chief Stager, OF
Nutley, division chief; keystone Chiefs
Of Pennsylvania; Pacific Engine Com
pany, of Bridgeport, Conn: Exempt
Association, Bound Brook; Hook and
Ladder No. 1, Easton, Pa; Veteran
Volunteer Firemen, Elizabeth; Hook
and Ladder No. /, Englewood; Exempt
Firemen's Association, Nutley; Engine
Company No. /, Nutley.
Third Division-Chief Williams, Mont
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Railway; Exempt Volunteer Associa-
ton, New York city; New Brunswick
Exempt, New Brunswick; Red Bank
Engine Company. Red Bank; Norwich
Engine Company, Norwich; West
Haven Engine Company. New Haven,
Conn; Exempt Ffremen's Association,
Morristown; Hook and Ladder Com
pany No. /. Pennington; Peapack En-
CINE Company, Gladstone.
Fourth Division = Chief S%heehan,
,West Orange, division chief: Phoenix
Engine Company, New Brunswick;
West Orange Hook and Ladder Com
pany, West Orange; Exempt Firernen's
Association, West Orange; washington
Engine Company, Washington; Whar-
ton Engine Company, Wharton; West
field Exempt Association, Westield;
Exempt Ffremen's Association, East
Newark; Paterson Exempt Association,
Paterson; Hose Company No. l, Engle-
wood.
Fifth Division-Chief Ryno, Beilevtlle,
division chief; Jersey City Exempt As
ISOLATION, of Jersey City; Belleville Ex-
ernpt Association. Belleville: Essex
Hose Company, BeIleviile; Harmony
Engine Company. Boonton; Bayonne
Exempt Association, Bayonne; Butler
Engine Company. Butler; Exempt
Firernen's Association, Caldwell; Ex-
empt Firemen's Association, North
Plainfeid.
Sixth Division-Chief Markwith, East
Orange, division chief; Exempt Fire
mems Association, Elizabeth; Exempt
Firemen's Association, East Orange;
Hook and Ladder Company. East Or
ange; Defender Hose Company, New
ark; Exempt Firemen's Association,
Hackensack; Exempt Fire mems Asso-
citation. I%rvington; Exempt Firemen's
Association, Vailsburg, Exempt Fire
mems Association. Long Branch; Albert
Hose Company, Hackensack.
Seventh Division-Chief Russell, Glen
Ridge, division chief; Engine Company
No. 1, Freehold: Exempt Firemen's AS
ISOLATION, Freehold; Hook and Ladder
No. 1, Madison; Hook and Ladder Com
pany. Orange; Exempt Firemen's As
sociation, Orange; Engine Company
No, I. Princeton; Protection Hook and
Ladder, Perth Amboy,
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