Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-30
OLD FIREMEN-
By James Croggon.

Company, preceded by the Marine Band,
marched to the railroad depot. Pennsyl-
vania avenue and I'd street northwest, TO
receive the Mechanical Fire Company of
! Baltimore. About Z o'clock the huzzas OF
the multitude betokened the approach of
|. the cars and in brief space of time the
! Union Fire Company. being previously
arranged In admirable order in an open
| column on b street, received the Wis
itors. The Baltimore firemen passed
along the line, and members of the
Union uncovering as they marched
| toward I'd street. near which stood
| his honor the Mayor Of Washington and
the president to bid them welcome. After
short and appropriate addresses by the
mayor and the president of the Union
| to the president of the Mechanical Fire
fable and appropriate terms by the lat
| ter. the mayor. accompanied by +. S.
Evans of the Union and the president of
| the Mechanical entered a barouche. The
Mechanical was escorted along Penn
sylvania avenue to the mansion. lately
| occupied by Mr. Forsythe, at the west
ern. extremity of the Avenue. and par
took of an elegant breakfast AS 1t
passed up the Avenue the bells of the
| Perseverance, Franklin and Union sa-
| luted and delegations of those fire COM
panies were in front of the engine houses.
The procession was formed at II
o'clock on each street north Of Lafayette
| Square under the auspices of J. H. Brad
| ley of the Perseverance, who was in the
uniform of that company, and moved
| first to Georgetown. AT the head of the
line were three barouches. each drawn
| by four horses, in which rode the presi-
dents of the Mechanical and Union and
the mayors of Washington and George
| town. with the commissioners of the
public buildings. Then came the officers
| and directors of the Firemen's Insurance
Company seated on a grand pavilion
mounted on wheels which was hand
| somely decorated with blue tapestry
edged with pink; twelve directors sur
rounded the table on this pavilion and
| the handsome maroon-colored banner or
| the company was displayed. On the
! front of this were fire engine. clasped
hands and the name of the company.
This pavilion was drawn by six white
horses led by colored grooms attired in
! blue frocks trimmed in pink
A; Baltimoreans in Line.
Then came the Mechanical fire com
| pany of Baltimore. preceded by its own
| band. There were eighty members in line.
attired in drab frock coats. blue pants,
| capes and hats. and they drew their sue
ton engine. They also bore a handsome
! banner on the front of which was a
blacksmith at work. The Western Star OF
l Georgetown was headed by live axmen
dressed sailors. 1t had fifty men in
| line, and they bore splendid banner pre-
scented to them by the Sisters of the
Visitation of Georgetown Its appa-
ratus drawn by six black horses of
NJ Bodisco the Russian minister. and
as compliment to Mr. Bodisco, whose
wedding was approaching, the horses
were decorated with white ribbons.
Next came the Navy Yard or Ana
costa company OF over fifty members
mostly mechanics in the navy yard. 1t
had it's engine drawn by six horses
suction by four horses and hose carriage
by two, and the members were attired
in drab frOck coats, black pants, blue
capes and hats and were headed by a
banner on which was the painting Of
an Indian chief with a view of the East
ern branch in the background. A stall
wart member personated an Indian chief.
The Columbia fire company paraded
about fifty men. uniformed in brown