Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-08

the Harrisburg school board, and a
former chief of the Harrisburg fire
department, was marshal of division
A. His aids were Ray l.. Ayers and
Charles E. Ripper. two of the most
active firemen in Harrisburg. The
William Penn company of Philadel-
phta with 35 men an dthe Liberty
band of Philadelphia, was another big
attraction in this division.
Milton Myers marshaled the fifth
division including crack fire companies
who are guests of the Mt. Vernon
company. The famous Colwyn com
pany, of Colwyn, Pa, was q part of
this division. Columbia, Lebanon,
Ardmore and Paoli firemen were also
prominent in this part of the process
sion.
The Paxton company, sixth division,
with the Reading, Columbia and Lew
istown companies were marshaled by
one of the oldest members of the
Harrisburg fire department. The Der
ry fire company was inthis division
with its old hand engine, as well as
the Fame company of Lewistown with
fifty men and the Lewistown band.
Millionaire Fire Fighters
Featuring the seventh divisio /
which was composed of the guests of
the Good Will company was the
Hampden troop, of Reading, prob
ably more widely known as the mil
lionaire fie fighters.
This division was lead by John II.
Williamson, who prior to the start of
the parade was presented with three
bouquets by friends.
Included in the same division was
the motor combination apparatus of
the Huntingdon Fire Company No. 2
which was driven here. 1t arrived
nNnninp n Of Il,
sion was the Good Will Company with
nearly eighty uniformed men and their
new apparatus.
In the Minequas Company. of
Downingtown, the Mt. Pleasant Com
pany had as its guest an organization
that has been prominent in many
State parades The famous Neversink
Company, of Reading, is also the
guest of the Mt. Pleasant Company
One of the largest companies in Di-
vision was the Good Win Company,
of Carlisle, with $50 men.
Susquehanna, in Division 8, marched
with number of old-time companies,
including the Liberty, of Lebanon, with
Sixty men and new auto apparatus.
Baldwin Hose Company, No. 4, Of
Steelton, led Division 10 as the guest
of the Reilly Company. This division
was made up of fourteen companies,
including the Visilant and Shawnee,
of Columbia, two of the oldest in the
State. Other prominent organizations
were the Emerald Hose of Remove
the Pioneers OF Hazleton, the United
States of Frederick, Md, and the
Greensburg department
The Shamrock Company, with
Christian Whistler as marshal. led
Division IL, with the Empire Hook
and Ladder Company, of Carlisle; two
companies from Port Allegany; the
MnnhanipCf nf UTo
Under command of A. Carson
Stamm, marshal of Division IL. were
the Brandywine Company, of Coates
Vile; Acme, of Stroudsburg, and COM
panies from Milton, Sunbury, Steelton
and Northumberland. With the lat
ter, representing the entire Northum-
berland department, was the oldest
hand engine In Pennsylvania, built in
1875. These were guests of the Alli-
son Company.
The Camp Curtin. in Division 13, had
as its guests the Union Company, of
Middletown, second oldest in that
town; the Canton Company, so years
old; the Good VIII, of Chambersburg
long prominent in State Association
work, and the Washington Company,
of Sunbury. The Royal Company's
guests made up the fourteenth and
last division. They were the Juniata.
Company, No. 2, an organization from
Juniata, Pa; the famous Burnham
Company, representing the Burnham
Steel Company, and the Independent
District Company, of Lebanon, with
rs men.
Line of Procession
Squad of police. Captain Joseph p.
Thompson in command.
Chief marshal, Howard o. Holstein.
Chief of Staff. William S. Tunis.
Assistant Chiefs of Staff, John A.
Snyder, Edward F. Elsley, John G.
Willis. Francis F. Gardner
Assistant Marshals Arthur L. Pat
ton, William L. Jauss, M Nj. Tawney,
Frank F. Ellis.
Aides to Chief Marshal ]. e. Paint