Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-02-28

But brilliant as that event was and
lavish as was its entertainment, 1t
a great event in the fire circles of the
State.
will be far outshone by that of next
Fall, as the plans now under way will
| indicate.
Augustus II. Kreidler, who has been
identified with the Harrisburg fire de-
partment since his youth and who Is
now one of the most influential MEM
bers of the State association, has been
made a member of the publicity COM
mittee by State President George s.
kroll, of York.
200 Companies i'm Line
the parade which will take place on
Thursday, October s, and each of them
will be accompanied by a band or
drum corps, but most of them will
have bands" said Mr.. Kreidler to a
Telegraph man.
when 1 say two hundred COM
panies and two hundred bands / am
speaking conservatively. The fact is,
1 believe the number will exceed that
| figure, but let it go at 200 and you
will see that the parade is bound to
be the biggest thing Harrisburg has
ever seen. Also it will break all rec
| ords for firemen's parades in Pennsyl-
vania and | believe there have been
few larger than it in the United
States
"In addition to the companies from
this State We have received accept
ances from the veteran associations of
Baltimore, Buffalo and Trenton and
Poughkeepsie, New York. and Eliza
beth, New Jersey, will also send dele
cations. Troy, New York, has like
wise, forwarded an acceptance and 1
am expecting one from Syracuse if
the company can make hotel arrange
ments to remain in Harrisburg for
several days.
"All of the Harrisburg companies
are preparing to entertain on lavish
scale and thousands of dollars will be
! spent in showing the visitors a good
| time. But the Harrisburg boys will
not spend all the money. The firemen
are notably free with their cash and
they will leave large sums behind
them in Harrisburg. 1 look for not
only the biggest, but the most sue
cessful and enjoyable State convention
in the. history of the association"
The Great Parade
Already plans are under way for the
great parade. The local committees
as well as Mr.. Kreidler are basing
|
panies. The chief marshal of this
immense procession will be chosen by
the firemens union, which will also
select the chief of staff. The chief
marshal will appoint his own aides
and the division marshals will be
elected by the various companies.
| York county is always enthusiastic
over firemen's parades, and this time
especially SO from the fact that the
head of the association, Mr.. Kroll, is
a resident of that city and well liked.
will bring to Harrisburg from 1900 to
i 1900 members and will have a divi-
] sion of its own. The city of York,
I Hanover and several other towns will
| be represented. The York division
! will be given the place of honor in
| the parade and will be known officially
as Division A.
| This matter of the order in which
the companies and their guests shall
march in the procession is settled by
precedent After the York company
will come Harrisburg Company No.
| l, with its especially invited firemen.
Then will come Harrisburg Company,
i No. 2. with its guests. Names will
count for little and numbers alone will
/ be regarded in the assigning COM
panies to place.
The route of parade will not be very
| long 1t will be impossible, as was
once the custom, to attempt to pass
all of the various fire houses. Several
streets will be selected and the march
will not be more than seven miles at
most, less if possible.
Other Features
| But the parade, which will be the
chief drawing card for thousands of
EviSitors, will not be the only feature