Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-25
SIX FIREMEN ARE
ENTERED UPON
ROLL OF HONOR
A Recognition of Daring Work
Performed at hldine Apart
nent House Blaze.
OFFICER'STlME HELD
TO DEPARTMENT WORK
Action Intended TO Promote Eff
ficieney of the Service-Fire-
men Fined for Violations.

+ For personal risks taken at the Al
/ dine fire in Broad street the Board OF
+ Fire Commissioners yesterday or
! dered the names Of six firemen entered
| on the honor roll. The names will b.
placed IN Class a, the highest degrees
for meritorious service that a fireman
| can receive.
/ The men on whom the distinction
/ was conferred are. William A. Do
remus and Frank Dodd, Of Engine
i Company No. 4. Joseph Moehler. OF
/ Engine Company No. 3; Peter Kier-
nan, Of Chemical Company No 1, ana
Louis Pfrrmann and George Sehmei-
/ die. of Engine Company No. /.
The committee on rules reported
several changes. One directs that no
officer of the department can retain
another position or engage in other
occupation with compensation When
/ the extra compensation indicates an
application Of time. thought and labor
that should be applied to the services
of the fire department. The oon1mis-
/ FSoners are enforcing this law SO that
zn of an officers time can be given
/ 20 the duties of his position In the
i department.
Must Give Full Time TO City.
The new rule or general order reads
as follows:
NO officer of the Newark Fire De-
partment attached to the uniformed
/ force whose duties require his active
participation in the actual work Of
extinguishing fires will be permitted
to accept hold or retain any posi-
ton, or engage in any occupation
whatsoever, the compensation for
which indicates commensurate appli-
cation of time and labor as a return
for such compensation.
The purpose of this rule is TO pre-
vent the dividing Of the time, thought
and labor of commandments of COM
panies, chiefs or battalions, or dis
4 tricts, or officers of higher grade,
that should be applied to department
work alone in the interest of greater
i efficiency and the betterment of the
! service. with any other work or oecu-
/ patton. The fire commissioners will
insist upon compliance with this rule.
and any violation of its terms will be
/ considered a fragrant breach of disci-
pline and will be promptly treated as
such. The offender will be subject to
! charges. fine, demotion or dismissal
/ in the discretion of the Board of fire
commissioners.
THE commissioners will exact fruDa
all officers of the uniformed fire
/ fighting force their entire time and
! best energies to the end that the best
/ interests Of the service will be con-
/ served.
Excepted from the terms of this
rule are officers who hold or may
+ hold positions as officers in local re-
+ lief or benevolent associations limited
to members or former members of the
Newark Fire Department"
Another one of the rules adopted
at yesterdays session relates to re-
quests for retirement. while charges
against the applicant are pending.
! The commissioners will not recognize
such requests If they believe the ap-
plicant is trying to take advantage
/ of the pension privileges.
The rank of battalion chief was
| conferred upon the departments
physician. DR. Hugh NJ Hart. and
/ the department veterinarian. James
T. Glennon. This is done to give the
doctors a higher rank than that of
captain and avoid possible conflict Of
/ authority in cases calling for profess
/ sional treatment.
Fined for Breach of Rules
The board heard three cases of fire.
men who were up on charges. Fire
man Charles Faust, of Engine Com
pany %. pleaded guilty to intoxiea-
a loss Of thirty-five days pay. which
! includes ten days in addition TO the
/ time he was under suspension.
| Edward Johnson, of Truck No. ?.
was absent without leave. As ex-
/ PLANTATION he stated that time had
4 passed quicker than he noticed while
/ he was at the National Turner's" He
/ was fined five days pay.
For oversleeping an alarm of fire
i John P Scheih, Of Engine Company
/ No IA. was locked two days pay.
Fireman Charles Reilly. of Chemi-
cal Company No. 1, was ordered sus-
/ pended by the board until such time
4 as he can adjust several matters af-
fecting discipline and other depart
ment regulations.
A request that the employment OF
a metal polisher in the repair shops
| be taken under Amusement by the
/ commissioners was made by Henry J
/ Lohse, business agent of the Metal
/ Polishers' Union. Mr. Lohse explained
! that such position would pay for
/ itself. He referred to the fire gongs
/ in the streets. some of which. he I'M
/ derstood were in danger of losing
their sound. Besides. he said the APP
paratus had lot of silver and nickel
! Mating which has to be retouched