Evening star., 1914-08-08
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

! Baby. the faithful horse of Fire
Marshal Nicholson, is fond of excite
| ment, and during duh seasons when
/ fire alarms are not numerous, it man
ages to create excitement enough to
prevent stagnation. One morning this
week Baby was left near the west
entrance to the District building while
the fire mashal was in the building at
| tending to routine business. Your
| horse is devouring an automobile was
a telephone message the fire marshal
| received
Some joke" the fire marshal said. but
| later when he reached the street he
was surprised to learn that Baby had
devoured the rubber bulb of an automo-
| bile horn.
! Continued footing of a horn on 18th
street suggested that an automobilist
| was trying to attract attention of an
| employe of the police department, and
when several of them looked from the
windows they were surprised to see
| Baby footing the horn.
| Some Baby" said the fire marshal
when a bill for the damaged horn was
presented.
| J. D. Leeman. assistant superintendent
OF machinery. did not stay at home to
| entertain visitors. Company came from
| the country about the time his vacation
started but knowing his wife could do
the honors in proper fashion. Leeman
| boarded an early train for Baltimore.
| caught canal steamer and was soon
| on his way to Philadelphia. He will visit
Atlantic City while away.
! Jacob StulZ, captain Of the Firefghter,
| has returned from a short stay at Co
| lonial Beach. He left his family living
| aboard his launch anchored in Monroe
| bay.
i The captain spent two weeks with his
| family and returned to duty. Later in
the season he will take another vacation
| to the down-river resort and pilot his
| family home.
| Private c. c. Witzell of No. engine
company has been granted a leave of
absence for twenty days. Witzell has so
much painting and repairing to do, he
| says. that he cannot go away. and this
winter he will reap the benefit of his
| work.
| Lieut.. George W. Smith. second in COM
mand of No. . engine company. has gone
! tos Atlantic City for an outing. He will
remain at the seashore ten days.
John D. O'Connor. engineer of No. .
| engine company, has taken his family on
| a trip to Boston by sea. He thinks a
| little recreation each year better fits him
| for duty.
Capt. G. Fl. Reynolds OF No. :: engine
| company was acting battalion chief one
| day this week. He took the place of
Third Battalion Chief Charles B. Proctor,
! who was visiting his family at North
| Chesapeake Beach.
| Lieut.. Harry ". Lusby of No. 5 engine
| company will be off duty three weeks.
He has gone to New York on his vaca-
| ton trip.
| Private Theodore Davis of No 4 engine
company is visiting his family in St.
!! Marys county. Md. He will not return
I for thirteen days.
Orville Fraser took holiday Tuesday
and visited his family at Colonial Beach.
| He was on duty at No. engine house
| early Wednesday morning.
| Private Charles Wolfe of No. engine
company took advantage of the excursion
! to Atlantic City last Sunday. He took
a dip in the ocean and saw the sights at
| the SeaShore.
| Harry 0. Bailey, private of No. en-
| gine company, had four days off this
week. Il spent day at several local
excursion resorts" he stated.
4 vacation of five days was enjoved by
/
! company this week. Private Gallagher
/ saw the sights of his home city.
i Private o. E. Becker of No. , truck
| company. anxious to visit relatives at his
| former home in Minnesota took seven
| teen days leave. He is enjoying himself
| in the far west he wrote friends here.
| Frank Chinn took six days leave from
No. truck company this week. He went
with his wife to visit relatives near Lees
burg, Va.
| Capt. W. F. Lanahan of No. engine
company, Mrs. Lanahan and their three
sons have gone to Colonial Beach for
| fifteen days. The captain has the reDuta- :
| ton of being one OF the best and most
enthusiastic anglers in the department.
| And he said. In be on the water
| every minute 1 can.
Private Frank Neumann of No. truck
! company is at Colonial Beach He will
/ spend eight days at the resort and re-
| turn there later in the season.
| +. H. Cheney and F. H. johnson of
| No. truck company are away from the
| city. Cheney took his family to Atlantic
| City for two weeks. while Johnson and
his family are at Chesapea Beach.
\
! George S. Boyd OF No. truck company
are leave. Boyd took four days leave
| to visit out-of-toNn friends.
| Capt. George S. Helff has returned from
/ his vacation and is again in command of
| No. 8 engine company. The captain
| spent his holiday at Niagara Falls.
/ Alfred Hancock, assistant engineer of
| No. : engine company, has been granted
! a leave Of absence of sixteen days He
/! will take a motor cycle trip through
| southern Maryland for three or four
| days and when he returns he will accom-
| pany his family to Colonial Beach
! Assistant Driver George Smith of No
! { engine company will spend part of his
/ vacation at Atlantic City. He has two
| weeks in which to enjoy his outing.
| T. W. Reed. engineer on the fire boat
| has taken his family to Curriomen. Va
| his former home. He will enjoy sailing
! and fishing and will remain in the coun-
| try most of the twenty days. leave
granted him.
| has taken his family to Smiths creek
Md, not far from Piney Point They will
| remain there ten days.
| George n. Haller. member of No. IA en-
i gine company. has taken his family on
| a two-weeh outing in lower Maryland