The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-04-23
FIFTEEN FLAGS RAISED
BY LOCOMOTIVE WORKERS

Elaborate Program Carried Out Yes
tcrday ut Richmond Plant-Colors
Flying Over Various Depart
mcnt Sheds.
| Fifteen large American flags were
presented to the same number of
heads of departments Saturday by
employees of the American Locomotive
company. of Richmond, and were rails
| ed on flag poles installed on the tops
of sheds of each department. The
flag raising and patriotic celebration
was held yesterday afternoon between
the hours of ! and 2 o'clock. Dixie,
America and the Star-Spangled Ban
ner were sung.
Hon. ]. Taylor Ellyson. Lieutenant
governor of Virginia, spoke for Gov
ernor Stuart was was out of Rich
mond. He praised President Wilson
as one of the greatest executives the
| nation ever had. and spoke at length
on the meaning OF the flag. compli-
menting the employees of the company
| for their patriotic celebration and the
spirit in which they contributed
towards hosting the colors over the
various buildings. Mayor Ainslie next
spoke, delivering an appropriate pa
triotic address and also complimented
the men on raising the flags. He was
followed by Murray MCGUIRE, general
counsel for the company, who made n
| patriotic talk
| AS the flags unfurled to the breeze
| n salute doomed from a gun fired by
courtesy of the Richmond Howitzers.
, The Aico band rendered several cor
net solos: played the trombone. bass
| and snare drums. Workers were en-
/ thusiastic over the occasion and with
| their employers gave three cheers
when the flags were raised.
| Flags Are Presented.
| Flags were presented the follow
ing heads of departments by thelr
| workers: Office. x. Lasslter, ii.
! T. Cham berlain. George Curry. y. w.
! MacI-aren. f. j. Bascombe and r. r.
Bororselslii: small tool supervisor, II.
| C. Ganzert: s-inch she'll department,
| RI. l. Lod .,e and c. W. Ehrnheardt.
s-inch shell department Il. A. Peace
and Leonard Jones: a.2-inch shell De
/ partment, :. W Fish and J. f.
! Sch,ssler; shell forge department. II.
| Timmins and T, !. Schmits: material
! department. ]. X Ferguson; S-incn
adapter department J. F. Honycutt
and Harry Leftwitch; police depart
! ment. NJ f Chapman. chief: die de-
, partment- G. L. Dougherty: hospital
1 department. DR.. 7, L. Driscol ana
, Or. r. H. Brockwel; bonding depart
ment, p e. Fang. ". Maddox, George
Alien and q. Glass; power house. f.
D. McIntire and shell forge die de
pertinent c. L. Doughty.
r. III. Huth was chairman of the
executive committee; George Curry
invited the speakers 20 make talks
II. r. Lewis was treasurer Of the nag
fund, raised by the employees OF the
company, and j. r. Barker secretary.
W. NJ. Cease superintended the dec
Grating and @. p. Owens framed the
program. j. NJ Rrereton, bandmas-
ter. was assisted by ]. s, Agnew IN
directing the music.
Raised the Coiors.
The committee in charge OF the nag
raising was as follows: George Mich
olas. chairman. and Charles Barker.
assistant chairman: toolroom% II. A.
Hazelgroye and J. ". Pollard: s-lnch
shell department. ]. II. Bradley and
James Il. Vest: s-inch shell depart
ment. II. c. Moore and Lester Snead :
a~inch she'll department. T. A.
Strader and w. e. Lyman: material
department. W. u. Crittenden and T.
A Branch: police department, NJ. T.
Chapman and w. L. Love; hospital.
George Blunt and r r. Bayiess: forge
shop die room. Robert Brown and l.
NJ. Barr: maintenance department. D.
s Richardson and l.. Pemberton. g.
inch shell department, c. +. Waidrop
aud John Heubi; s@-inch shell de-
partlnent. q. NJ Wright and r. c.
Woody; adapter department c. t
Casscr and w. c. Northern, power
house. f. ID. Mcintyre and A. ?. Rat
ciifYe: bounding room, j. w. Quarles
and c p Divers and ONCE. II. l.
! Cooke and 1. K. McMurtry. The hags
were raised by signal, the main shop
whistle being blown.
Flag Committee.
The flag committee was as follows;
Manufacturing toolroom, T A. Vim
cent. l. NJ Brown and l. Pemoer-
ton: repair department. r. II. Huth,
/. c. woodcock and George Nicholas;
s inch she'll department, o. P. owens,
c F.. Neuroi,r and ". F.. Edwards;
s-lnch rectifying department. j. C.,
kinker, j. l. George and G. Martin:
I . 2-inch shell department, b. C..
Woody. Milton Wright and w r.
Maxey; wa,chman'E department, NJ. E.
Chapman, G. +. Doughty and DR.. T.
J.. Driscoll s-inch she'll department.
William Cobb. NJ s. Holloway and F.
\. Kerr material department. +. c.
Winter. Earl II. Gilbert and II. A.
Trimming; s-inch adapter shop. J. r.
Honeycutt, George Allen and J. Is.
Porter; forging department. ". A.
Peasants. III. Sharp and J. A. Brown;
power house. r. Y. Mcintyre. J. c.
Underwood and NJ. T. Wooten; general
office, j. p. Ramos, r. c. Tinsley and
j. w. Jones: forge shop die toolroom.
A. t. Vessel. c. I. Daugherty and O.
S. Olson. and bonding room. j. W.
Lewis. A. f. James and John Heubi.
The event was quite an elaborate
one and shows the patriotic spirit
of the workers.