El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

cepticle to contain waste paper; care
lessness in placing ashes in which
live Goals are contained. and careless
dropping Of matches and stubs OF
cigars and cigarets are causing most
of our fires and this may be avoided
by greater Individual precautions.
The fact that FL Pas0 has the low
est insurance rate in the state is a
compliment not only to the fire de-
partment here but to the citizens. as
only by cooperation OF citizens ana
firemen have the good results been
attained II is largely up to citizens
to wipe out a great percent of the
losses during the present year BY
added usefulness.
Il Firemen Join Army.
The increased facilities Of the new
central station, occupied by com
panies during early October. have
greatly added to general effective
ness in many ways. As it requires
considerable actual experience in fire
fighting to develop a man who will
quickly do the right thing, it may
readily be seen that the loss Of II
firemen who became volunteers in
the United States army, has caused
the department not a little incon-
venience. All these were men OF
particular strength and activity ana
their loss was keenly felt. Accord
ing to information received by chief
" ray iii THESE men nave UldQG EOou
in their several positions in the army.
All who left the department went
by the volunteer route The number
Of their companies and names are
No. 1, B. F. Qualls, A 7. Greenwood;
No. 2, Powell Rolly; No. 3, Ted Wor-
ley and p. G. Kirste; No. 4, T. V
Dykes; No. 8, L. A Hoket; No. T.,
Earl YOuart and Joe Boone; hook and
ladder No. l. II. c. Long: hook and
ladder No. ,. W. Harrison; chiefs
driver, John Drew; chiefs assistant
driver, H. NJ. Harkrider.
Personnel of Department.
Present members Of the local de-
partment and the capacity in which
they serve, are: Chief, John W. Wray;
rotary. John T. Graney; electrician.
John r. Youart; fire marshal, ". H
Williams; operators, Z. NJ Carraway-
and J. ". Breeding.
Company mo. l: Captain, o. F..
StapletOn; lieutenant s. T. Garia; en-
gineer. N. J. German; assistant en-
gineer. a. W. Lindsay; pipemen, L. T..
WolvertOn. r G. Quigley, II. A
Davis, r D. Lawton and V. H. Law
ton.
Company No. .: Captain. C. $.
Connors; lieutenant. L Hennessy. en-
gineer, A. \. Won BalldOw; assistant
engineer, C. G. Brubaker: pipemen, II.
Wade, w G. Dixon and c. A Hughey.
Company No. 3: Captain, w. +.
Jackson, lieutenant F. H Malone;
chauffeur. ". Z. Blockson: pipemen.
J. N O'COnnor, D. N. Gully and h.
Ritterhouse.
Company No. 4: Captain. r z. Le-
Gross lieutenant, p. +. HammOns; en-
gineer, G. z. Britten; assistant en-
gineer' H. Figueria; pipemen, J. a
Tyler and H. r Deter.
Company No. 5: Captain, Jeff
Glaves; lieut.. r. c. Duke; engineer,
W r. Holland; assistant engineer.
H r McMahon; pipeman. r. J. Des-
mOnd.
Company No. 6: Captain. J. f.
Jacobs; lieutenant, c. T. Dixon;
chauffeur. L. H. Nations; pipeman, o.
Company No. 7: Captain. J. T. Sui
livan' lieutenant, VI. L. Marker; en-
glneer, a. A Lee; assistant engineer,
r c Wheeler; pipeman. J. E. Black
Hook and ladder No. 1: Captain.
T. : Depperman; lieutenant. J. B.
harrison; laddermen, S. y. Strange,
". A. Adams and Joe Kolb: tillerman,
J. d Weisinger; assistant tillerman,
Hook and ladder No. .: Captain,
l. ". Holton; chauffeur. G. l.
vaughn; laddermen, r. N. Tolbert and
e l. Judd. Besides these, are chiefs
driver, H Engle. chiefs assistant
driver, G. D. Davis; assistant chiefs
driver, J. E Manigold and assistant
chiefs assistant driver. J. G. High