Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
F|REMEN'S PARADE
To MARK LABORDA
Big Pageant Promises to Be
Most Elaborate Ever
Staged Here.

the marJS OF Va0e III oDSSENaiiCe ul
Labor day, the National Capital to-
morrow will Join with the Nation in
honorins these who toll
Washington will put new color and
activity into the OLD Labor day custom
of parading by holding spectacular
nremens jsmboree on Pennsylvania
avenue.
To the tune of Army. Navy, Marine
and civilian bands and the din OF
Silrieking sirens and changing bells, tre
fighters from four States and the DIS
trlct of Columbia will parade along the
ffag-bankec thoroughfare from the
Capitol Grounds to the District Build
ing. there to be reviewed by high Off
cislS and board of judges,
Other Celebrations Few.
Celebrations other than the iiremen'S
festival will be few and scattered, per-
hitting a large turnout Of spectators
along the Nations parade grouno'
One of the eXtVaneouS functions VIII De
the annual Labor day jubilee tor the
benefit of the German Orphan Asylum
on Good Hope road, Anaeostia, under
auspices of the ladies aid society OF The
home An oId-faShioned German din
nar Will be served,
The big fire pageant. which starts at
noon. gives promise of being the most
elaborate Of its hind ever held mere
and there have been five before 1t.
A soa,ial added attraction this year
will be a baby parade to be staged on
the driveway south of the Eliipse at
40 O'Clock The Evening Star VIII
award prizes of $50. SIS and SIS in gold
to the winners Of first. second and third
p!acss. and also a silver cup to the VIM
t1er of first place to be kept as a perma-
nert token of victory. The winners are
to BE- chosen from the best combinations
OF decorated carriages and handsome
babies.
In addition to the 90 engine COM
panies and IA truck companies in the
District of Columbia Fire Department
which Will be represented IN the paraoe
proper, 10 Baltimore companies, 81 vol
unteer companies from Maryland ana
Is from Virginia have been listed 70
participate while additional men ana
apparatus frcm Pennsylvania and West
Virginia are expected to be registered
before the hour Of the parade.
Besides the freaghterS and their APP
paratus there VIII be fraternal and CIVIC
organizations on foot and numerous
others on floats. according to Sergt. A.
j. Bargarni. parade marshal In aooi-
ton SIS deliberately decorated business
floats are to be entered in the procession
Old Horses in Parade.
Starting west on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. at the Peace Monument, the pa
rada viii De headed by a mounted
police escort. followed by Sergt Bargagni
parade marshal, and by Odell S. Smith,
chairman OF the citizens committee.
Next in line viii be the Army Band.
Behind 1t viii be the flag Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Fire Department and
the United States flag.
Following viii be members Of The
Association of Oldest Inhabitants of
the District Of Columbia with the first
Official engine Of the D. G. Fire Depart
n1ent. Then viii be Barney, Gene anc
Tom, retired horses Of the local fire
department, who now only go to the
tUre of changing bells and sllrieking
sirens on some special occasion Next
viii be Miss Mildred Bargagni, the Of
hcial parade hostess.
Bringing Up the line of march then
viii be the Baltimore apparatus which
last January responded TO Washington's
cry for aid during the series Of incendiary
fires.
Al this point in the line of march
viii be the Navy Band, followed by
Il. S. Bell, assistant parade marshal
Next viii be the Maryland State Vol
rnteer Firemen's Associations officers,
followed by Maryland volunteer fremen
from the following towns:
Reisterstown, Hagerstown, Brentwood,
Aberdeen, Sandy Spring, Seat Pleasant,
Annapolis, aneboro. Greater Capitol
Heights, Mount Rainier, Rockville,
Owings Mills. Glyndon. Branchville,
Elkton, Riverdale, Mount Airy, Hyatts-
vile. West Annapolis, Bladensburg,
Westminster. Frederick, Union Bridge,
Silver Spring, Kensington, Glenburnie,
Gaithersburg, Bowie, College Park. Her
aid Harbor. Ocean City and those from
ether towns who probably viii register
before the time Of the parade.
Seven Maryland Bands.
Seven bands and three drum corus
viii be in the Maryland section. The
section viii be followed by the Marine
Band and Assistant Parade Marshal r.
A. Barton
Arlington and Fairfax Counties Vol
uneeer Firenen's Associations will be
next, with volunteer companies from
the Virginia towns following:
Friendship, Virginia Highlands. VIM
chester, Fails Church, Harrisonburg,
Jefferson District, Mclean, LeesburE.
Cherrydale, Potomac, Arlington. Ballston
and Fairfax
These viii be followed by band and
a floats Of the District OF Columbia
Fire Department. Fraternal and civic
organizations viii be next, with 60-odd
business floats bringing UP the rear.
various women's auxiIiarieS, both of the
regular and DotF1nta1w f4Vn Nav~a rfy ts
also viii participate.
The lists Of the latter have not been
completed and Seret. Bargagni, wishing
70 avoid any Partially, thought it best
not 10 give the names OF the firms and
organizations entering floats until the
whole list has been whipped into form.
The entries In the parade will be adj
judged for prizes as they pass In froEt
OF the judges stand, TO be located on
the north side Of Pennsylvania avenue.
opposite the District Building, where
they wiz be reviewed by District off,
Gals. They will proceed west TO Fif-
tenth street and south TO B street and
uigbaud
The judges, 70 number 81 in all for
the parade proper, viii not know which
events they viii Judge until shortly be-
fore the start OF the parade, when three
viii be assigned 10 each class for which
q prize viii be awarded Under 4ngtsuc~
ti0ns OF DR.. Frank e. Gibson, Chairman
Of the judges committee, the judges
viii rate the various contestants on a
percentage basis with 80 as the maxi
mum rating.
Tho final decision Of each group Of
judges viii be placed in q sealed en-
velOpe To be opened In the District
Building some time in the afternoon
following the parade. Not until then
viii be prize winner be known.
SeTgt. Bargagni issuing instructions
yesterday ordered that all volunteer firs
companies which are to participate re.
port at No Engine House, on New
Jersey avenue between u and E streets
not later than / 80 tomorrow morning
All District Of Columbia units are In.
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