Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
GOVERNORS ACCEPT.
bid OF FIREMEN
TO REVIEW PARADE
Richie and Pollard Will Wit
ness Annual Labor Day
Carnival.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
DONATES TWO REMNANTS
DR.. Frank E. Gibson, Chairman,
Gives Final Instruction
to Judges.

and Gov. John Garland Pollard of
Virginia have accepted invitations to
review the annual flremens parade
next Monday, 1t was announced last
night by Odell S. Smith, chairman of
the General Committee in charge of
arrangements for the event.
Chairman Smith also announced that
this year the Merchants' and Manu-
facturers' Association of this city had
donated two pennants in connection
with the annual base ball game which
will be staged between the Police and
Fire Departments Saturday, September
S, at Griffith Stadium. According to
the terms of the association the PEN
nantS will be presented to the winning
teams covering a period Of three years.
At a meeting last night of the judges
of the parade in the board room OF
the District Building, DR.. Frank E.
Gibson, chairman, gave final instruc-
tons to those assigned to this feature
of the parade next Monday. The judges
stand this year will be located on the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue in
front of the District Building, and in
case of rain they will accept an in
vitation to occupy the second floor OF
the Ford Motor Co. Building, John Mar
shall place and Pennsylvania avenue.
The stand for invited guests and re-
viewing officers will be located on the
north side of Pennsylvania avenue near
Fourteenth street.
Parade Starts at IL am.
The judges were given instructions
to report promptly next Monday morn
ing at 1890 o'clock, at which time they
will be assigned to the classes which
they are expected to judge. In cases
where the selections are of technical
nature, experts have been appointed by
Chairman Gibson to do the judging
from this standpoint. The parade Will
start promptly at IL o'clock from Peace
Monument and it is expected to take
about two and one-half hours to pass
the reviewing stand.
The program as finally revised and
outlined to the judges last night IN
cluded the following classes:
Volunteer fire fcompany-Size: Volun-
teer fire department with largest num-
Der of uniformed men in line With
band or drum corps (bandsmen In
cluded in number); volunteer fire COM
pany with largest number of uniformed
men in line without band or drum
corps.
Volunteer firemen: Appearance-Vol-
unteer fire company presenting best
appearance in line: volunteer fire COM
pany or group of companies from town
of under 1900 population presenting
best appearance in line; volunteer hre
company or group of companies from
town of 5000 but not more than 10000
population, presenting best appearance
in line; volunteer fire company or group
of companies from town of more than
10000 population, presenting best APP
pearance in lines
Numerous Float Prizes.
Floats-Best float of any fire depart
ment or company ladies auxiliary in
line; District of Columbia fire company
with most beautiful float in line; Dis
trict of Columbia fire company with
float best representing fire service or
ideals In line; most beautiful float in
line entered by fraternal organization:
most beautiful float, unattached, in line;
most beautiful commercial float in line;
most beautiful civic or business mems
association float in line.
Apparatus-Best piece of volunteer
fire company apparatus in line, includ-
ing equipment; volunteer fire company
with the most ancient piece of appara-
tus in line, best decorated piece of fire
apparatus in line: best chemical truck
in line.
Ladies' auxiliary: Appearance -
Ladies auxiliary of volunteer fire COM
pany or department presenting best
appearance in line.
Musical organizations: Appearance
Drum corps presenting best appearance
In line; band presenting best appear
ance in line.
Comic entries-Best comic entry of
f1re organization in line, open to all
except District OF Columbia; best comic
entry, unattached, in line; District of
Columbia fire company with best comic
in line.
Volunteer company: Distance-vol-
unteer flre company, with not Jess than
20 uniformed men in line, coming
longest distance.
Fraternal organization: Appearance
without .foats-Fraternal organization
presenting best appearance in line.
Trophies for rs Glasses.
There are 25 classes covering the
parade for which silver trophies have
been donated. 1t is expected that
there will be more than 100 clowns in
the parade, and Sergt. A. j. Bargagni,
grand marshal of the parade, predicts
that this will be the greatest firemens
parade ever staged in the National
Capital.
In the evening band concerts will be
given at various points by the visiting
bands and up to the present time 20
bands and IA drum corps have an
nounced that they will participate in
the big Labor day parade
Heretofore the afternoon has been
given over to the annual base ball
game between the Police and Fire De-
partments, the proceeds of which &c to
the relief associations of the two
organizations, but this year the game
will be held Saturday afternoon at 3
O'Clock at the Grifith Stadium.