Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-12

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National Bank Is now located. Some years
after the Lancasterian School system had been
abandoned it became wcH known as the public
school where Strong John Thomson kept good
boys good and made good boys out of bad ones.
Occasionally the writer WILL even now. run
across one Of the pupils who attended school
at this corner under the st,ict discipline OF
this celebrated pedagogue
IN the early days of the volunteer fire COM
panies it was rather the usuA thing to
wind up fire with battle. a few Of which
proved to be serious affairs, but generally
bloody noses and black eyes were about all the
damage done. Upon one occasion. during the
administration of President Tyler, the Franklin
company and the Anacostia company on re-
turning from fire in Gcorgc'own selected the
street In front Of the White House for their
customary fracas and held that part OF the
city it IS said, all to themselves for five hours
Indeed, they got into such a habit of fight
ing that sometimes they went TO extremes
and even fought their friends. they actually
did when the Wecaccoe Engine Company Of
Philadelphia paid visit to Washington in 1851
Upon this occasion they selected the dining
room Of the Willard Hotel. and the battle waged
quite desperately for awhile, firearms being
freely used and several of the combatants being
injured, as was Ebenezer Rodbird, who was shot
through the breast.
One Of the last membership lists which the
writer found of the old Franklin company,
dated 1855, gives the officers as: Robert e.
Doyle president: Joseph Williamson, vice presi-
dent; w. H. Tanning. treasurer; George r.
CroSsfeld, secretary: E. G.. Ec!ilof assistant
secretary; Henry A. Ward. chief engineer; r.
M. Downer, first engineer John T. Sessford
second engineer; T. L. Martin, captain of hose;
]. B. Medley, FIRST director; j. B. Moran. second
Members of the engine division: Joseph Alb
bot, Arthur Anderson A. Anderson, e. F. Alex
ander, George K. Boyd, w. A. Boss, John Brow
erS, J. A. Burch, John Boyle. Samuel Butt, A.
Burch, j. W. Bangs w. H Beardsley Thomas
Burns Charles L. Coltman, James A. Cooper,
Charles J. Garfield, w. Cammack, ]. Codington,
w. D. Crampsey, T. Croghan, w. Champion, w.
c. Chambers, C. w. Cunningham, Milton Clarke.
Charles Grips, P. Coleman. J. A. M Duncan
son, Lewis w. Denham. W. J. Donoho, F. r.
Dorset, Joseph w. Davis, D. w. Driscon A.
Ecklon, T. j. Edmundson. Charles Ecklof1, z.
C. Eckloff E. H. Edmundson, j. T. Evans A.
Earpe, Thomas ]. Fisher, r. Francis, J. T.
Fendley, Alfred Farrell, w. M. Fisher. J. 8.
Finch, J. F. Fuss. Conrad Finkman, w. J. Gary.
John Hudson, Henry c. HutchinS, M. Holahan,
c. Holbrook, J. M. r. Hough, ]. D. Hutton.
William Hutton. J. w. Hays, r. H. Handy,
J. Hetch w. johnson, A. Jackson, w. Jones,
H. Kleiber, James King Lewis Kari A. Kerr,
Larcombe, Douglas Moore, j. NIcDevitt J. F.
Mcguire, G. NJ Meisell, j. T. Mitchell, T. A.
Laughlin, w. H. Nally. Y. Neidfelt. Grafton Pow
ell, D. S. Porter J. A Piper. J. G. Reeves. ]. H.
Ray, Joseph Reese, H. Rodier, J. Rollins w.
Richey, Joseph Sessford, Thomas Simon. w. H.
Smith, George T. Stewart, c. 4. Sengstack, j.
Shafer, Eugene Townly, William Tozer, James
Thompson, H. Weaver, John Wells. c. w. White,
j. Whalen, c. C. Weaver, L. j. Williams. 7.
Williams J. o. Whitney, William Worthington.
Robert War.nsley and j. W. Williams.
Hose division: r. H. Abbott, James Anderson,
w. M. Belt, B. w. Brown. George Beardsley,
H. L. Barron, s. H. Barron H. Craver, ]. T.
Coombs, G.. Chamberlin, William Durr, ]. c.
Donoho, B. Donely, Charles T. Dorset, A. s.
Dent, j. Frizzell, E. Fitzgerald P. B. Fridley,
A. H. Gawler Joseph Gawler, c. L. Grenocher,
j. T. Given, T. N. Hooper, A. r. Hilton, F. H.
Fridley, l.. Heing, B. F. Howard, Albert Kirby.
Charles Lemon, S. c. Lewis, Charles Mcdonald,
A. McGunigal, C. F. McDevitt, J. Mcdonald,
II. Miller, J: c. Noerr, p. s. Newman, William
Naylor, Washington Naylor, c. Sgle. William
NJ. Payne, L. H. Poole, Geurg" Payne, ]. H.
Posev J. Rodgers william Rabbit, W. Seldom,