Evening star., 1941-12-09
$500 D. E.. Men
And Women Sworn
As Air Raid Wardens
Special Troining
Begun; All Walks
Of Life Represented

Of Life Represented
More than $500 white and col
ored men and women crowded into
the Fire Department training
school at 635 North Carolina avenue
Sc. last night and took an oath to
perform their duty as members OF
the Districts force of air raid wcr-
dens.
Faces from all walks of life wee
represented in the throng th~t
jammed the building to take tie
pledge as rapidly as they could fee
their way into the room in v
it was administered by E2ttc.."1
Chief Clement Murphy. chief
raid warden, and 1t. Col. Sidney y.
Mashbir, assistant warden. Eeca"
of the crowded conditions, distri9'.-
ton of Identification cards was pos
poned until later.
All Will Be Fingerprinted.
The meeting lasted until nearly
midnight. Orders were given for all
wardens to appear at police stations
after o'clock this afternoon to be
fingerprinted Special police will be
assigned to the work at that time.
All persons who did not take the
oath last night are requested to come
to the training school to go through
the routine any time after 7:30
~ ,1I,& frv~ nj fryt1
Meanwhile, Capt. A. F. G. Lucas,
director of rescue activities for the
District Civilian Defense Council.
whose Job it will be to train and
organize air raid rescue squads for
the city, called two meetings for
this week. White candidates will
meet at MacFarland Junior High
School. Iowa avenue and Webster
street NV, at pm. tomorrow, and
colored candidates at Banneker
Junior High School, 300 Euclid street
NV, at the same hour Thursday
night.
Capt. Lucas reported that more
than 81 900 persons had volunteered
for rescue work since the call for
registration was made last June.
Only a certain portion of these,
however, have been requested to
attend the two meetings. . ...
Dan Long Will Be Chief.
After the squads have been set
up and trained, they will be under
the supervision of Dan Long, who
will serve as chief of the headquar-
ters department of the rescue squad
organization. AS a nucleus, Is light
squads OF 20 men and four heavy
squads of so men will be trained
in the art of rescuing persons from
bomb wrecked buildings and in
other phases of emergency work.
Later, additional squads will be
formed until the city is completely
covered.
Each squad member, Capt. Lucas
said, will be given instruction in
first aid as a foundation course.
Training for both skilled and un-
skilled labor will be provided. Such
necessary skills in time OF emer-
gency as electricians, staamfitters
and plumbers, for instance, will be
coached in methods of carrying on
their work under abnormal condi-
tions.
Many of the prospective air raid
wardens who attended last nights
meeting at the fire department
training school already had been
on duty. Some of them had seen
service throughout Sunday night IS
guards against sabotage at strategic
points in the city. .|.
Included in the group were
! deputy wardens, assistant deputy
wardens. zone wardens and sector
wardens. They were scheduled to
have taken their oath in groups OF
! IS and then to have been issued
Identification cards. Under the
crowded conditions, only 10 card
we're given out and the remainder
will be distributed through the
deputy wardens.
Told of Responsibility.
Everyone has a responsibility tc
his country and to God" Chiei
Murphy told the throng. THE all
raid warden service is a tremendous
job, one that must be done, and
know you will all do your part"
Col. Lemuel Bolles, executive de-
fense director for the Washington
area, also was present at the meet
ing.
This is another case OF coming to
the colors," he said in brief tall:
Again you all have accepted gre
responsibility and I am sure yo1
will discharge it well"