Show fiRE EIRE TESTS fOR POR ANIMALS AND ND MEN M N I 0 CHICAGO May 27 The i-The The bors horses s of the Chicago o firo fire department were accord accord- accorded ed d an 10 tribute of efficiency by bythe bythe the thc city cit civil chil service ser commission ester yester icy day Thc The work of the animals that respond respond re ro- re- re spond pond to the lire fire alarms ol Wa was pronoun pronounced crl and steps were taken to bring brint the thc efficiency ene- ene of the tho firemen up to tho the same high hi h standard Hereafter the thc same painstaking care used in in the thc selection 0 of the horses horse's that haul thin the engines and nn trucks is ill is to be exercised ex cx- ll in in the tho recruiting of tho the ranks of oj I the tho human fire firo fighters The opinion o of the time commission is that if tho the firemen as 31 asa asa a whole were wen us us efficient as the horses s the department would woul be bo above cism cislO damn V I The civil iI examination of tho horses is is more mora rl rigid ld than tho test o of would be firemen The Thc animals arc are put through h an intricate trial of strength th wind endurance speed and behavior the thc like liko of which would a n human hu hum- man being Then they aro arc subjected to toa toa a training of three or or four months nth before be b- fore they thc are allowed allo ed to run nun to their first fire The Thc merit Aboard hoard board discovered that in inthe inthe in inthe the examination of firemen the physical requirements were unduly subordinated to tho the mental Bis Bigger er and heavier firemen fire fire- firemen men aro are to be sought soucht in the thc future A Aman Aman Aman man to become a fireman must be bo 5 S feet feetS S inches tall in instead tea of 5 feet 7 i inches as at present and nn the tho required weight wei ht will be increased in pro proportion The Tho mental test in the future futuro will be simple A fireman will wil be required to have only a fair bir amount of intelligence II He lIe c must be bc able to read and write and add and subtract |