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Show GUARD WHITE HOUSE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FinB ARE CLAQORATE. Fet That the Executive Mansion M N,ot a r reproof Structure Urv derttood by the Men Responsible Re-sponsible for Its Safety. AlthouR'i thoro has not been n flM ol any lmitlculnr conscauenro In th Whlto Heine since It was set on fire by tho lliitlsh nearly 100 years ago tho Washington liro department has never lost sight of tho fact that the structure U not fireproof. Tho build lng and nil it contains Is guarded with n caro glen no other public property nnd ordeis have been Issued to tho firemen, ,m.l by them committed to memory, vMng Instructions down to the smalle-t possible detail as to tho l.r.t pr."h l.nn shall take In c? ol an nlmui I i 157. which Is in the Whit i' House. Pour i-imlnes and two trtu' nre under orders to respond nt H'e first call from Him box. Tho full con .any Is to respond If tho call conies fiom box 157, mil each 'ni;lm hnx lipin given Its exact roulo. so that none may cros tho path of any other and each ma make the host speed of which It Is capable. Knch engine has nlso ordem to enter the grounds at n partlcului gate and to take water from a particular hydrant, mlriltlnnn! hydrants having been nrdeied In re cently nt points on the grounds con vcnientl near tho house. Kven tho spot ut the hydrant upon which each englno sh.ill stand has been deslg n a tod, Tho two truck companies havo llko wise had their loutes marked out and their gate Into tho gi minds deslg nated, the plan being to havo two en glnos nnd one truck on the south side of tho house nnd tho same number on tho north sldo. Keys to tho gates havo been placed In tho hands of tho proper lire officers and rules mado for their custody In a place where they may always bo available for tho flro fighters, but not for anyono olse If any of- tho companies designated to respond to tho first call from tho Whlto House nro called to onother flro, they ha.o designated substitutes to other enr'uo houses that nro required re-quired to hold themselves In readiness readi-ness to Jump for tho president's homo nt tho first clang of tho gong, and also with their loutes and gates selected In ndvnnce for them. Doputy Chief Knglneer Wngner has been named for tho honor of having chargo nt the fiont, or north, Bide ol tho White Houso. und Second lint-tallon lint-tallon Chief Sullivan nt tho south, or rear. The department has novcr had n flro drill at tho White House, but tho subject has been considered nnd may bo carried out some time when tho president and his family aro away. |
