N. Y. F. D. NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Fire Commissioner Dorman Cancels Trip of Firemen and Apparatus to Turin—Reason: City Required to Pay Half of Expenses of Delegation
THE proposed participation by the New York Fire Department in the International Congress of Fire Brigades at Turin, Italy, from September 1 to 5, has been cancelled by Fire Commissioner John J. Dorman of New York City.
His action followed a persistent effort to ascertain what arrangements, if any, had been made to transport the twenty-one firemen and two units of apparatus back to the United States and upon learning for the first time (August 2) that the Italian Government had made no provision for bringing the delegation back to America, but on the contrary suggested that the New York Fire Department defray half the expense of the trip, Mr. Dorman promptly cancelled the whole affair.
参加邀请参加了几个月前通过华盛顿的意大利大使延长的，后者将其传输给了纽约市长沃克市长。反过来，他召集了弗朗西斯·X.曼库索法官，这是一位著名的意大利裔美国法学家，作为一种联络人，主要是通过他进行谈判。正是在要负责代表团的约翰·J·麦卡锡上尉的坚持下，曼库索法官去了纽约的意大利领事，作为返回运输的明显证据，作为代表意大利大使在华盛顿，并得知纽约消防局预计将支付一半的旅行费用。谁，或出于什么原因，这种无效的贡献归因于没有人会危害猜测。当然，这不是纽约消防局官员，因为他们都认为他们将从8月15日离开之日起，直到9月底返回。
Commissioner Dorman thereupon issued the following public statement and transmitted official notice of the cancellation through the orders of the department for the day.
Dorman专员说：
“令我深感遗憾的是，我被迫取消纽约消防局在意大利都灵的国际消防队的拟议参与，从9月1日至9月5日，但没有其他课程可以参加当我今天（星期四）被告知，意大利政府的代表预计纽约消防局将支付一半的运输费用和维护该部门的二十一名成员和两个机构单位。
“就这个部门而言，我已经取消了整个问题，因为我不能证明将纽约市的这种不必要的费用辩护，尤其是面对邀请函，这在邀请函中始终包含了我们所期望的任何暗示或参考支出任何款项。此外，纽约市没有用于此目的的资金。
“I have cabled Fire Chief John Kenlon and Honorary Medical Officer Harry M. Archer who are now abroad with their wives touring Europe, advising them of the withdrawal of the participation of this Department from the Congress. Chief Kenlon is the delegate to the Congress from the Internationa! Association of Fire Chiefs of which he is a former president and now a director. He and Dr. Archer will probably attend the Congress.”
The New Yorkers had been drilling for two weeks and two special pieces of American-LaFrance apparatus, a 1000-gallon pumper and a 65-foot aerial truck had been put into the prettiest shape and equipped with fire foam. Most of the firemen had procured new uniforms and the friends of some of them had presented them with bon voyage gifts.
Neenah, Wis., to Buy Pumper- 威斯康星州，将购买1,000加仑。泡沫。
Danville, Pa., to Have New Truck- 宾夕法尼亚州丹维尔的友谊消防公司订购了一辆新的布法罗钩和梯子卡车。
Somerset County Association Officers—The Somerset County Volunteer Firemen’s Association at its convention on July 18-21 at Boswell, Pa., elected the following officers: President, Robert Hill of Windber; Vice-president, T. S. Staken of Stoyestown; Secretary, Robert A. Frease of Somerset; Treasurer, J. O. Ream of Berlin. S. D. Cramer was the retiring president.
