Military Organizations for fires.
--It is an established practice in all garrisoned towns in Europe that, upon the alarm of fire, the whole garrison is put upon the alert, and a military guard detailed to guard the locality of the fire, keep all improper persons at a distance, and render such aid to the firemen as may be necessary.A recent fire, the alleged work of an incendiary, which occurred in this city on the same night with three other fires, and in a locality thickly surrounded by military hospitals, suggests the propriety of adopting at least some details of the European system in our own towns. It is fearful to think of buildings filled with sick soldiers, of men who have been wounded in battles and suffering from disease, thus exposed to a new and more terrible danger at the hands of an enemy even baser and more vindictive than those they have met in the open field. That there are still Lincoln agents in Richmond, who are capable of any crime against a country which has never been gusty even of a weakness, except in failing to ferret out and bring to justice such villains as themselves, is evident enough to any one who has eyes. Too much vigilance cannot be exercised by both the civil and military authorities, especially in the neighborhood of hospitals and other buildings connected with the public service.
