Peninsula Daily Herald
Monday, September 15, 1924
Praise without stint is due the soldiers of the Presidio for th aid rendered in fighting the tank fire by the entire command of the post, including 900 troops of the 11th Cavalry and the evond Battalion, 76th Field Artillery, without which the fire would undoubtedly have created havoc in the residential districts of the city.
Under the personal leadership of Colonel H.J. Brees, post commandant, these men battled the flames, with the members of the local fire departments. Without the assistance of the solderis the cilivian fighters could not have stood the grueling work as they did.
Fire Marshal F.D. Daly, assisted by Deputies H.W. Wooster and Lieutenance Rax Van D. Corbett, was directly in charge of the relara of fighters sent into the fight from the post.
Creditable work was done by the Presidio men in maintaining guard lines about the fire. Many of these pickets worked twenty-hour house shifts, going on duty at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, remaining at their positions until late this afternoon.
Citizens of the entire Peninsula are especially grateful to the authorities at the Presidio for the courtesy displayed in opening the parade grounds to the public, allowing people to use the Presidio grounds freely to view the mighty spectacle.