. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . 41. Mr. Silleck, notwithstanding his great age, has a wellpreserved a ppea ra nee. William H. Philp, a well known portrait painter and quartermaster ofthe First New York Mounted Rifles during the rebellion, joined the FireDepartment in 1850, becoming a member of No. 3 Hose. Mr. Philp decoratedthe panels of the hose carriage, painting The Battle of Bunker Hill on oneside and Washington at the Battle of Monmouth on the other. Thishandsome carriage was different in its construction
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . 41. Mr. Silleck, notwithstanding his great age, has a wellpreserved a ppea ra nee. William H. Philp, a well known portrait painter and quartermaster ofthe First New York Mounted Rifles during the rebellion, joined the FireDepartment in 1850, becoming a member of No. 3 Hose. Mr. Philp decoratedthe panels of the hose carriage, painting The Battle of Bunker Hill on oneside and Washington at the Battle of Monmouth on the other. Thishandsome carriage was different in its construction from any other in theDepartment at that time. By means of ingeniously contrived cog-wheels, itcould be turned completely around within its own length. It was placed onexhibition in one of the American Institute Fairs, held in Castle Garden, andattracted great attention. Some of the best American artists of that period did not consider it beneaththeir dignity to decorate the panels of the lire engines and hose celebrated artist Henry Inman painted a beautiful allegorical design on 462 OUR Mm: hamicr used ;it the general parade of tin- Department, and this design wasengraved on si eel and embellished the certificates of membership issued tofiremen. Jos. H. Johnson and T. Pine painted many panels in elaborate style for various engine companies, andtheir work will compare favorablywith more modern and renowned de-corators. Mr. Philp was born in 1828, andhis recollections of the Departmentdate hack to the great fire of 1835,when he was hut ei«jht years distinctly remembers accompany-ing his guardian to the scene of thedisaster a day or two afterward whenthe smoke was still rising from theruins. His guardian, CorneliusCadle, was a fire warden, and threebrothers of Cadle—Joseph, Jamesand Richard—were all prominentfiremen. Paul J. Chappell first joined theFire Department in 1856, going on theroll of Americus Hose Company No. 48, and served some two
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