Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ndand third alarms south ofFifty-ninth Street, and at allother alarms at his has power to assign allhis subordinates, includingthe companies, to fire all changes made in suchassignments are forthwith re-ported to the Board of Com-missioners. In the absenceof the chiefs of battalions,the following officers takecommand of the several bat-talions, viz.: Foreman GeorgeL. Crum, Engine Company No. 4, First Battalion ; Foreman PeterH. Short, Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, Second Bat
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ndand third alarms south ofFifty-ninth Street, and at allother alarms at his has power to assign allhis subordinates, includingthe companies, to fire all changes made in suchassignments are forthwith re-ported to the Board of Com-missioners. In the absenceof the chiefs of battalions,the following officers takecommand of the several bat-talions, viz.: Foreman GeorgeL. Crum, Engine Company No. 4, First Battalion ; Foreman PeterH. Short, Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, Second Battalion;Foreman Robert Wray, Engine Company No. 20, Third Battalion ;Foreman Thomas Judge, Engine Company No. 15, Fourth Battalion ;Foreman Arnot Spence, Engine Company No. 27, Fifth Battalion;Foreman Daniel J. Meagher, Hook and Ladder Company No. 3,Sixth Battalion; Foreman William Shaw, Hook and Ladder Com-pany No. 12, Seventh Battalion; Foreman John Sattler, Hook andLadder Company No. 2, Eighth Battalion ; Foreman David Connor,Engine Company No. 23, Ninth Battalion ; Foreman Patrick Dono-24. Hugh Bonner, Assistant ChiefFire Department. 37° Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. hue, Engine Company , Tenth Battalion; Foreman HenryM. Jones, Hook and Ladder Company No. 14, Eleventh Battalion;Foreman John Ward, Engine Company No. 50, Twelfth Battalion. Whenever either of the foremen above named receives notice ofintended absence from the chief of battalion, he turns over the command of his company tothe assistant foremanorotherofficer, to be by him desig-nated, assumes command ofthe battalion, performs all theduties of the chief of bat-talion until his return toduty, and is obeyed and re- spected accordingly. In addition to a minuteinspection every year of theofficers and men of the sev-eral companies, the usualtime test of celerity in hitch-ing up is also made. Theconditions are three separatetrial for each apparatus, thehorses in each case beingin their stalls when the sig
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