. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ve found it advisable to form the following code ofby-laws. In 1883, at a meeting of the members of the committee, the following waspassed: Whereas, The Firemens Ball Committee of the City of New York was originally organ-ized for the purpose of augmenting the fund for the benefit of the widows and orphans ofdeceased members of the Volunteer Fire Department ; and, U hrreas, The circumstances that caused the formation of the committee no longer exist,it is still the desire of the
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ve found it advisable to form the following code ofby-laws. In 1883, at a meeting of the members of the committee, the following waspassed: Whereas, The Firemens Ball Committee of the City of New York was originally organ-ized for the purpose of augmenting the fund for the benefit of the widows and orphans ofdeceased members of the Volunteer Fire Department ; and, U hrreas, The circumstances that caused the formation of the committee no longer exist,it is still the desire of the surviving members to maintain their organization as a social insti-tution in order to keep alive, foster, and cherish the friendships that have been engenderedin the past years, and. should occasion require, give their best efforts in behalf of the this end in view, and for their better government, they subscribe to the following codeof by-laws. The greatest amount ever realized by one of the balls, six thousand twohundred and forty-four dollars and eight cents, was in 1868. The last ball wasin THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. 710 or i; K l K K M K X. The by-laws of 1883 decided that the officers should consist of a president^two vice-presidents. ;i secretary, and a treasurer, to be elected members at that time were : James F. Wenman, Samuel A. Benson, Owen \V. Brennan, Win. A. Ran-dell, Daniel D. Conover,George F. Nesbitt, James Y. Watkins, Thomas Robert McGinnis, Nathaniel 1). White. Daniel Stanbury, EdwardSmith., John Garcia, James Y. Watkins, Jr., William A. Woodhull, John , John J. West ray, James J. Kelso, Alon/.o Slote, Frederick A. Rida-bock, William H. Wickham, Joseph L. Perlev, C. Godfrey Gunther, John William If. Stoddard, John R. Plait. .Jordan L. Moll. John J. Bloom-field, Frederick White, John S. Davidson, James Cameron, James E. Morris,Charles Delmonico, Charles Place, John C. Perrin, Jr., Gustavus
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