Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . actsI could gather from old fireladdies whose enthusiasmover the old days was moreperfect by far than theirmemory. As to any chron-ological order being fol-lowed in this portion of my work, the reader who expects it willsurely be disappointed. In after years, when a literature of ancientand modern fire systems has been perfected, a proper chronologicalarrangement of facts may be expected. Speaking of a literature of fire systems and service, my friendand fellow-journalist, Mr. CliffordThomson, edit
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . actsI could gather from old fireladdies whose enthusiasmover the old days was moreperfect by far than theirmemory. As to any chron-ological order being fol-lowed in this portion of my work, the reader who expects it willsurely be disappointed. In after years, when a literature of ancientand modern fire systems has been perfected, a proper chronologicalarrangement of facts may be expected. Speaking of a literature of fire systems and service, my friendand fellow-journalist, Mr. CliffordThomson, editor of the NationalFiremans Journal, eloquently and truthfully considers the topicwhen he says: Science has so far improved the machinery applicable to theextinguishment of fires, that little is left to be desired in that with the fire-telegraph to give us early notice of the presenceof fire, our steam-engines of great capacity, and the many modernappliances for quick and efficient work at fires, it is difficult to seewhere much improvement can be made in this respect. The neces-. Scarcity of Fire Literature. 643 sity of the fire service to-day is a greater degree of intelligence. Ido not mean by this to insinuate that our firemen are ignorant men ;on the contrary, I believe that they will compare to advantage inpoint of general intelligence with the average business men of thecountry. But what I do mean -is, that our firemen need a morethorough and complete technical knowledge of the art (for it is anart) of extinguishing fires. Where are they to obtain this subtletechnical knowledge ? The attempt to answer this question bringsme directly to the consideration of my topic, The Literature of theFire Service. A Frenchman once determined to write the history of Ireland,and among other things he resolved to devote an entire chapter tothe consideration of The Frogs of Ireland. Being a Frenchman,his mind turned lovingly to frogs. When, however, he came toinvestigate the s
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