Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ganization. The company furnished to the Ball Committee, whose object wasto give entertainments and in other ways raise money in aid of theWidows and Orphans Fund, the following members : Anthony , Peter H. Taws, John W. Underhill, Andrew M. Under-bill, George H. Hayward, and Richard A. Williams. All of these >4 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. gentlemen displayed unquestioned zeal while serving on the com-mittee. The following-named members of 2 Hose took an active part inthe ba
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ganization. The company furnished to the Ball Committee, whose object wasto give entertainments and in other ways raise money in aid of theWidows and Orphans Fund, the following members : Anthony , Peter H. Taws, John W. Underhill, Andrew M. Under-bill, George H. Hayward, and Richard A. Williams. All of these >4 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. gentlemen displayed unquestioned zeal while serving on the com-mittee. The following-named members of 2 Hose took an active part inthe battles fought during the war of the rebellion : Lieut. A. and Private James R. Ballantine, Eleventh N. Y. S. M. ;James Birtwhistle, Twelfth Mass. Vols. ; James H. Kollmeyer,Thomas W. Schaffer, Edward L. Corr, Robert McMullen, and Tickner, of the Fourteenth N. Y. S. M.; Richard A. Williams,Seventy-first N. Y. S. M. ; Amor H. Vleit, Fifty-first N. Y. Vols. ;John W. Wright, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth N. Y. Vols. ;Frank Best, Fifty-sixth N. Y. S. M. ; Daniel B. Schenck, Thirty-. James Dale. seventh N. Y. S. M. ; George H. Hayward, Thirteenth ;Peter H. Twas, Paymaster, and John McMahon, Paymasters Clerk,U. S. N. Among the names of those holding prominent positions in theDepartment, and who were formerly members of Hose No. 2, maybe mentioned Fire Commissioner Charles A. Field and George , the latter being Secretary of the Board of Trustees andRepresentatives, and also for years clerk in the office of the FireCommissioners.
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