. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. ngine No. i. William Hartman, hoseman of EngineNo. I, Oakland, was born in lone, Ama-dor county, Cal, August 13, 1864, andjoined the Fire Department July i, 1894,as hoseman of Engine No. i. William Laughland, Steward Chemi-cal Engine No. 3, Oakland, was born inSan Francisco, October 31, 1870, andjoined the Fire Department in Novem-ber, 1895. He was foreman of EngineNo. 6 in 1896-97 ; steward of ChemicalEngine No. 3 in 1898-1900. Charles M. Castera, assistant foremanEngine No. 2, Oakland, was born inOakland, March 9, 1865,
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. ngine No. i. William Hartman, hoseman of EngineNo. I, Oakland, was born in lone, Ama-dor county, Cal, August 13, 1864, andjoined the Fire Department July i, 1894,as hoseman of Engine No. i. William Laughland, Steward Chemi-cal Engine No. 3, Oakland, was born inSan Francisco, October 31, 1870, andjoined the Fire Department in Novem-ber, 1895. He was foreman of EngineNo. 6 in 1896-97 ; steward of ChemicalEngine No. 3 in 1898-1900. Charles M. Castera, assistant foremanEngine No. 2, Oakland, was born inOakland, March 9, 1865, and joined theFire Department June 3o, 1897. William J. Baccus, hoseman EngineNo. 2, Oakland, was born in San Fran-cisco November 17, 1873, and joined theFire Department in March, 1897. Peter M. Saul, driver of Chemical En-gine No. 3, Oakland, was born in EastOakland, June 16, 1865. Joined Chem-ical Engine No. 3, November 2, 1892. George Louis Yager, assistant foremanHose No. 3, Oakland, was born in SanFrancisco, September 18, 1862, andjoined Hose No. 3 July i, W. H. SIEDENTOFF W. H. Siedentoff, truckman of TruckNo. 3, Oakland, was born in St. Louis,Mo., May 12, 1861. He joined the FireDepartment April i, 1898. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN 269 ALAMEDA FRED. K. KRAUTH Fred. K. Krauth is Chief Engineer ofthe Alameda Fire Department. He hasa long and meritorious record as a fire-man. As a boy he ran with the juniororganization of Manhattan Engine Com-pany No. 2 in the days of the VolunteerFire Department, and after the forma-tion of Rincon Hose Company No. 6, hebecame a member of that body. Whenthe paid Department came in ChiefKrauth joined Hose Company No. 2 andwas one of the original members of thatcompany. in September, 1876, heassisted in organizing the first companyin the Alameda Fire Department, andfrom that time to the present has been-an active and enterprising memberof the Department. He was attachedto Citizen Hook and Ladder CompanyNo. I as assistant, and then foreman,an
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