. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . emen and startedunder the most favorable1 auspices. Mr. Wilson was its lirsl foreman andserved the company faithfully until it was on a fair footing, and then retired, tomake way for the younger men. In ls:>!i Mr. Wilson was elected Fire Com-missioner to 1111 the vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew Craft. Hiselection was unanimous, and lie gave the greatest satisfaction in the perform-ance of the unpleasant duties connected with the ollice. In IStiO Mr. Wilson decline
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . emen and startedunder the most favorable1 auspices. Mr. Wilson was its lirsl foreman andserved the company faithfully until it was on a fair footing, and then retired, tomake way for the younger men. In ls:>!i Mr. Wilson was elected Fire Com-missioner to 1111 the vacancy caused by the resignation of Andrew Craft. Hiselection was unanimous, and lie gave the greatest satisfaction in the perform-ance of the unpleasant duties connected with the ollice. In IStiO Mr. Wilson declined a re-election ; but the liremen, knowing bisworth, refused to receive it, ami by a fiatUring vote again elected him. greatly bcnelited the Department. There was no meeting at which hewas not present, and no fireman who had any complaint to make went awayunheard. Mr. Wilson did not give his time to the lire business only — the soldiers whoenlisted from the Department had as much of it as he could spare. His workwith the two regiments bearing the name of praise. The volunteer Fire Zouaves was beyond. Harrington Guard was a Iorganization from UnionKugine Company No IS, and HenryWilson was its captain. This volun-teer company was in existence for anumber of years, and one act whileMr. Wilson was in command shouldinot go unrecorded. We allude to theirnoble conduct toward, the first of theX«w York Volunteers who died afterthat regiment returned from the Mexi-can War. The late Sherman Brown-ell was called upon to deliver theaddress at the dedication of a monu- Iment placed in Greenwood by theHarrington Guard. That gallant fel-low George Struthers was one ofthe first to enroll his name in Company I of the first regiment of New\ ork State Volunteers. With them he went to Mexico, and remained amongthem until disbanded. He was one of the comparatively small number of theoriginals of the regiment that returned, and, although he escaped the ravagesof the battlefield and retur
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