. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . t ap-pointed. The new commissioners met at Firemans Hall on April 11. and was made president and Mr. Hennessj- treasurer. All the rules, regu-lations, and general and special orders of the Metropolitan Fire Department wereaffirmed and continued in force. May 6 Colonel T. Bailey Myers was appointedattorney and counsel to the Board, at a salary of five thousand dollars perannum. Two weeks later the Metropolitan sign at Firemans Hall was takendown, and the sign Headquar
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . t ap-pointed. The new commissioners met at Firemans Hall on April 11. and was made president and Mr. Hennessj- treasurer. All the rules, regu-lations, and general and special orders of the Metropolitan Fire Department wereaffirmed and continued in force. May 6 Colonel T. Bailey Myers was appointedattorney and counsel to the Board, at a salary of five thousand dollars perannum. Two weeks later the Metropolitan sign at Firemans Hall was takendown, and the sign Headquarters Fire Department City of New York wasput up. and wherever, on apparatus, quarters or insignia, M. F. D. hadbeen, F. D. N. Y. was placed. May :>0, William Lamb, formerly assistant engineer under the Volunteersystem, was appointed inspector of fire apparatus : Joseph L. Perley was madechief of the bureau of the chief engineers at a salary of four thousand fivehundred dollars, and Robert V. Mackey was designated as assistant to him at, a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars: Henry Close was appointed.
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