The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-03-27

This association was organized at Rut-
land, last Thursday. The Herald says of
the gathering:
1.-The meetin was a successful and har-
monious one, and the association starts
of under exceedingly flattering circum-
stances. To the Bennington department
Of course is given the credit of organizing
the society, for they took the initiatory
steps and worked the movement up hill
until yesterdays meeting. There were
80 delegates present, more than double
the number expected. The officers are
representative men of their departments,
and the convention recognizing the
ability of Rutland's chief, wisely selected
him for its president"
Capt. F. NJ. Tiffany was chosen tenn
porary chairman, and E. d. Moore (both
of Bennington, secretary. 1t was voted
to form State orgatization, and these
officers were elected: President, X. X.
Hannum of Rutland; vice-presidents, f..
f. Perkins of Burlington, S. d. Miner OF
Vergcmes, NJ. WEIGH of Bennington, E.
S. Foley of Fairhaven, NJ. o. Cooper OF
Bellows Falls; secretary, f. d. Moore;
treasurer l.. c. Grant of Burlington;
executive committee, w. II. Roland OF
POultney, II. T. Cushman, I'd, of Ben
nington, f. II. Green of Rutland, j. IL.
Donnelly of Vergennes, A. II. Thompson
of Bellows Falls, A. f. Bass of West
Randolph, c. f. Little of Fairhaven, w.
b. Withers of ST. Adams and j. J. Shea
of Burlington. The constitution and by
laws adopted are similar to those of the
New York State Association. The assO-
citation will be incorporated at the next
session of the Legislature, and the name
will be the ''Firemen's Association of the
State of Vermont" No company shall
be entitled to elect more than one dele
gate to said association each year. The
initiation fee is 50 for each company and
the annual dues 81. The charter mem
bcrs, that is, the individuals as well as
companies of the organization, are made
life members as long as they pay theil
dues. All company delegates to be rep
resented at convention must furnish
proper credentials and must have been
active firemen in such companies at least
six months previous to the convention.
The constitution further provides for the
election of president, five vice-presi-
dents. a secretary, treasurer, Statistican,
a national representative and an eXecu-
tive committee which shall consist of one
member from each department repre-
sented. Any chief engineer who has at
tended the annual meetings for three
consecutive years may he elected life
member of the association. The annual
meeting of the association shall be held
on the day preceding the annual field
day and at such place as majority OF
the members of the association present
shall designate.
1t was voted to hold the annual con-
ventiOn and state tournament in Burling-
ton between the LIST and 18th of August
next. In the evening a short business
session was held at the Berwick, followed
by a banquet rendered to the visitors by
the Rutland tiremen. The tournament
will in all probability be held at the
Howard Park, SO that the running can be
done on the track and the spectators
have the benefit of the grand stand.
The Committees were named as fol
lows:
On Law. r. Bates, A. Z. Bass, W.
II. Lane, Jr.
Legislature-H. r. Cushman, I'd. L. c.
Grant, J. IL. Domelly.
TopicS-J. J. Shea, w. b. Writers, S.
ID. Miner.
On EXhibits-EXecutive committee.
On Transportation-G. w. DuntOn, f.
VI. Tiffany. F. Il. Perkins.
Auditors-R \. Drysdale, VI. O.
Cooper. c. f. Little.
Statistican-lI. T. Cushman, I'd.