The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25
Is FTREMEN SHOWED AHEAD
TtkEN ~ '0RDgR FROw THE
GnH SERvag LISTS.
uitherts They've Taken oa- In E,er, rsp
Three amt sem- sf wen td, anecsi
Yesterday Have i.ens A. aitrd Their
Du~ II New Fsr~mea Named.

Edward ?. Pagan. assistant foreman OF
Truck ~. had been trying for seventeen
years To become a foreman. He passed
the examinations all right and got upon
the eligible lists: he WAS put on the Fire
Department roll - merit three times
for having helped save lives mt fires.
In spite Of all this he couldn't get ahead
until yesterday, when he went to Fire
hrem.n Commissioner Waldo had sum.
moned all seventy -eigh, to promote them
There were twenty three. assistant fore
men made ioTemen, twenty eight fire
men promoted to assistant foremen and
twenty seven iiremen made engineers
Engineers ger $l..OO n year. assistant
foremen s., 100 and foremen 81, 40 A
fremans pay il 81 IN
Many Of the fremen were accompanied
by their wives COMMISSIONER Waldo
took his seat at the table in the trial room
Beside him were Deputy Commissioners
Reynolds and Johnson. Chief Croker.
Deputy Chiefs Lally and Ahearn. Each
certificate Of promotion was engrussed
To make IL suitable for framing Before
handing these out the Commissioner made
an address, to the men in which he said:
In promoting you men To he foremsn
assistant foremen and engineers OF the
Fire Department OF the city Of New York
l wish To assure YOU that merit and your
own personal work alone have won ad
vancement. All appointments by the
present administration have been made
In the order certified by the Civil Service
Commission a. the result Of competitive
examinations Strict adherence to this
rule eliminates fa"orit,sm and other
improper Influences.
You have worked hard and long for
tn RESPOND when the fire alarm was
sounded and were ready To risk your
lives for the protection Of others.
Remember that your future depends
upon your personal ability to- make good.
Among you are the chiefs Of the future.
The citizens Of New York rely on YOU
to ma intain the high standard 81 heroism
and devotion which has been shown by
this department in the pa,u. IL gives
ME much pleasure To promote you to-day.
and | wish you success and good fortune
in your new positions
The names " the men had been taken
in rotation from the eligible lists. de
parture from the old custom of selecting
one man from each three names.
Pagan was not the only one of yestsr-
days batch overlooked in former pro-
motions James W. H.ffarnan distin-
guished himself at the Windsor Hotel
fire and had been trying for six years
to rise above assistant foreman. He
got on the eligible lists. but was passed
over. William X. Cozine il the youngest
foreman in the department. He il q
years old Pagan has been nty-eight
years in the department and il IS
The men who were made foremen are
Dennis J. Curtin. James ". HeHernan.
william DuRan. Edward }. Pagan. George
L. Mckenna, William II Cozine. Patrick
r iancis q. Riley. Edward L. Cooke. Will
lam z. Bechtold. Timothy W. Crowley.
Robert Paul. Eugene II. Foley. John J.
OConnell. Daniel O'Connor. Thomas
V. Madigan. Elmer Mustard. James j
Herman. Alexander Boyd. Joseph NJ
Biggers and William II. Watts. The men
will take up their new duties at : O'Clock
Tomorrow morning.