Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28
PLUNKETT AGAIN
HEADS F|REMEN
Reelected at Annual Conven-
ton of Mutual Aid--Newark
Men Also Chosen.

JERSEY CITY, Oct 2S-The cleo
ton of officers at the annual State
convention of the Firemen's Mutual
and Benevolent Association, here
yesterday, resulted as follows: Presi-
dent, Thomas Plunkett, of Hoboken;
first vice-presdent. James O'Rourke,
Elizabeth: second vice-president,
George A. Henry, East Orange; re-
cording secretary, Robert Bender,
Newark; financial secretary, John
Kingman, Jersey City; treasurer,
William Losee, Camden sergeant-at-
arms, Albert Shields Newark.
At the banquet in the evening there
were two servings, owing to the large
attendance President Plunkett was
POSTMASTER. The speakers included
Director of Public Safety Frank
Hague, Congressman James A.
Hamill, Assemblyman Walter l..
McDefmott, James H. Clifford, presi-
dent of the New York Firemen's AS
sociation Fire Commissioner Nc
Grath, of Hoboken; Commissioners
Frank Sharp, of Irvington; Rev.
Harry Sheridan, of St. Marys r. @.
Church, Jersey City; Rev. Joseph
Kelly. of st. Mary's R. C. Church.
Hoboken; Rev. J. Howard, chaplain
of the Newark fire department, and
General Bird w. Spencer, of Passaic.
Commissioner Hague. after accord
ing the firemen the freedom Of the
city, gave the f1re-fighters of the
State a big boost, speaking of them
as men of courage and fidelity to
duty. He declared New Jersey could
boast of as fine body of firemen as
any other state in the Union. All
the speakers who followed commended
Commissioner Hague, describing him
as a man who knew'his business.
1000 in Parade.
Teutonia Hall, on Newark ave-
nue., diagonally opposite the Hudson
County Court House at noon was
scene that interested everybody
in that busy community. A parade,
in which nearly< one thousand fire
fighters from all parts of the State
took part, had reached the hall and
and was dispensing. There were only
forty EIGHT official delegates to the
convention. three to each of the six
teen full paid fire departments of the
State. but there was a mammoth
array of other members of these COM
panies, part paid companies and vol
unteer members of fire departments,
to lend their moral support to the
convention delegates and encourage
them in their efforts to secure legis-
lation making the full-paid depart
ments better paid. the part-paid de-
partments full paid, and the volun-
teer departments part paid.
Late in the afternoon Chief En-
gineer Paul J. Moore, Fire Commits
sioners T. E. Burke and Frank Lagay
and Secretary Charles Smith, of the
Newark fire department, arrived in an
automobile to pay their respects to
the firemen and convey Fluctuations
from Mayor Haussling, who was I'M
able by reason of a prior engagement
from being present. The Newark
party was royalty received.
There were plenty of bands in line,
almost every arriving municipal con-
tingent being headed by one. The
national colors were displayed from
public buildings and the majority of
the, private houses throughout the
city. The parade started from No. 3
Engine house. on Mercer street, and
passed the City Hall, where it was
reviewed by Mayor Pagan, Commits
sioner of Public Safety Frank Hague
and Commissioners James J. Ferris,
George F. Brensinger and A. Harry
Moore. In the route of the parade
the f1remen passed the home of Chief
John Conway, of the local depart
ment. in Summit avenue.