Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-06

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President Citizen Fire Company, No. 8
pavement. The company was sent to
neighboring places to assist in extin-
gushing fires on various occasions,
among them being Mif1in. Newport,
Dauphin, Rockville, Marysville, Me-
chanicsburg, Goldsboro, Columbia and
Millerstown. The company has been
in service at every big fire in Harris
burg in the past seventy-five years.
Served al Gettysburg
One of the most important and at
the same time pleasant assignments
for service falling to the lot of the
Citizen Company was hat of a weeks
tour of duty for the State of Penn
s%ylvania at the request of State Fire
Marshal Baldwin at the great reunion
and encampment of veterans of the
Union and Confederate armies during
the celebration of the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the Battle of Gettysburg from
June 2S to July s, 1918. The company
was located in the house of the. Get
tysburg Fire Company, In the center
of the borough, n remained on duty
day and night during the celebration.
The selection of the company for this
work was made by Fire Chief John G.
Kinder and the company was under
the direct charge of Assistant Chief
Charles +. Spicer. Assistant Deputy
State Fire Marshal j.. William Morgan
accompanied the detail and looked
after their work while at Gettysburg.
After the company returned home
State Fire Marshal Baldwin sent the
following complimentary letter to the
officers and members of the Citizen
Company through Fire Chief Kinder:
July Z, 1918.
John C. Kinder. Chief Fire Depart
ment, Harrisburg. Pa:
Dear Sir-I desire to extend to you
my sincere appreciation for the serv-
ices of the members n the apparatus
of the Citizen Fire Company, No. 3,
during the celebration of the tiftieth
anniversary of the Battle of Gettys-
burg from June rs to July s, 1913, and
to compliment you and the members
on the fine appearance of the appa-
ratuS and horses"
THE members were constantly on
duty, ever ready to respond to the call
for aid, and were exceedingly cour-
teous to all visitors to Headquarters;
and there were many from all parts
of the country who expressed their
just appreciation for the treatment ac-
corded them and for the provisions
made to safeguard them from fire dur
ing their stay in Gettysburg.
Again thanking you, I am,
Yours respectfully.
u. i. BALDWIN,
state Fire Marshal.
In addition to Deputy Fire Marshal
Morgan n Assistant Chief Spicer the
members of the Citizen Company who
served on the detail were Howard O..
Holstein. Edward Vert, Charles Fred
ericks. William Wolf and William
Marks, driver.
Among the men who have held the
office of president of the company are
the following: George Keller (tem-
nnTarV at fret n1nntinol ITapry pncN
tick, Henry Baeder, James w. Morgan,
Henry Lyme, DIR. Christian Seller, 10
seph Montgomery, Thomas f. Ma
loney, George w. Osler, Harry f.
Neck, Alex. M. Sample, John j. Har-
gest, James Beatty, Howard o. Hol-
sen. Frank e. INDIAN and Charles p.
Meek.
Veteran Members
Some of the oldest members of the
Citizen Company, in point of service,
now on the rolls n who have served
more than twenty-five Years are:
Joseph Montgomery, 1850; Judge
Samuel j.. NJ. McCarrell. 1870; Harry
f. Meek, 1871; John Zollinger, 1874;
Charles p. Neck, 1875; Richard Sales.
1875: George e. Meek, 1876; William
j. Meek, 1877; Thomas Dunn, 1880;
Howard O. Holstein, 1886; Charles
Dinelli, 1886, and John Wolfarth, 1889.
Department officers have been
chosen from the Citizen Fire Company
as follows:
Chiefs-George C. Eager, 1S79-S0-
S1-S2-84; Howard O. Holstein, 1896
Sc.
First Assistants-Joseph Montgom-
cry, 1S68-69; Michael Casey, 1874;
Harry E. Meek. 1878.
Second Assistants - Michael Casey,
1875; Samuel j. Lyons, 1S76-77; Will
liam II. Grimwood. 1885.
The company has at present 125
memherS. Is of whom are on the