Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1920-03-12

Two communications were received
by Fire Chief C. ID. Arnold this week,
Both were designations of members of
the active and associate lists, but
neither stated the reason for the ac-
ton taken. .t
The first communication was dated
March 9th and was as follows:
designations Sent the Chief
To the Chief Engineer of the Fire De-
partment of the City of Putnam;
Dear SIR
We, the undersigned active and as
sociate members of the fire depart
ment, do hereby present you our res
ignations to take effect no later than
April LIST, 1890:
.Lucien Girard (2), Wilfred Fav-
reault t2), Leo Bonneville t2),
Adolph Bernier (2l, DAVID Fevreault
ID, Napoleon Dussault ~, Henry
Dumas ca, Eugene Latour t2). Jas.
Charron G, Armand ID. Trahan t2),
Joseph Guertin ca, Elzear Guertin
ID. Henry G. Trudeau IL, Dolor
Viens IL. Wallace Jones IL, Henri
A. Guertin t2), Ernest s. Tetreault
ID. Joseph Barcelon t21. Eugene
Laparle. Henry Dubois IL edmond
Gilbert CD, Wilfred Caisse CT,
The figures denote whether III,
mea belong TO the No. or No. 2 com.
pany. These were not made part OF
the resignation but have been sup
piled The Patriot as a matter of in.
formation. Eugene Laparle's name
does not appear on the list of eithei
company
Only two of the above are active
members; these are Henry Duboi:
and Edmond Gilbert.
The second communication datec
March 9TH bore similar introdue
ton to the first communication anc
was signed by the following mem
bers: Rosario N. Laeroix, Arthur ]
Broaenr. Qvina cournoyer,, philber
Auger, Honorioas Magnan. JOSEPH
Beaudojn, Eugene RobilIard, Al
phonse Dumas. Louis Beausoleil, AL
FIRE 1 Rardier. Joseph Dumas, Ere
aier, Frederick Dumas, BenoiI
Durand, Armand Benoit Tie resie
nations are also 20 take effect Apr
list. These are all active members 81
No. z company.
Statement By Publicity COMMITTEES OF
Associate Members
A member of the publicity com
mittee of the men transferred to the
associate membership list requested
that statement be published regard
ing the viewpoint of these members
who have resigned. This communi
cation is as follows:
To the Public;
The members of Motor Truck Com
pany Ne. /, who have been transfes
red to the associate membership list
and who have now rendered Their
designations to the fire chief, wish tt
make their position clear to the pub
lie. We do not wish to go into all oil
the details but simply wish to show
our reasons for the action taken
AT special meeting held on th'
evening of March 4th a motion wa
made and seconded that we resiel
from the department. II was so vot
ed
We feel that we received a raw dea
from the chief and members of thu
fire committee in thus being transfer
red.
The first we knew of the proposef
transfer was on January 18th, wher
we received a letter to that effect
giving US but two hours notice. W.
were not given hearing nor wer'
we told the reason for the transfer
and no cause for the transfer has eve
| been stated to US.
Since that time we have heard In
directly that one reason for the trans
fer was that we did not respond u
fires. If the record of fires durinl
| the last two years are looked up !
will be found that an average OF z.
men responded to all general alarm