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amply supply ihc wants of those w lnjm it uuuUl be improper to cut off from supply, and they
are in my opinion convenicntl)' situated
In closini the station at Enst Conemaus;h I lr.se tlie services nf Lieut F F- Koons,
Quartermaster Fir-.t Ke'_:mieni. X. G. P. He ba-, pnued a most valuable olticer by hisellicient
services to this department, and has been the first who is able to close his commissary with the
approbation and .^atislactiun ol all the people concerned
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Later Culonel Sp.ini;li-r rc-portcil that ahcuit 4.000 able-bodied men were
carnini,' their hviiii;' and snpjiortinL; tliose dependent upon them. Tlie Commissaries
were rechiced to one. which was tinned over to the local committee
on j\i\v Sth. Captain II. II. K.ihn, who hail a thorc>nL;h k-|iowledL;e of the
duties, takir.L; charc;e. Widows, orphans and a^'ed sulterers wer.j tnrnished
supplies, but tlij issniii',; ot unlimited rations ceased, and persons able to work
had to repl_\- upon their own resources.
The Philadelphia tireiiKU. whu relieved the Pittsbnri;li liie companies the
middle of June, returned home 011 July ijth. ldie_\ left their lour en,L;ines and
1,500 feet of ho-^e in care of the local lire department. The machines were to
remain until the authorities could ptirchase new ones. •dial.
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L. L)ick organized
a fire department of four companies, composed principalh' of members
of the old ^olunteer-, who>e buildings and apparatus were destro\'ed.
The}' managed the four I'liihulcdphia engines, wdiich were antiipiated machines
that would not thniw a stream over a three-story house.
A system of registry was de\ ised, \\liich contemplated rec;nding the names
and addresses of all sur\ivor>. Clerks work-ed for week' and about fifteen
thousand residents were enroileil. Hundreds paid no attention to it. consequently
the plan 'was not completely successful. The Citizens' Committee dis,
tributed 5150.000 on Jul>' '"'^th and ijtli, at the rate of Sio apiece, to the sufferers
who had registered. C)n Tuesday, July 8th, contrar\" to the wishes of the
best elements in the commuuits", the Court permitted the salcjons t