CHAPTER V.

THE Ve)I>UNTEER COMPANIES.

Organization of Volunteer No. i—Its Early History and Nicknames
—Mississippi Xo. 2 ; Its Origin at a Fire—Old " Brass-Back "—
L.\favette and VuaL.VNT No. 3—Washington No. 4—Coi.umria No.
5—Mechanics No. 6—Eagle No. 7; How it Won its Name—Phoenix
No. 8—Creole No. 9—Louisi.vn.v No. 10—Perseverance No. 13—Phil¬
adelphia No. 14—Jefferson No. 15—Red Rover No 16—James
Gulick No. 17—J.vgkson No. 18—Protection No. 19—\Vashini;ton
No. 20—Orleans No. 21—Jefferson No. 22—Chalmette No. 23—
Crescent No. 24—The First Truck Companies—Milneburg and
Stockton No. i—Fifth District Companies—Sinth District Com-
p.vNiES—Seventh District Companies.

jAVING seen the Volunteer Department formed and developed
from small beginnings to large proportions ; and having watched
the organization and expansion of the Firemen's Charitable
Association, from its humble beginning as a mutual benevolent
association until it assumed its immense importance as the administrator
of a great city department ; it will now be expedient to pause in the
chronological story, to briefly note the successive organization of the
various engine companies constituting the department. These compa¬
nies will'be referred to constantly as the story proceeds, and their identity
and origin must be fixed in the record. The first company to be organ¬
ized, as has already been stated and as its name and number imply, was

Volunteer No.  i.

Motto: " Be Just and Fear Not."

This company was organized in  the spring  of   1829.    The   record
does not show the   exact   date,   but   the   first   regular meeting   after