Brunswick, Princeton, and Trenton. Officers of the Corporation. County Officers. Engineers and Officers of the Water Works. Foreign Consuls, in barouches. The second division embraced a body of our most aged and distinguished civilians. Some were on foot, some on horseback, and some in carriages. The authorities were on foot, and with their staves of office but seldom seen, and seemed to embody in their per- sons the authority and trust which the people have committed to their hands. THIRD DIVISION. Under the direction of Gen. Wm. L. Morris, assisted by Capt. Andrew H. Mickle, Aids to the Grand Marshal. Officers of the Army and Navy. Militia Officers off duty. Naval School. Reverend the Clergy. Judges and Officers of the Courts. Members of the Bar. Professors and Students of Columbia College, and the University. New York Lyceum. Society of Letters. CROTON AQUEDUCT. 273 Chamber of Commerce. Board of Trade. Historical, Philosophical, Philological and other Scientific Societies. Members of the various Societies for the Promotion of the Fine Arts. A Life Boat, built by C. S. Ingersoll. Band of Music. Company of City Guards. Battalion of Washington Guards, Montgomery Guards, and Franklin Blues, preceded by Music. Pilots' Society, with banner and band of music. FOURTH DIVISION, Under the direction of Brigadier General Pentz, assisted by Mr. John T. Dodge and Mr. George C. Ring, Aids to the Grand Marshal, comprising the Officers and Members ol the Fire Department. Order of the Fire Department Procession, on the occasion of the Croton Celebration, October Uth, 1842. At the head of the procession was a Band of Music, brought from Philadelphia, by the Neptune Hose Company of that city. Immediately after the Music, came the Fairmount Engine Company, of Philadelphia, numbering 37 men, dressed in the uniform of the Philadelphia Firemen, viz : glazed hats, with the name of the Company painted upon them, drab fire coats and pants, and oil cloth capes over the shoul- ders, also bearing the name of the Company. The Engine drawn by the Company was splendidly painted and mounted. This Company was followed by Neptune Hose Company, of Philadelphia, numbering 56 men, in black fire dress, also, with glazed hats and capes, drawing a splendid four-wheeled hose carriage, silver mounted, and with appropaiate painting and designs. These two Companies arrived by rail road from Philadelphia on the day previous, and were received at the landing in Jer- sey City, by a Committee appointed by the New York Fire Department. On their arri- val in the city, they were received by Engine Company No. 14, and Hose Company No, 12, in full fire dress, and escorted to the Arsenal Yard, where a place had been provided for their apparatus. The Companies then proceeded to Monroe Hall, where they partook of a collation, provided by the Committee of reception, and were introduced to the mem- bers of the Common Council, and were afterwards escorted to their quarters. On leaving 69 274 CELEBRATION OP THE the city, on the day after the celebration, they were attended to the rail road, by Engine Company No. 14, and Hose Company No. 12. They were followed in the procession by Engine Company No. 3, of Hudson, with their Engine drawn by 32 men, and also some members of Engine Company No. 8, of Albany. This Company had been received and escorted by Engine Company No. 20, of this city. They were followed by Engine Company No. 1, of Poughkeepsie — Engine painted black and gilt, drawn by 35 men ; uniform fire caps, red shirts, and dark pants. This Company was received and escorted by Engine Company No. 34, of this city. Next in order came the Fire Department of Newark, New Jersey, which had been invited by the New York Fire Department. They arrived on the morning of the proces- sion, and were escorted by Engine Company No. 21, and Hose Company No. 21. They consisted of the following : Engineers, Foremen, and Assistants, bearing the Banner of the Newark Fire Depart- ment. Representations from the Hook and Ladder and Engine Companies, dressed in full fire dress, but without apparatus. The whole number from Newark, was about 150 men. Immediately after them came the Fire Department of Jersey City, which had also been invited, and were also escorted by the same Companies. It consisted of Fire Engines No. 1 and 2, each drawn by about 40 men in fire dress. They were followed by The Fire Department of Williamsburg, represented by the Chief and Assistant Engineers, and Engines No. 1 and 2, each with about 75 men. After them came the Fire Department from Brooklyn, also invited. This De- partment arrived on the morning of the procession, and were received at the Ferry and escorted to the line, by a delegation of the