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to to get at. [Pregnent?] gatherings
of a select few always accompanied
by one or more ex firemen
(generaly one of [them?] that left the
department on either one of the charges
above referred to) hasty departures
from company [gnarters?] to confer
with a small number of ex-firemen
frequent telephones from ex firemen
to company members +c +c
when by accident the ground
work of all this conspiracy was
disclosed. Politics had been instilled
into the department. There was going
to be a change in the administration
of city affairs carrying with it a
change in the fire department.
All the ex firemen were to be the
firemen and all the firemen
were to become ex-firemen.

The Chief already self selected and
only [wanting?] his commission had
already reconstructed the entire
department. All the captains were
to be made assistant chiefs and
district chiefs. All the lieutenants
were to be made captains and
all the men were to be made
lieutenants (this of course only includes
the faithful)