New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-16
THE NEW POLICE Drill.


nssAc:ency Of the Police in The Netropoi..n n,-
rcc District bas ben materially increased BY u.
,d,ror n the .y.terr of tactics known a. the Ch...
.,ur An. which /. u-ed by the regimeris q he
rre,,l arny. known a. The CiassSsr' De va-suG
r. ain Z; also used IN two 4 the regimen:s n ~
l'nited States Army.
c.. ate, m. organization ~ che metropolitan ps.
Ia. se,gcsui.Msiors Wilhsn Allen AMI Fredsrick W.
wa,crhuv were assigned ihe duty ID ns,ruc;ingtss
Police in The new ,ltics They have been empsOy~
l.Hv !. this service and st the proseni tme 81
h,r,,red of III. Ncw.York Police ard ivo hansred n
,he Rrooklvn Police have been thoroughly ns'-lc.ei
and orcsnzed for service when the emergenry shAI
arise reauirnr the active cooperation oi any cor"tes
III ,,, ,e, of the force The force OF the diHersst
pyecpc,s ofti city, except the Iw.ish, ARE daed
rompsnies daily At the State Arsenal corner Of Esa
ii ,,h;,e s,rect. and o. MoDisys and Tseslays by
bo,,slons. The Twelfth Precinct Police are ae bes
drilled z sny in the city. They meet ON F"dsys q
Harlem. The Brooblys Police dnil on Fiidays apl
S.,r-5.,. A. the Gothic Han Brooklyn, ard have
ar..,lsr, rronrcSs. The Chasseur drih p'olacss
- .o,c.,, of action, and increased fsc.E:y n
-. ,,ovomc,t II i, therefore admirable &c
~, nurpose. of .kr1nish and surprise. MGsc and
time arr dispsss.d WITT, eaca man oens
liberty to take such steps aud 10 carry MS NV ~
.,ob xov a. is mos, comfot able Ia the army he
o,Jcr. are civ.n by the trumpet. The movemeL, ioa
+; much sfronIf d-the charges being fewer n r1ni-
~ The drill however j. not pIacticible 70 3 ooiy
of mon numbering more than the usual comp insn' 81
rcgimept; hut in light service their celef'y ani
,sn;alv Of execution far saTpasses any OF he Ordinary
.vs,cms Of tac,ics The piece used in the serv,e =
,b minnie rife but the police have no' been anc
,robsby will not he drilled IN the use OF any arms
o,bcr flan Neir clubs-tbe Board oi Comm ssonefs
regarding II a. .mpoltic 10 give the io'ee 30 D-Sh
,be character Of a military organization.
In the presery alton of the Pcace OF the cry = any
cr,et emergency the new system Il u bene'e1, WI
be forrd to he invaluable. II is particuary aasfsd
m IN, dspersnc If mobs and the stopping ci no'ous
nroceednes The method Of proceeding is 'h.s' ~Sss
mob of men is assembled in any street, nouce oi 'he
fac, il sent TO the S,ation-liouses, snd ge11
force is reouired than those available IN the panc'a
Precinct whore the mob is assembled, the te'giafa
Immediately communicates The dct 10 Nhe s"''.h
Uous.s IN the adjoining PRECINCTS. rs soon a" 'he
mon ...omhle and except in very rare csse- from
TWENTY-FIVE &c fifty are suiiic,epl, they fofm 'neif
.avcs in two or three patoons extending across che
.,ree, A. tbev appronch the mob, the order is
gver for them to charge in double quick sn'e'
r,p each with his club under lis arm. As The hF'e
patoon reaches the mob. the use their clubs w'a
,icor upon the foremost of the rioters The command
ia then give 10 break and the platoon div'des 70 ire
confer mart runnirg TO the right ard par to me
le, and going in single file back OF the other pstoons
forming again in line across the street, and again move
toward the mob As the first platoon breahs and gses
TO the rear the second approaches, and at once makes
a fresh attack 1t also breaks at the word OF com
mand and goes to the rear, while The thiN p'aIoon
presses forward and takes the place of tho seeond'
The third plaioos when it breaks is succeeded oy Tie
frs, and in thi. WAY one attack ahcr another follows
so rapidly that The mob always d'pirted by the frst
shock of organized attack have not time 20 receiver
their presence Of mind and to assume the aggressive
before the first attacking party is beyond their reach
and second is pressing upon them with new at
tscI A few attacks thus made are sure TO result 10
the dispersal of the mob. Had the police been thss
drilled on the Fourth Of July last, fifty men would
have probably suficed to quel the riot in the Sixth
Ward in a few minutes.