Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-03-08

number OF the friends OF James Care
land, Captain of Police, seated them
selves in Eller's Hall, at Union Square,
and dispatched q note to that officer at
headquarters requesting his presence,
which was promptly com Piled with.
After passing the compliments of the
season, Lien eaant Leonard Henning
arose, and addressed the now bewiider-
ed Captain as follows:
Captain GARLAND Your friends
have assembled here to show their high
appreciation of your character as man
and your fidelity as an officer, You
have been elevated to the second high
est position in the police force, and
you have doubtless already found that
the important duties deyolving upon
you, areno less arduous than dangerous.
Our citizens feel justly prond of the
high rank which the gallant policemen
have attained by their manly bearing
and courageous conduct, and our city
has the reputation of sustaining a po-
lice department which has no equal in
the State. 4r
Your position, while it is one of honor,
is also one of danger. You are expect
ed to be ever at yonr post,-in sun
shine and in storm, in the daytime, as
well as in the darkest hours of the
night, standing as a faithful sentry be-
tween the lawless and the law abiding.
And now. sir, in order that you may at
all times, and in every emergency be
prepared to defend yourself from those
who have not the peace of our city at
heart, we beg you will accept this
revolver--to be used as weapon of de-
fence in time of need.
Receive it, sir, as slight mark of the
regard in which your services are es-
teemed by so many Of your fellow-citi-
zens. and if occasion should demand, we
trust you will use it in the preservation
of the public peace, good order and the
enforcement of the laws and ordinances
of the city.
Capt. Garland received the weapon,
and said that the honor was totally I'M
expected He gladly accepted the
present, and assured his friends that it
should only be used in the preservation
of the public peace, and the protection
of his fellow citizens. He thanked his
friends for this high mark of their es-
TEEN, and should ever hold their many
favors in kind remembrance.
The warm interest manifested in his
welfare by so many friends he fully APP
preciated, and if a faithful performance
of his duties should meet their conti-
nued approval, he should be most hap
Ply. The Captain, in conclusion, called
upon Councilman Cowell to return
more fitting acknowledgment, but that
gentleman said that he had come to
witness the presentation, and he didnot
know that he could say anything that
the Captain had not already said. He
would merely add that Captain Cart
land was a man OF action, rather than
of words that the people felt just
pride in the great efficiency Of the po-
lice force, and that it was doubly salts
factory for the officers as well as the
men, to know that their services were
appreciated. AS has been remarked
by Lieut.. Henning, our city has po-
lice force which cannot be exeelled by
any in the state, and ithad been brought
up to its present position by the very
able Chief-John Keron- Applause. =
BY his unremitting labors, it had grown,
and both as a member of the City
Council and as citizen, he reioiced at
its thorough discipline and usefulness.
Chief Keron. being loudly called for,
briefly returned his thanks for the
handsome manner in which his labors
had been referred to, He had at all
times-during the past five years-been
encouraged by the City Council, by all
good citizens, and had been ably Sc
conded by the men under his com
mand. He was glad that the services
of the force were appreciated. Zap
plause. TsfEbH t'-
Remarks were made by Councilman
Dockry, and by Messrs. McGurgan,
Rycroft, Filler, Sheridan, and others
the party adjourning at eleven o'clock.
The revolver is a seven. shooter-Smith