The New York herald., 1874-09-22

copy. was issued yesterday by Superintendent
Walling to the force:-
ORDER NO. Hh
900 MULBERRY STREET, NEW YORK, sept Il, 1874 )
TO me EA1Sss Gr re s;e amended hv the sosra
Police ut meeting held the 18th INST and trans
mltted herewith to the force for their Information and
Rule 226 amended to read as follows
The station houses to be used exclusively for
p0ce business ard be used any other pur-
police sutton without express permission from the
a IN shae nS % Of OF hs ali
ceiving such permission shall be entered in iul upon
houses by members force Others IL relation to
,e ana S not the be
shall be allowed to enter behind the desk ' '
aptains shall wear the prescribed uniform at all
eiotnes BY the BosrG or OF foce ser
anss and sHq
hss e 1hS s9aTa or OF
The object OF the order is to increase the moral
efficiency OF the force, and bring up the discipline
to q desired standard President Matse has been
watching the system in operation since his return
to the department., and arrived at the conclusion
that many OF the breaches Of discipline,
and much OF the disregard for the
rules that were constantly being brought
before the attention OF the Board, were owing to
the circumstance that each day half the men we're
at liberty ABOUT the town in citizens clothes.
Tne greater part oil THIS NUMBER would take ad-
vantage OF this day Off to enjoy themselves; and
as all mad not probably a lOrcible cOnvlcion that
quiet home amusemeuts were the most interest
ing, some OF these men would, no DOUBT, often re-
turn to their duties with dispositions i'll fitted to
the onerouS calls upon their patience and atten-
tlOn Ii the men were compelled to retain their
uniforms wherever they went it would not only
cheek them from indulging in Liberties denied pO-
lcemen put would secure to the citizens extra
force of 900 policemen moving about them every
day. The Board has provided that on urgent oc-
casions the superintendent mas power To permit
onicers gong out IN plain clothes, but without
this permission every man in the department
must IN future appear IN public only III his uni
form.
Inspector McDermott made complaints yester-
day against two sergeants two roundsmen, a
patrolman and doorman found asleep In the Four
teenth precinct station house, when they should
have been on duty. The fact that the Inspector
caught these men mapping has caused a sensation,
and all the other sergeants on night duty are do
ing their best TO keep awake while in charge Of
the desk. 1t was proposed TO the Board yesterday
to supply the station houses with boxes OF snun
or the use OF sleepy ser0eants, but it Is yet doubt
ful whether the ldea Will be adopted. There are
a good many sleepy sergeantS and as they sell
dom walked up IN this manner the novelty OF the
effort may produce a beneficial effect. Sergeant
Donagan, one OF those complained OF for somno-
lency, was "a prominent candidate for Captain. His
chances have, 1t appears, diminished. Other
changes In the organization OF the force in
progress through the Board and are expected to
be put INTO operation in a few days. The detec-
tlves are to be placed a different standing, and
cassed so as to work more In harmony with the
requirements OF the force.
Captain Mccullough, OF the Twenty ninth pre-
cinct, has for some time been deslrOus OF leaving
that locality, as the duties are heavier than his
health viii bear. He applied to the Board yester-
day TO be transferred to some other precinct, but
the request was for the present denied.