Daily Republican., 1882-06-19
POLICE SERGEANTS.
Their appointment by the May Or
The PatrOlmen 10 be Announced
in N fRw DSya

! The appointments OF Sergeants Of
Police have been announced by Mayor
Wales and are as follows Eastern
distict, William ii. Decker and Hugh
Mcconnell Western district, Laur-
ence j. Sova and George T. Hatton. 1t
was generally supposed that Mr.. Deck
er would be one of the appointees, and
he as well as the others have been
chosen with reference to their peculiar
fitness for the position.
The patrolmen have all been selected,
and their names will shortly be an
nounced. The mayor eject has ex-
perienced considerable difficulty in
making his selections, many OF the ap.
plicants being personally unknown to
him, and although in several instances
the parties have come strongly recon-
mended, the Mayor has found upon in
vesti tigation that they were totally unfit
for the position. OF course all such
names have been dropped, as it is the
intention of tbs Mayor TO endeavor to
give this city better police force than
it has had for many years.
Contracts have been entered into with
j. w. Dietendolf & Co., for the uni
forms, and they will be Of a superior
quality. he cloth will be of dark navy
blue, and the coats will be a single
breasted sack, except the chiefs, which
will be double. The style of hat has
not yet been determined upon, and it is
expected that the shoes will be of the
same pattern as those worn by the SOL
diers during the war.
THE NEW SERGEANTs.
William II. Decker, is native OF
Richmond, Va, and was born in De-
cember, 1870. When but a boy he re-.
moved TO Troy, n. Y, where he re-
ceived his education, after which he
started to work in the rolling mill at
thai place. After he had acquired a
knowledge of the business he worked
at Johnstown, Pa , and several other
points, and in 1861 came to Whining.
ton, and engaged with the Diamond
State Iron Company. At the com
mencement of the war he enlisted and
was one of the unarmed volunteers
that We're fired upon in Baltimore on
the lotL of April, 1861, as they were
fastening TO the defence of the capital.
In June, 1864, he enlisted for three years
III Company "H," Twenty-sixth Penn.
sylvania volunteers, and served until
the close of the war.
He returned to Wilmington in 1865,
and commenced to work for Townsend
4 Co., at the Old Ferry mill. After
working there for some time he re-
moved to Pennsylvania, hut returned
to this city in 1879 aud resumed WORK
ID the Old Ferry mill as iinisher.
Hugh Mcconnell is a native of
Philadelphia, and was born in 1850 |
After receiving an education in the
public schools Of his native city hei
came TO Wilmington and learned the
trade of II carriage builder with Gregg
Il Bowe and G. Wesley Weldin. He
has been employed i'll several carriage
building establishments in this city, |
but for nine years previous to the de.
struCjon OF their blllding by fire he
was employed by MGLear 4 Kendall, as
a carriage trlmMtr.
SERGEANT SovA.
Lawrence }. SJvl is also native of
Philadelphia aud was born February
IA, ls43. He was educated in the pub
lie schools Of that city. He was ap
prenticed to hipcarrentering with
VIM. A. Graves, shipbuilder of Mr.
folk, Virginia, Az the outbreak of the
war no was still an apprentice and
when the city was captured by the
Union troops, May Ii, 1862, he return
ed to Philadelphia whore he finished
his trade with llillman, Briefly q
Streaker Of Kenslngton. In 1863 he
went to St. Louis and thence to Cairo,
IIliEois, where he was enlisted as "a
member of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry,
and served IN Arkansas during the re-
mainder of the war. He located in Will
lIington 10 1866 and has worked in
several of the leading shipyards and for
tho last three years he has been with
the Pu1ey Il Jones Company.
George T. Hattou was bora in CLes-
ter county, Pennsylvania, in lS49, anu
attended the public schools of that
county. When he was sixteen lie was
to George s. Grier of Mil
ford, Delaware, and lear ed the ma
trade. After the expiration OF
his term of apprenticeship he worked as
a Journeymau in Philadelphia until
1874 when he came 20 Wilmington and
has since been employed by the Edge
Moor Iron Company.
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