Evening star., 1886-09-04

AAS oohAAAfk0 EOB NEXT YEAR-R& ASKS
roH ADDITIONAL HEN ARD An ExrENsIoN
OF TIE PATROL SYsrEM-A HARBoR PATROL
NH.DED, 60
MAJ. Walker has submitted to the District
commissioners an estimate for the amount re.
quifed for the support Of the police department
fof the hscal year ending June 80, 1883, as fol-
tOwc One major aud superintendent el, 600
One captain, 81 ,sOO two inspectors, ct 81 500,
$1,000; one property clerk. Sl.s0ts one clerk,
$1,000; two clerks, at 5000, 1900; four sur.
seons, 1t 5000, 2,40O; for special service, pre-
venson and detection Of crime, 42,40O; eight
lieutenants, at @1.82O. e1O.560; thirty ser
eeants, at $1,140, $84, 400; one hundred and
nfty privstes. class 1, 1T 5000, s185. 600; one
hundred and sixty privates, class ..
at u,osO, e172,sO0; twenty-five sta.
laborers, at $3.50, "a 500; one messenger,
500; one messenger, $500; one major and su.
perintendent, mounted, $40; one captain,
and ss ss2e ss
seven patrol drivers, at $500, %. $40; one van
dri,ser, S36Oi one am @smbniance driver. 5000; one
costa and police headquarters p 200; fuel,
$4,000; tepairs TO stations, $4,000; miscella.
neous and contingent expenses, including sta
uonery, pooks, telegraphing. photographs,
prisoners. furniture and repairs to same, beds
lice equipments and repairs to same, harness,
forage, repairs to van, Ambulance and patrol
wagons, and expenses incurred in the preven.
portation OF paupers and prisoners, 200; for
police signal and telephone system In second,
third and AZ nnh MI precincts, including wagons and
hOfses, W., ,OOO; one steam launch and equip.
ments for Potomac river service and engineer
for same, 500.
PROPOSED CHANGES.
BE sends to the Commissioners with the esti.
mates letter explaining the various items
veytN nara Inn t&AA ~
tenants, as at present, he asks tor eight lieuten.
ants and TWO inspectors. the latter at 81 500
each. One OF these will be The night inspector,
IN the
police headQnarters. Increased compensation
10 asked for the police surgeons, and an In.
creased amount Tor special service aud the pre-.
vention and detection OF crime. He estimates
an increase OF $11 400 for the pay OF sergeants,
and says In relation TO this Item: "The seryeants
has allowed In the past four years an increase
OF about forty prtvates. For many years sew
eral OF this class have been required TO act as
sergeants Without additional com pensation for
the increased responsibility. The time has now
come when these privates, acting a. sergeants
serxeants. snoufd recevs seIpeSnts G nsy' AN M
equivalent for the services rendered. This
supervision over the privates of the force, which
may be exercised in guarding valuable govern
ment and private property, which is constantly
accumulating and extending throughout The
ness OF which cannot be disputed. am desir-
ous that the inspector In charge OF the detect
duties il Will be to assume charge OF this I'M
portant service 1T night time, la lieu OF detail.
ing y lieutenant, Us is now the practice, from
one Of the several precincts whose Official duties
are thereby increased tWO-fOld."
ADDITIONAL MEN ASKED FOR.
He asks tor forty-ive additional privates Of
class one and twenty OF class Two. In relation
to the increase in class one he says: "With a
prospective centennial exposition and other
constantly recurring events which attract 10
this city thousands of strangers; with extensive
government reservations which are being el;lb-
UraleIy improved, aud which are entirely under
our care and protection at night, ana which
the superintendent of public buildings and
grounds urgently requests the cooperation OF
the police IN the care and protection o.; with
many beats In the WORT sections OF the Dis
trlct, each OF them including over q hundred
squares Of valuable properly, covered in many
Instances by one patroiman, and which can De
traver6ed entirely over only on occasional days.
We have the Executive Mansion and Presi-
dents residence and the many department
buildings to pay special attention to; with hun
dreds VI vacant houses from which the owners
are temporarily absent during the summer
months, 70 be held responsible for; with the
courts, which are in session the most Of the
year, TO furnish witnesses, attendants and at
tention; with an army Of hacks. cabs, car
riages and other vehicles to regulate; with
court, health Office, Commissioners office,
several country towns, included within the Dis
trict OF Columbia, to guard. with broad avenues
plays. besides many diplomatic cases exactiug
special work and the duties OF preserving the
peace In u territory containing ABOUT 50 square
miles, with large indolenL population, and
cheap KrOggertes, in all sections, conducted for
their benefit; with halt of the effective police
force on duty at any time (the Others resting
'on reserve'E compelled to submit to the en-.
barrassment OccaslOned by the retention in the
statute book OF the obnoxious army and navy
clause In the law, which no longer applies to
the soldiers and sailors it was intended 10 bene-
tit, and to have ~ select men who have been
residents of the District of Columbia two years
IL impossible to lind the requisite mental,
moral aud physical qualities in the selecting
OF privates for the force. and which ostracises
valuable material that may be found amQDg
our citizens,-the increase asked tor must be
considered moderate.
ask for an increase of twenty of the second
class privates in order that there may be room
for promotion from the first class, where old
and faithful officers, by their attention to duty
for an increase Of class one-that may be en-
abled to add number Of men to special de-
tective duty"
He asks Ior five additional station-keepers,
two additional laborers aud an increase or
laborers pay from $42O to $3.50 and an in
creased expenditure of $1,SUO for pay OF
service may be operated in six precincts, aud
an expenditure of $l2,UOO for police, signal
and telephone system in the second, third and
nfth precincts.
In relation to the item OF 81 500 for q steam
launch and engineer he says: "The report of
the harbormaster Of the District OF Columbia
will readily show that the Potomac river traf.
hc in and about the Dis trct Ia q very lmpor.
tant feature to be looked after. Heretofore tho
department, on occasions when boat was re.
Quired to suppress violation OF law In case of
accidental drowning or other casualty, or to
preserve the peace in and along the river front,
has had TO pay for boat hire. For want of q
harbOr service many criminals escape detec-
ton, and the game laws despite the call for
it, cannot be strictly enforced. Operations
are soon to be begun At the navy yard and q
greater amount Of police surveillance will be
expected along the eastern branch of the
river. That the shipping interests and govern
ment Improvements In the Potomac, and that
the entire front may be properly patrolled and
guarded, make this request"
The Barnesville Camp Meeting.
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