The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-09-04
IONDON'S POLICE FORCE.
The Impression IT Made on an
American Traveller.

c,,.a r,ourh in Quail
Uniforms That Are Sooa ..n ~ - a.,s...
ity, but Execran'e IN 49, -
ishing Humiu'y u ny
~t -Boggins iot
The London policeman wouia hho,u
unlimited amount OF amusement W 'nv T,,o.
reverent street gamin OF new AorA., Ao.,,aI
'sbobbies," or ''peelers," Ms tney srs vaA ~,
after Sir Robert Feel, VINO iounuou W.
Metropolitan police force, NUMBER a'
ent 10000, says correspondent VI 'u
New York Times, and they nave Cnars1v
district comprising fso square nlos. -.
the most inexperienced milltiaman wno1,e
tripped over his own sword couiu nos "
decide, after mornings stron oown 'I ~
strand, tna. INC No" ss,lp .hrongh,, the |
case Of q pitched battle, "go tn,ousn ~
London "peelers" In most nnisIo.
These London poncemen arc ~ y. In
slender lot OF fenows- one noAs ,art ~
| for the Drawn and muscle OF tne s.Ni"s
men who stand along broau"ny on
ed afternoon. maea un1 aSan,. Sa :, 1r, Tsrsnty-
conspicuous figure Oh the Auonis ~ .l,s yss "a
third street he Is lnchneo " 'utn at
laugh in his sleeve, wniie nc eAo .,',' o,s.t
have found the smah tnink iu '"e
CITY," A..
The uniform Is unques',onaoy, s.,s - Nsiss.
riment to the men here. ~ woulu - ,ah- s
cult to conceive OF any tnins no.s 49,. ~ ! nan
ly fitted for the business OIL nsAisk - .l,a
look like monkey on pArse9 49,. -,
uniform OF the London Pc,,ce Ans ~ ms
In ramole along inc oeiS sr,,sa,,,a, sa he
, against an uncommonly smsn pe,, -. s.-;,,asr
naturally turns 70 iook ioI .neo r., rsad;svai
The hat Is very oao iniiSas,o -. ...h,ch
helmet Ine piouse mas suo. ~ s.iss ont IN
the belt AT the WAIST osuso' ~ ,sa-. ~ "a In
, an absurd manner, anu r eao ~ az rnrer
yaria6ly 100 large, ~ espo ,hot tha
, part OF the legs. Ing resas ,sS ea,-chsst-
wearer looks na,rom m-sno ss,,rr .ronnd
cd and extremely ioooo ""U '~nH'
+ the hips .,.;,,. tar
It's mposslp'e ,or ny naa - ,nSa- these
= ror TO the heart OF q maieiac'or unuo. e sanoh
4 circumstances NO one can oe am ~ ~ n,o,h.
y afraid OF person VINO can nos III ~, Sss-
n ing, and have been unaole 70 nhu son Z
Il London policeman VINO oouiu a0oo"pii'"
i, that seemingly simple ieat
Il But this Is not al. as II .ne man ~
" pearance were not enough 70 ueprNo ~
q ofan municipal dignity ana imporvsno1, ~
v ~. tr,umnhant club with that free
D A., and force which are allowed 10 the
s.sn.stn In fact. a London policeman d
-, s,,n,osed ,o draw his club till the poini
70 ~ nast ~ which A New York Officer woult
10 dra,v his revolver and scatter It's contents
s r a. many noints of the compass a
40 ,hsro ,vere Chambers in the "gun." II Il
IL 49, ,o',s natter for an officer 10 club a MAJ
4 s.TnnSon IN New York a policeman Is q
- ..S as erv one else. Here he is not. Tha
n soyu - d;serence. Here the policeman
iin,,esr, nnHSos =. 4 hsdge Of seryitude. he is
u.t,;a mental ae Knows ~; and the pee
PSyro P,n a-no,y n As a resident American sal
nm p' p ,na na = n;Sh. or two ago: .The differenc
, me no,,caroan here and one in Ne,
es Wv yeS% r. s,mnly this: In New York the p,
by i,cnr,an wines his foot on you; here you wip
,.o,,,.'t,r ,o,,- foo, on the policeman.n
an 'S The general result Of the restrictions
,ld ..iso-,,, ana otherwise. ON the London D
ncrman i. that he booomss q very hamb
ith nerson In some respects. But he does q
by iov certain liberties which are not on u
III IN New York. A few evenings ago, q
IDS instance. / stopped TO ask question OF tv
of on,cers who were standing in Holborn, ne
T.. .oaA IuatQnd of Answering II
na- Y,,..s hri.Nv and passing on as Ne
Of SS0Tis W. of,cers would have done under sin