The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-29

ne chronicles OF IIlOSe days
Tause smile, especially when the watch
nan with his Iantern and pike Is cOntrasted
andh thesplendid force of well equipped
Aoi handsomely uniformed police which
Texaes city has today
- stratet ne ponce Iorce OF BOSTON Is unuer the
-I,atroi of board of police comprising
,rt, ree man, who by virtue of a special stat
- e Of the commonwealth are appointed by
-,rIs governor. This board is the governing
lower OF the force; but the executive Off
er is the superintendent of police
- This Office is filed by Cyrus Small, who
,;wears acEOss his sleeve ssgen gold stripes,
+ indicative of thirty -iive years employment
4 upon tho Boston force. SUPERB ntendent
\ Small first entered the service as patrol
man in May, 1854. In tho fall of that year
the force was reorganized, and he was ad-
- vanced to the grade Of lieutenant. In 1886
va he became a captain, and in 1873 he was
po made deputy superintendent. Upon the
egg Reorganization Of the force under the
oairesent state law in 1885 he was advanced
WHO the position Of chief executive officer,
IA en hioh place he hasSince held.
Beside the board Of police and the super
ItendaBt the force consists of a deputy
superintendent, II captains, So lieutenGnts,
s2seEgeaHts and CD lSesrolInen- The law
also allows 100 reserve officers who take the
places of patrolmen necessarily absent and
ten Go Tegllar duty al a per diem stipend
SECTIONS Of the city where additional pa
linen are needed The dc5eCtiYes, or in
lectors rs they arc called, include chief
spCcsOr and ten men. They, Of course,
no p1+rd duty, but are charged with
oh matters as usually fall TO the lot of
tecIiYc5 IN other cities
"r The police forco Of Boston in its person
meIel is exceptional The reason for this
ANS found in the fact that political influence
DR. mas not a feathers weight in assisting an
th.applicant to obtaining, al appointment.
terThe civil service law hes active application
fal here, and tho rule OF tine best man wins"
oh is closely observed. Tho commission is
&c constantly beSieged by candidates for such
IL appointments. To all COCierS is given a
l. blank, which must be filed and stoned by
e. the applicant. He mist state whether he
is married or single, his sge, place Of birth,
names Of parents. condition Of health bod
lily and mental; education, military expe-
ricnce, if any, and many other matters of
greater or less import. Not less than three
more than five persons must certify to
"a the good character Of the candidate upon
y. annexed blank. The application must
sswcrn to and filed with che commission.
-ss,|he man is then subjected TO tests in
~ nmaTahip and arithmetic, must pass a
e1ysica1 examination and must submit to
q. series OF tests Of strength, development
tynd endurance. The first and third of
,-aeSe src competitive, and the mans
Eating is carefully computed. The names
s,f GccePSe6 applicants era then arranged
IN the exacb order OF exeeIlcaco. and when
hc board Of poEiee shall make requisi-
ion upon the civil service commission for
one or moro men those frst on the list are
invariably taken.
BY this admirable system the city Of
Boston Is enabled to obtain On ideal force
of police. II is distributed anlcpg sixteen
jstatiols-cne OF which is che I.G=i,oF squad,
Sdevotcd exclusively to pzsTclhns thowater
'front.'. So admirably Is this work done
hthaS river piracy is almost unknown. Each
p StAtion Is II charge Of Z captain, who must