Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-05

| him especially fitted for the new duties o
Inspector, which will be something on tn,
same line. His chief advantage in th'
change will be additional authority, as h,
will have charge of all the uniformed mel
in the city. A comfortable increase in sal
ry is not the least cause for the congratu
lations of his friends.
A COMPLETE REoRGANIzATIoN.
The reorganization of the Police Bureau
has been looked for for some time Chic
Brown and Superintendent Weir have beer
| contemplating it ever since the latter as
| sumed full charge But prior to yesterday
no intimation of what the changes would
consist of had been made public. The frs
feature is the creation of the Office of Chic
Inspector, with the remaining two under
him. They will no longer have charge Of
districts Their duties will be somewhat
similar to those of roundsmen. The five
police CAPTAINS will have charge of their
various districts with duties resembling
those of the inspectors heretofore. Super.
intendent Weir has already prepared set
of rules concerning the alterations in his
| bureau.
The Chief Inspector will make his head
| quarters at Central station during such
hours as his business may demand. He will
| issue all orders to the assistant inspectors,
| captains, sergeants or other subordinates.
He will be required to have his assistants
make repeated and thorough inspections of
every detail of the property of the Police
Bureau, as well as the uniformed men. and
he will, at stated intervals, make such in
spections himself. He will wear a uniform
similar to that worn by the captains, but
rtyc
and the title ''Chief Inspector in gold
letters on his cap.
DUTIES OF THE TWO ASSISTANTS.
The assistant inspectors will also report
at Central station to their chief. One as
sistant will go on duty at a. NJ. and re-
main until he is relieved at P. NJ. by the
other, who will be on duty until 8 A. NJ.
each day. Their turns will be alternated
monthly Their duties will be to inspect
and look after the uniformed men and see
that all the property of the Police Bureau
is in proper condition. They will be re-
| quired, at least twice every week, to person
ally inspect every officer going on duty
from all the police stations in the city, and
they must examine each officers personal
appearance and physical condition as to fit
ness for duty, as well as to determine if his
uniform and accoutrements are clean and in
good repair. Each assistant inspector will
wear a uniform similar to that of chief in
spector, but with proper designation of
rank yet to be decided upon.
TIL five police captains will hereafter be
located at headquarters in their respective
districts, in such station houses as the su-
perintendent or chief of the department
may designate. They will have regular
office hours to receive complaints and issue
orders. Each captain will be held RESPONSE
BILE for the preservation of peace and order
in his district. He will be required to keep
on the sergeant's desk a record of his time,
on which, when leaving the headquarters
while on duty, he will enter in his own
handwriting the time when he leaves. where
he is going the nature of the business he is
about to attend to and the time he expects
to return. When he returns he will enter
upon the record the exact time. The cap
tains, as well as the inspectors, will not be
permitted to absent themselves from duty
without the consent of the superintendent
or the chief of the department. The cap
tains will receive daily reports from the
lieutenants of their respective districts, and
submit them with their own reports directly
to the superintendent. The captains will
wear their present style of uniform while
on duty.
NEW RULES FOR DETECTIVES.
Some changes will also be made among
the special officers or detectives. Those
already decided upon provide that all such
control of the Superintendent of Police.
and in his absence of the Assistant Superin-
tendent. They will make their headquarters
at the City Hall office of the Police Bureau.
The night service of special detectives will
be abolished and when the sleeping quarters
at Central station have been completed two
detectives will be required to sleep there
each night, the men taking their turns in
regular order. The hours of duty of the
detectives will be from $50 A. NJ. until II
P. NJ. and unless their duty requires it
those detailed to sleep at the station will be
expected to retire each night at II O'Clock.
The question OF who will succeed Captain
Silvis is not vet definitely settled, and will
not be for day or two. There are several
good men who will probably be considered:
Lieutenants Robert Denniston and David
Lewis, and Detectives Coulson and Shore
Denniston is particularly considered in
connection with the place owing to his eff
ficient and faithful work on the force, thouob
CouIson also stands good chance on ac-
count of his record on the police force.
Coulson was O roundsman under Mayor
Liddell, and is said to be the best rounds
man the city ever had. He has been on the
force ever since and has a good record for
faithfnnlness Detective Shore also has n
good detective record, and if he desires to
secure this place will be hard to beat.
SKETCH OF MIR. sILvIS' LIFE.
Daniel Silvis, the new police inspector. is
50 years of age and War veteran. He was