Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-11
THE POLICE WILL CELEBRATE.
The Thirtieth Anniversary Of the Force
Occurs Today.

PARADE THIS AFrxRxoox-ruRrr HUNDRED
MEN TO MARCH uSpkR COMMAND OF MAI
NooRs-oFrTcERs WHO WILL BIZ IN LNK-rHE
SEVERAL ORIGINAL VETERANS ON THE FORCE.
In the police stations this morning the Off
GERS were all busily engaged cleaning their best
suits Of clothes. blacking their belts and polish
ing their shields, getting ready for the parade
this afternoon.
The parade will he in celebration Of the
thirtieth anniversary of the organization Of the
force. Just thirty years ago today $50 MEM
bers OF the force went out on street duty. be-
sides eleven others, who we're termed rounds
men, clerks, &c.
Business was dull at that time. and there were
nearly z,ooo applicants for the positions
The room that is now occupied by tn. Crimi-
were sworn in.
Police Commissioner Brown was made acting
chief, and he remained at the head Of the force
Tor about a week, when Mr.. W. b. Webb was
elected. After the men were sworn in they
went out In front Of the building and stood in
line, and the acting chief told them TO remove
their hats. When they did so he remarked:
This Is a line looking set Of men," The re-
mark caused an uproar in the ranks
Ex-Policeman Lewis and eX-Detective Kelly
where all prisoners were taken. Each man
was given badge, which consisted of a strip
OF ribbon bearing the inscription, "Metropoh-
tan Police, and q club such was used by
the old auxiliary guard. These clubs were
about three feet long and at the end was an
iron spear. They were not intended TO be
used on prisoners heads, but were to force
open doors and windows in case Of fire.
In those days there was scarcely any neces-
sity for an officer to carry a club, officers OF
fha la ,.el b., H.
are now. 1t was not an unusual thing for an
officer and his partner to arrest a dozen men
and march them to the guard house.
THE FIRST ARREST.
Detective Mattingly was one of the first men
sworn in, but he has not served continuously
since that time. He made the first arrest. his
victim being an army officer. whe was found
lying in the street drunk. He was locked up
and released the next day without the payment
of costs.
In those DAYS there we're no patrol wagons
and the officers had TO carry their prisoners
from all parts Of the city to the central guard
house on foot unless they were fortunate
enough to meet an empty wagon with an oblig-
ing driver.
until 1t now numbers AIS men, besides patrol
wagons, ambulances and appliances for the
same.
ToDAY's PARADE.
The procession this afternoon. which will be
composed of seven companies of infantry, one
OF cavalry and <he patrol service, will move
along 18th street from south of the White
House at $50 o'clock this afternoon.
Maj. Vim. q. Moore will be in command. with
Capt Austin and Inspectors Swindells and
Pearson members of the staff.
Lieuts. Amiss, Teeple, Vernon. Kelly. Hollen-
berger, Gessford and Heffner will have charge
of the companies Of infantry, while Lieut.
McCathran will be in command of the cavalry
troop: Lieut. Guy will have charge of the
patrol service and ambulance corps.
There will be about 800 men in line enough
officers being left in the precincts to properly
patrol the city.
THE:MES IN LINE.
The men in line will be as follows:
First precinct-Lieut. Amiss Sergeants Boyle
and Shilling; Privates Boyce, Hughes, Faller,
Hartman, Nelson, Frayser, Sprinkle. Moore.
Gilbert, Boyd, Loughman. Donovan, Nebb,
Toler, LOTUS, Helan, Settright. Holsey, Will
Jams, Aunen, Golway, Eaton, LYDIA, Parker,
Dean, Bowie, Pearson, Ceniar, Weldon, Ken
dali. Allen, Boardman.
Second precinct-Lieut. Heffner. Sergeants
Jones. Cross and McTaggart, and about thirty
privates.
Third precinct-Lieut. Guy, sergts. Myers
and HARRISON; Privates Hanley, Cooney, Mad
dox, jacobson, McAndrews, Fitzpatrick, Lamb,
Holmes, Cramer. Redgrave, Goucher, Stamler,
ParhaIn. O'Rourke. McManus, Bell Gehrman.
McNeelys Schneider. Campbell. Cunningham,
HauZe, Cattel, McGrarfn, 0'Brien, O'Brien,
kersten, Wortz, jackson, Voelbel, McGlue,
Keefe.
Fourth precinct-Lieut Vernon, Serets.
Barry, Smith and Acting Sergt. Treadwell,
Privates Dyer, Baur. Crowley, Eser Espey,
Filgate Fenton, Hatton, Henry, Hutchinson,
Hogan. Hayden, Herbert. Kelley, Kemp, kim
ger, Kenney. Loane. Melton. Mcnamara. Null
rax- Inv Mah isl.
Schrader. Sanford, Stenhouse, Sonntag jr.,
Turnburke, Troeter, Wagner, Williams, wha-
len.
Fifth precinct-Lieut Gessford, Sergts Bur-
CESS and Wright, Privates Wright, Kelley.
Stewart, Stevens, Augusta, Kramer yanzant,
Cotton, Robie Lewis. Garraway, Foster, Fitz,
Stahl. Kramer. Ciscle. Buckmaster, Clinton,
Evans, Furey, Riagan, Wilson, Dyer.
Sixth precinct-Lieut. Kelly, Sergts. Byrnes.
Falvey and Brosnan, Privates Sullivan, Parker,
Schultze, Costello, Denney. Croft, Kimmell,
Jordan, Mendenhail. Rodgers, Creagh, Elliott,
Jameson, Mooney, Gibson, Hamilton, Kenney,
Estes, Langley, Brennan. Coghill. Bateman,
Fitzgerald, Haynes, Newkirk, Smith. Lynch,
Hartigan, Foley, Lamb, Riley, McC ormick, Sui
livan.
Seventh precinct-Lieut Hollinberger. sergts.
Nolkman and Haney, Privates Hall Bradley,
Bloom, Pierce, Curren, Hess, Birkight, Suther-
land, Mason, Conlon. Edwards, Jett, Passeno,
Passau. Gilmore, Bailey, Hooke, Grealey, Vo-
landt and Opperman.
Eighth precnct-Lieut. Gessford, Sergts
Daily, Lombardy and Dunnegan, Privates APP
pleby, Bryan, Barney, Clark, Crawford, Darcy,
Dunster, Ellsworth, Garvey. Geaghan. Harr-
over, Hagerty, Hensey, Henrick, Kelly. Lynch,
Mellen, McCort, Mccormick, Mcdonald. Pres
ton, Rhodes, Rogers Skinner. Speer, Stuer-
mann. Thompson. Upperman, Voc.
Ninth precinct-Lieut. Heffner Sergts |
Bryan, Wall and Cross, Privates Anderson,
Austin, Archambault, Bushall, Browne. Bast,
Curtis, Cook, Curry, Huntington, DALEY, Dow
ling, Ehlers, Fisher, Flynn, Gordon Hebrew
johnson, Lee, Moore, McGrath. Markwood,
Ohlsen. Pearson, Schultze, Stearns, Tracy,
WannalL
Cavalry troop-Lieut. McCathran. Sergts.
Slattery, Hess and Kirby, Privates Boland, |
Prather, West. Wannell, Anderson, MARI. Ha-
gan, Markward, Slack, Morgan. Sullivan, Bran
son, Amos, Hurd. Coleman McCabe. Murphy,
Law, Farley. Riley, Fiield, Rhodes, Muiloy.
Nicholson, Breen, Elliott, Mcnamara and Mat
thews.
Among the guests of the police department
will be three police commissioners and four
captains from Baltimore.
The line will disband at the Peace monument
after going over the route announced in The
STAR.
THE SEVEN ORIGINAL VETERANS.
There are seven men who went on duty the
day the metropolitan police force was organ
lied who are still in the service and of them
three are now in charge Of precincts, they
being Lieuts. John F. Kelly, James W. Cess
ford and Charles Il. Vernon. The Others are