The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-19

Green yesterday what had become of the
eight men recently added to the force.
The chief replied that only seven had
reported to him, and these were all he
knew anything about. Their uniforms
had been ordered but have not yet been
received. The men, however, are doing
duty in citizens dress.
The new men, chief Green said. had
been sandwiched in where they will do
the most good, and the mounted men
have been sent further south on some
beats. The seven or eight men, how
ever will not begin to take the
place of the sixteen mounted men.
Eight patrol men, supposing the full
number authorized by council is put on,
will only allow four men to each relief.
a man on foot will not begin to cover the
same ground that mounted man can, so
that the four additional patrolmen on
each relief will be able to cover hardly
one-fourth the ground which has been
covered by the eight mounted men.
This means that there will be practically
little change in the routes of
the mounted men, unless they
are carried south bodily, and the dis
tricts they now cover left without pro-
lection.
1t may be the source OF considerable
surprise to many people who are &C
quainted with the workings of the police
department only in a general way to
know that the whole residence section of
the city. from Liberty street south, is
patrolled by only mounted men.
There are eight mounted men in this dis
trict during the night, provided all the
men are able to report for duty and none
have been detached for other work
During the day there are only four
mounted men in the whole district. The
dismounted men are all placed from
Perry street north to River street, and in
Yamacraw, Robertsville, the Old Fort,
and Magazine ward. Only fourth of
the force is on duty during the day. AT
night one-half the force is on.
Up to last month the force only NUM-
bered tifty-seven men, including officers.
With the seven men recently added it now
numbers sixty-four. This is much
smaller force than the city had under
Gen. Anderson. Ten or fifteen years ago
the force numbered over 100 men, and thm
no men were sent further south than
CASTOR street. Now sixty-four men are
expected to cover twice as much territory
This explains why Chief Green mani
tested some surprise when he was asked
if he were going to send all the mounted
men south of the park now that the force
had been increased, and patrol the Sec
ton north from New Houston street with
diSmounted men. IL Is evident from the
statement Of the strength of the force
that the seven or eight additional men
will hardly suffice to cover the territory
between Liberty and CASTOR
streets and allow the mounted men to
patrol from CASTOR street south. This
would allow only two men in the day for
the district between Liberty and CASTOR
streets and four men at night.
The section of the city from CASTOR
street south to Anderson is now the most
thickly populated of the whole city. From
CASTOR to Anderson, inclusive, there are
eleven streets running east and west,
South of Anderson there are twelve streets
only partially occupied, however. The
question which the residents of
the whole southern section of
the city are now asking is, whether
four mounted men in the daytime
and night can cover the city from CASTOR
street south, to Twelfth street, and fur
nish adequate protection to the property
owners.