Evening star., 1895-04-27
pofice= Needs.

Sergt. Kerby,,made. a, Vary interesting
address on the subject of the great need
of more police protection and better sub
station in Anacosua, during which he said:
when the metropolitan police force was
organized in 1851 1t comprised total Of
1GO men, including the heads of the de-
partment.- and of these fifteen., all mount
ed, or one tenth of the whole. were assign
ed to UniOntewn, now Anacostia. AT this
time the, police department of the city OF
Washington comprises ff1 men, and Of
these thirteen, three of whom are foot
men. are assigned to the Anacost;a sub
station. After July l the force will have
total of 465 men, and think that some
steps ought to be taken to get portion
at least of the additions sent to Anacos-
tia" Sergt. kerby also produced record
of the bills passed by the first legislative
assembly of the District of Columbia
among which was one that had been ap-
proved by the governor on August 10. 1871.
in which that official was directed to pur-
chase a lot of ground in Uniontown Ana-
costia) and the board Of public works to
build thereon, a suita BILE station house, at
a cost Of $500.
If any light could be thrown on the sub
ject by him, and as the latter could give no
Information relative thereto he, on motion,
appointed Justice Carroll w. Smith COM
mittee of one to look into the whole mat
ter and make report at the next meeting.
Mr.. Smith said the law which Sergt.
Kerby had brought 70, 1ight,Was news to
him. but that he had no doubt that the ap-
preparation made at the, time of the enact
ment of the law. almost a quarter OF a
century ago. not having been used for the
purpose, was covered back into the United
States treasury, and that 1t would require
a reappropriation from Congress to get 1t
out again. He, however, regarded the dis
covery of the existence of the law quoted
by Sergt. Kerby as ar important point
gained in the matter. and thought that
Congress would be influenced thereby to
greater Eberality in providing the building
sought to be obtained than they might per-
haps otherwise be, and he assured those
present that he would look up the whole
matter and make a full report at the next
meeting, as requested.
Sergt. Kerby called the attention of the
meeting to the fact that an appropriation
of $1,000 made by Congress for extending
the police and fire alarm system in the
District is Immediately available, and he
urged that steps be taken to request the
District Commissioners to spend some of
the money in Anacostia and vicinity, those
points being now absolutely unprotected
in these respects. The suggestion was
adopted, and the committee on police. Rev.
muncate with the Commissioners on this
and other police matters which have been
referred to them, at their earliest con-
venience.
Impure Milk.
Secretary Allen made long speech. al
in Anacostia, and asked that the committee
on health be instructed to Investigate the
matter. Mr.. Tolson said he had learned
since coming to the meeting that he was
a member Of the health committee and he
would assure the association that If any
one is doing as Mr.. Allen charged he would
do nothing in the matter. as the health Of
ficer has men in his Office to look after
this very subject, and notice to DR.. Wood
ward that such thing Is being done will
result in an immediate investigation. The
subject was debated at great length, during
which Justice Smith quoted the milk law
and Sergt. kerby said that II any one will
report case where impure milk is being
sold to him he will make thorough in
vestigation, and if the facts warrant him
in doing so will bring the party or parties
to court. The subject was then dropped
The resignation of Mr. ]. c. Leonard as
chairman of the committee on schools on
account of pressure of other duties was
accepted with regret, and the secretary d.
rected to write letter to Mr.. Leonard ex-
pressive of the feelings of the members Of
the association in the matter.
Some other business of an unimportant
character was attended to, after which the
association adjourned.
The Endowment AssOcintlOn.
In report fled yesterday afternoon, Re-
ceivers T. NJ. Fields and A. A. Lipscomb
of the Washington Beneficial Endowment