The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-26

licemen Asher, Gallagher and Harold
were placed on the pension list, and it was
authoritatively given out by President
Tobin that the work of placing men
over 80 years of age who had served twenty
years in the department or over on the list
would be carried on until none such were
left on active duty.
The names of those eligible for retire
ment were published recently in THE CALL,
and it was then stated that at the next
quarterly meeting of the Pension Com
missioners, on the first Monday in Janu-
airy, several of them would be retired.
Since then there has been considerable
speculation as to who among the num-
Der would be chosen for retirement bv the
Commissioners. Among those eligible are
Property Clerk Cullen, Sergeants Lind
heimer, Shields, Brown, Houghtaling and
Cornelius Martin and Detectives Bohen
and cambridge. There are also several
patrolmen. 1t is improbable that all will
be retired at the next meeting of the board,
but that some of them will is looked upon
as certain.
will come within a very short time. The
police captains were instructed recently by
the Commissioners to hand the m a list of
men in their divisions who are practically
policemen in name only; in other words,
mem bers of the force who are too lazy or
too Indifferent to perform their duties
satisfactorily. Two of these men have al
ready been welded out, and it is expected
that after the holidays there will be sew
eral more.
The almost wholesale changing of SER
geants from one division to another that
took effect last Saturday is another evil
dence of the intention of the Commission
ers to improve the efficiency of the force.
The reason of the change, although not
given for publicity, is well understood
Sergeants, when they have been for any
length of time in a certain division, are
supposed to get on too friendly terms with
the men, with a consequent lack of disci-
pine. An instance of this kind came to the
knowledge of the Commissioners recently
and the sergeant was fined $25.
The seventy-four new men and five new
sergeants are distributed over the dif-
ferent divisions and are doing duty.
A numb Der OF beats have consequently been
curtailed, so that the patrolmen will only
have half the distance to traverse that they
had before. A new district west of Steiner
street, under the supervision of Captain
Whitman, has been established, and Ser
geants Tobin and Christensen were de-
tailed there. At present they and the
men are reporting on duty at the Central
Police Station until a station can be Sc
cured in the district.
There are now three mounted policemen
in that district, Charles P. Schaefer, Will
lam H. Hanley and Robert de CURE.
Schaefer and Hanley have been on
mounted duty for some time, but De
CURE was only detailed last week. Yes.
terday Policemen Michael Shanahan and
c. NJ. Shore reported to Captain Gillin for
mounted duty in the outskirts of the Mis-
sion district, and in a few days Policemen
John ?. Carson, Alfred c. Winzler ana
John I. Edner will report to Captain Gil
I'm for similar duty. These mounted Of
ficers will patrol the San Bruno road tho
lngleside district and other outlying dis
tricts.
This completes the list of mounted ma.
trolmen, making eight altogether-hye in
the Mission district and three in the Rich
mond district.