The morning times., 1896-09-25

| Ill hio dLuudl report 10 INC COMMISSIONERS
Ior the year ended June, 80, 1896. MaJoi
| William 6. Moore, superintendent OF Police
presents an exhaustive argument in sup
| port OF his estimate FOR aii increase 40 tht
| extent OF seventy-rive men. in the force
| BRIEF Cf which appeared In The Tines
OF several days ago. Major Moore says
| "At NO period in the hisl ory OF the Dis
trict have the requirements OF full quota
OF police qua rdlans been mole urgently felt
than during the year which Just closed
| Oh the 3Oth day OF June last.
The want OF lien III the suburban dis
| tricts had discouraging effect upon
property sales and ildiDg operations
| while lii the city extensive beats made II
impossible fer. one or even Two men 40 to
| patrol the area assigned lo them AS TO give
adequate protectiont o the residents therein.
Many pnvate watchmen are employed and
| paid for by citizens, owing TO this condition
| of affairs.
PRIVATES DETAILED AWAY.
| The "details OF privates from rthe force
at various public institutions and places
| remain abohr the same. and these details
added TO the number OF sick and absent
members, dcplete the available iorcc TO
| an extent which makes the demand for
men more imperative"
AT the close OF The fiscal year ssignments
OF policemen TO special posts numbered
So. distributed as folio VS.: Bathing beach,
2; Capitol Building, 3: district building,
z; detective office, ] detective office night
clerk, l.; Executive Mansion. "a: bead
quarters, clerks oIflce, o: sanitary offio,
2; health department, 4; humane society,
/; hack inspector, l patrol steamer. 3;
police court, 6; postoifice. 1: Presidents
country homo, /; Rock Greek Park, ! {;
workhOuse, 3.
Those absent from 'duty during the year
from various causes, average 81 Il day,
and with this daily depletion of lO2 men,
the available force was reduced 10 314.
Ii must be remembered, the ma jor says,
that the, policemen do not all perform
service at one time, but are divided into
four reliefs. The superintendent, captain,
aud lieutenants are required by law to he
on continuous duty, while the privatcs are
divided iutO platoons, and the platoons
into sections, and this permits the men To
alternate in the performance or police
work, the SICK and injured being left off
the roll of available men.
TIE AVAILABLE MEN.
Thus. on the 3Oth day OF June, 1896, ut
8 O'Clock a. M, there was an availa ble
police force of ATS. The First precinct had
two sergean;s and fifteen nen; Second, one
lieutenant, nine men; Third, one lieu
tenant, one sergeant, and eleven men;
Fourth, one lieutenant, and eleven men;
Fifth, one lieutenant, one sergeant, twelve
men; Sixth, one lieutenant, one sergeant,
eleven men; Seventh, one lieutenant, two
sergeants, twelve men; Eighth, one lieu
tenant, two sergeants, twelve men; Ninth,
one sergeant, nine men. '
These men were relieved at / O'Clock
p. m-, and another change was made at
u p, IN. The force at the hour last I.anied
consisted OF the superintendent. captain.
three inspectors. seven lieutenants, ten
sergeants and $50 privates At IL
O'cleck midnight, another plat oon went
OH duty with 135 privates at command.
Respecting the use OF bicycles in the pre-
venlion aud detection of crime, and the
apprehension for misdem eanors. Major
Moore says the plan was first advocated
two years ago. He urgently recommends
that ,sn amount aggreGating 81 800 he
appropriated for the purchase pf fifteen
first-class wheels.
.Within two years" he adds, 1.-The sales
and use of bicycles for business and pleas
ure have reached the climax and the
horse. buggy and dogcart have to 4 con-
siderable extent given way to the more
modern method OF travelling
.Over $4,000 wheels, he estimates,
''are used in the District As a natural
consequencc,0 more or less fast riding is
INDUCED in, and many accidents result
In order to discourage this rapidly in
creasing recklessness 1t was found neces-
sary to provide means of prevention. and
to that end regulations were adopted by
the Commissioners which the police were
charged to carry into effect. is's .-'-'1
A HUE AND CRY.
1.-The hue and cry on the part OF the
public against ca reless. needless riders more
thankept pace with the purchase OF bic ycles.
and it became a serious question with the
department how to procure wheels for the
police to enable them to compete with
r.,tx NJ Low Ist~
attention OF Congress had been called to
the. necessity Tor an increased contingent
fund, the required amount was not allowed.
.At this junctalre, several policemen, pos
SCISSORS OF bicycles. pfoffered the govern
ment the use octlcn, which offer was ac-
cepted and the owners OF the machines
were organized into a squad especially
Tor the enforcemerft OF the Commissioners
regulations.
THE. value of such a squad cannot be
overcstimated, but to require policemen who
furnish their own wheels to pay the cx-'
pense OF repairs partakes largely Of impo-
sition.'' f.It''7
Major Moore wants an additional inspec
tor, nd he includes an item Tor his salary,
81 500.
1.-The law now provides Tor three inspec-
.ors, one of whom is in charge of the de-
teotIve bureau during the day, the others
visit the station houses and beats In the
several precincts at une xpected hours dur
ing the night; and see that all the 'niembe
OF the force are vigilant in the discharge
OF duty.
Another inspector is needed that he may
either be thus employed, or take charge ef
headquarters from 8 O'Clock p. m .iunth 8
o'clock a. N. In lieu OF a sergeant, the
responsibilities and requirements Uc the po-
sition having grown TO be such as to need
u skilled, experienced and able officer.
In the matter OF improvements the super
'.ntendent says: -
!. 1T Is important that at tue call OF the
telephone signal, the patrol should have
a clear. and uDohstructed run ,t0its dest4ba-' =
tion, for even a few seconds lost on an
iohstrp eteds sthorougbfsre might ca1se fataf
reeults.''
He. Than ea,asd -attention to ,tna net