The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-10
PRAISE FOR THE POLICE
Citizens Proud Of the Ex-
oellent Showing
They Made. !
COMMISSIONERS ANNUAL DINNER
All the Speakers Highly Com
mend the Excellence of
the Department.
COMMISSIONERS ANNUAL DINNER

which the men received all along tne il1ie
of march, the words of praise and con-
graduation which were showerei upon
them and the sense that their work Is
appreciated, amply repaid them for the
| months Of arduous drill which preceded
the grand display of yesterday. The men
never marched better or looked finer.
Thousands of persons gathered along tle
line of march and eheered as fine a bouy
of policemen as ever donned Uniform.
| The formation of the parade has already
been described. The colors were carried
by the tallest men in the department, each
being over six. feet two inches tall.
Patrollns.. Iohn Bolen carried the Ma
tional and Roundsman Cornelius Noonan
the State colors.
The line formed at the old Liberty Pole.
The line of march was Washington street
to Montgomery street, to Grove street,
to Eighth street. to Hamilton Park The
| parade arrived at the park ten minutes
| ahead of the hour appointed for inspec-
ton. Standing as they did in the open
on the asphalt pavement. the sun beat
down upon the men, causing them NOT
| only great inconvenience, but actual suf-
fering. Chief Murphy saw this ana
marched the men into the park,
them up in line under the cool
| trees. At four o'clock the lines were
/ formed in Eighth street for the inspect
| ton. The ounted men stood at Jersey
avenue and the prison van which brought
up the rear, was flush with the crossing
at Erie street. Mayor Hoos, accompanied
by Police Commissioners Abernethy,
| West and Walters and Chief of Police
Murphy, marched twice up and down the
line. and critically inspected the men.
After the inspection, the parade was con-
| tinued through Jersey avenue to Bright
| street. to Grove street, n so past the
| stand in front of the City Hall, where
Mayor Hoos n the City officials re-
viewed them.
In the evening the Police Commission
ers gave a banquet in the Hotel Washing
ton. There were about two hundred
guests.
President Hugh H. Abernethy presided.
To his right sat Mayor Foos and Flavel
MCGEE. while at his left were Police
| Commissioners Walter and West. Chief
of Police Murphy sat at the centre of the
main table. Those present were:-
Hon. Edward Hoos. j. Herbert Potts,
P. f. wanser. John P. Feeney, Commits
sioner P. w. NJ. West, Clerk G. P. Rob
inson, Inspector W. H. Lange, Captain
John f. Kelly. Captain A. McKaig, Cap
tain James McNulty, Warden George Os-
borne. Health Inspector D. w Benjamin.,
Judge John A. Blair, Hon. James S. Err
win. NJ. J. O'Donnell, John Macarthur,
| w. Garrison, Fred. Flaacke, Walter
| Wirths. w. H. Rothwish, w. c. Heppen-
heimer. w. F. Midlige. Reuben Simpson,
John Brennan, John A. Erickson, John
| Conway, J. j. Wiseman, George +. Bou-
ton. John Haesloop. Thos. Cogan, George
! Kruse, Charles Van Wagner, Edward
O,Donnell, George Cottrell, dward Ran
! som. Daniel McAghon, Cornelius Young,
4 Adolph Ressler, DR.. John Nevin, David
G.. Allen, Edward Hoos, Jr., John j.
/ Nevin, Clayland Tilden, Commissioner
H. H.. Abernethy. Commissions Adolph
Walter, Chief Benjamin Murphy, Captain
Charles H. Cox. Captain Moses e. New-
ton, Captain Thomas Nugent. Captain
Fred. T. Farrier. Telegraph Superinten-
dent w. H. Foley, S.. D. Dickinson, Flaw
81 MCGEE, Allan L. McDermott, John Mohl
A. Dieterle, F.. Kellehar. John Anness,
John T.. Jentz, w. W. Farrier. James
i Bailey. Jacob Ringle, Martin Finck,
Thomas Mills. Charles Esterbrook, James
t.. Firm. Anthony Hauck. P. G. Ritscher,
John F. Clarke, Edward Barr, w. H.
Quinn. M. J. Kenny. Fred Mersheinler,
]. P. Mccormack, Albert Kerr, E. V. Lu-
kens. c.. A. Ransom. James F. Nor
! ton, John J. Cullen.
It was a jolly gathering. Jibes were
freely given and no person present was
spared from the merciless tongue of the
.roasters.' who, headed by Pc
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sat at the lower end IF the ta-
bile. The dinner was an excellent
one. While ii was being disposed of sew
eral Of the guests entertained. Jack Jentz
and Waldo Wirths sang and each respond
ed to encores. ]. Leslie Gossin delivere
a number of powerful and timely WAT
time Rotations.
When cigars and coffee had been served
| President Abernethy arose and said
know that none of you nave come here
for the dinner-(yells)-but to uphold the
hands of the police. / believe that we
have demonstrated that our department is
superior to any of its size in the United
States
Commissioner Abernethy introduced
Mayor Hoos as the first speaker. As he
rose to speak the band played Hail to
the Chief Mayor Hoos said:-"Today
! conveyed to me the idea that the money
spent by the citizens of jersey City for
police protection is money well spent. In
case Of emergency we will be paid a hun
dred fold. The force today showed those
who took the trouble to inspect it that
| they ought to be proud of the Police De-
| partment. I am here to utter words Of
! praise that are well deserved Every man
on the force is a gentleman; every man is
ready to protect life and limb at great
personal risk. The department and the
Chief. of Police could not accomplish the
results which have been accomplished If
it. were not for the support given by the
! Commissioners. / allude to the Commits
sioners past and present. allude in par
| ticular to Mr.. Feeney.p
Here the Mayor was interrupted by re-
peated cheers for Feeney. Continuing he
said:24He did his duty honestly. His
honored successor / hope will not take a
seat backward to Mr.. Feeney. / am not
speaking now as q Democrat, but as a
plain citizen. When a man is appointed
to protect the lives and property of citi-
zens as a policeman he must not know
anything but his duty. A city that has
not proper police protection must stop in
growth. The first duty of every citizen is
to see that his home and his property is
protected. Our duty is to uphold the