The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-06
POLICE FORCE REGARDED
THE WORK COMPLETED BY COM
 MISSIONARIES LAST NIGHT.

Large Number of Reductions in Grades,
 Nearly All of Which Are From A to IA
 Few Promotions for Meritorious w ork-
 Older Men Reduced Two Grades and Put
 on Day Duty-The Regarded List.
 After working on the regarding of the police force for some weeks the po- lice commissioners last night gave out the finally completed list of regarding, which will go into effect to-day. The regarded list is published in full below, and as there were under the old grad ing ninety-eight men in grade A it will be seen that nearly all the numer- ous reductions in grade are from this grade. There are very few promotions in grade, ard these few were made in recognition of especially meritorious work. Among those promoted are J. l.. Enright and F. McGinnis, both of whom assisted in the capture of Mur- derer Duff a. short time tgo. These two men are promoted from grade O to grade B. No promotions of more than one grade have been made, but there are number of reductions Of two grades, from grade A to grade c. Those thus reduced are nearly all men more than fifty five years of age, and they will be given day duty hereafter, with the exception of Michael Ahearn. Among these older men reduced from grade A to grade c are Policemen Hackett, P. Reilly, Ahearn, Shanna han, Phelps, Bowen, Higgins, Collett and Reynolds.
 | As it became known among the pa- | trolmen last night that the regarding was at last completed all were on the | Qui vive to ascertain how they stood on the regarded list, and when those who had been reduced ascertained the | fact, denunciations of the action of the l board flew thick and fast. Some of the reduced ones charged that favor itism had been shown, and others as- serted that the board had been guided | by no fixed standards in making the l regarding. Among the men reduced are some who during the past year ] have done some especially good work, and these instances of reduction were mentioned by those who felt disgrun- l tied, in support of their charges. That l the regarding will, for a time at least, greatly demoralize the department is undoubtedly true, as the policemen l who are reduced think that they should ! not be expected to do as much work as men who have been on the force no longer than themselves and have no | better records, but receive larger sala- ries.
 Mayor Farnsworth was asked yes terday afternoon if he had seen the re- graded list. He stated that he saw a list a few days ago, and when asked if it was in accord with his idea of re- grading he said that he had made no suggestions of changes in the regarded list which he had seen.
 The board at last nights meeting did not discuss the matter of changes in the detective bureau or of reduc- tions of the number of sergeants. The report of the efficiency committee as to regarding, which the board adopted is as follows:
 In the matter of regarding the patrol men of this department, the commits sioners desire to state that a number of patrollnen who have their respect and confidence, have been placed in lower grades by reason of their advanced and
 advancing age, and for this reason only. As 1t is believed they are physi- cally unable to perform full police duty
 these men will be given day service
 only, except their services be required
 upon extraordinary occasions. In ref
 erence to these patrolmen, the commits
 sioners are pleased to state not only
 that their records are clean and honor
 able ones, but that they have been
 fearless, faithful and efficient in the
 discharge of all their duties, an honor
 to the department to which they belong
 and examples for others of the force te
 emulate. No patrolman has had any
 personal favoritism, advantage or in
 fuence shown him the others did not
 possess.
 In the regarding, the men have beer known and marked by their numbers
 alone, and each have stood in their re.
 spective positions upon an equal foot , ing. The basis of the rating has beer , as follows, viz:
 First-The record of each patrolman
 Second-The report of superior officers
 upon each patrolman.
 Third-The physical examination o1 each patrolman.
 Fourth-The age of each patrolman. Fifth-The appearance and physique of each patrolman.
 , Sixth-The period of service of eacl } patrolman.
 The commissioners realize that in tht regarding they are liable to have made some errors and mistakes; if any sucl errors have been made, they can ant will be willingly and speedily rectifiet by the conduct and work of the men SC , misjudged.
 The names of the patrolmen as re
 graded follows. the capital letter befor, each name signifying in what grad, l that man has been placed: 0 T. Hackett, day duty only.
 c W. D. Bowen, day duty only. F ] J. Reynolds, day duty only. w. NJ. Collett, day duty only. P. Reilly, day duty only, O M. Higgins, day duty only.
 c. Shanahan, day duty only.
 E. Phelps, day duty only.