The evening times., 1899-11-07
red the foot police as they paraded over

Ing DOQy OF men. Inc members OF eacI
precinct striding as a man with head
swinging in unison. strove to show wha
they were capable of and that the awarding
Of the prize silk flag was not made becauss
Of supremacy in drill alone.
The victorious precinct, bearing the GOV.
eted trophy for which they had labored
marched like veterans with apparently ths
object in view of proving beyond question
that the judges who had decided them tC
be the premier precinct had reckoned WISE
ly. There was no room for envy among
them. They had achieved that for which
they had entered the contest and now
their sole desire was to let the public see
and know how well they had earned theiI
reward.
1t may Fave been envy that prompted
the other precincts to make the showing
they did, but better and higher motive
was more than likely the incentive. All the
other precincts felt keenly that they had
tried and tried hard for the flag and thai
despite their trials they had lost They
knew also that they had been declared
losers by a corps OF judges who could sef
their faults better than. they thenssire.
could hops to. Their desire. then, ;jter
being declared losers, was to show the pub
lie they protect that they were not van
quished.
Furthermore that they were capable al
least Of as good an exhibition of drill on
the street as the victorious precinct, though
they had been declared inferior in such re-
spects as target practice and inspection.
The incentive, whatever 1t was. had saiu-
tary effect, and, II 1t accomplished nothing
else. filled every breast covered by blue
coat and adorned with shield with feel
ing of sslf-pride and determination to show
the material within the breast.
The most pleasing thing about the whole
affair was that the efforts of the police
men. both as precincts and individuals. and
again as whole. were successful. The
impression created was more than favor
able one. and many a citizen and property
holder viewed with pride the parade Of
those men who are willing TO sacrifice ev-
erything - even life - in the discharge Of
their duty OF protecting life and property.
Little wonder, then, that hands applauded,
that throats gave out cheers and encourag-
ing salutations, and that handkerchiefs
and flags were waved by all who witnessed
and appreciated the pageant of able bodied
guardians of the peace.
Nine Precincts I'm the Parade.
There were in the parade nine precincts,
each with complement of thirty six men.
All were uniformed in long winter coats
and trousers OF blue and wore their glossy
Few helmets Of the same colcr. Every
breast was adorned with a highly polished
nickle badge and every breast had long
row of bright brass buttons. They .Sarch-
ed in double ranks. with eighteen men
front. and the ranks separated by a dis
tance of three feet.
Glancing at each line as it drew near,
the sight was a most striking one. The
long line of blue coats, with their shining
ornaments, gradually drew closer and clos
er. until they passed before the eye as
one man. so perfect was the line.
In the rear of the last precinct came the
patrol wagons and ambulances of the de-
partmsnt 1t was impossible for them all
TO be in the parade, as II was necessary for
several 10 remain on duty at their respec-
tive posts. 10 be ready for any emergency
that might arise. Those that did partici-
pate, however, served well to show that
the department was properly equipped with
that essential so necessary to a good police
system.
Both the patrol wagons and ambulances
looked well in their new coats CT paint and
vsrnish and white canvas tops. They oc-
casioned the admiration of those who
looked upon them as an equipment OF the
great arm of the law. and struck awe and
terror TO the hearts OF those who know
what it means to come within the grasp
OF that same arm. The patrol wagons in
ciuded in the parade were those of the
First Third, Fifth, and Sixth precincts.
while the ambulances were Nos. l and 2
from the Second precinct.
The police precincts, with the members
of each command and their respective COM
manders, parade as follows:
The Order of Formation.
First precinct-Lieut. 7. B. Ami-s, COM
nanding, with Sorgeants Moore. Shilling,
and Sprinkle; Privates Adams. Aud. Barry.
Borman, Boyce, Bramlett, Beans, Cats.
Carlson, Davis, Doyle. Emmert. Fraser,
Hill, Hooper. Hodges, Jacobson. GiImartin
Dadow. Lally Mellen, Mechanics, Murphy,
oriani. Peterson. Purks Riley. Stenhouse,
Samson, Sanford. Fanderwalker and Yce
Second precinct-Lieut. J. E. Heffner
commanding, with Sergeants Jordan,
kauchier, and Hartley; Frivates Seihert,
Hendricks. Gibson, Donovan, Wheeler,
Parker, Coombs. Bennett, Jennings. Trum-
bo. hewitt. MeGrath, Evans. Raedy, Nc
Cort, Haller, Flather. Martin, Green, Sea-
man. Luton, Willis. Smith. O'Dea. John
son. Sawyer. Clifford, Wall, Birkenmeyer.
and Stroman.
Third precinct-Lieut. R. B. Boyle COM
manding. with Sergeants Sullivan and
Judge; Privates Bartel, Bryan, Bo and.
J. T. Buckley, S. W. Buckley, Burlin-
game, Cooney, Curtis, Elgin, English Ed
wards, Fields, Flenneken, Heare, Hester,
Hollinbergsr, Houser, Hughes. Jack.
Lynch, Lee. Newton, Patrick O'Brien
J. ]. O'Brien. Owens, Ricketts,, Ri ey.
Rickles. Rowe. Russell, Wortz. and Smith
Fourth precinet-Lieut. L. H. Holm
berger. commanding, with Sergeants Dun
nigan and Williams: Privates Hayden,
Cowne, Banagan, Ais, Reinhart, Hoz,
Bassford, Wheeler. Hawkins, Sullivan, Au-
guste. Herbert. Osburn, Baum, cambridge |
Smith, Sanford. Carlin, Dierkolph. Kemp, |
Stewart Anderson, Shannon, Kenney, |
Herbert, Hall, Zych. Hospital, McGrath, |
Wegner. Mcnamara, and Baker.
Fifth precinct-Lieutenant F. F. Nc !
Cathran. commanding. with Sergeants Null |
hall and Schneider; Privates Arendes. An
drews. Brown. Brennan. Bunn Buckmas-
ter. Clinton, Cullinane. Dent. Fitton, Fos- |
ter. Hibbs. Hayes, Haycock, King, Lee, |
Mccarthy. McLucas. Martin, Morgan, Op- |
penheimer, Osterman, Owens, Rover. Rea- |
gan, Ryan. Stewart, Stahl, Smith, Wan
nell. and Ward.
Sixth precinct-Lieut. John F. Kelly. |
commanding. with Sergeants Byrnes and |
McNeeley; Privates Bateman, Bloom, Ber-
ryman, Brady, Bray, Brennan, Coghill.
Collins. Costello. Curry. Galpin, Gardner.
Hanley. Langley, d. J. Lynch. Michael
Lynch, Mulvey, Murphy, Newkirk,
Nussbaum. Payne, Quinlan, Reh, Robey, |
Sanders. Schrader. Skinner. Steventon,
Turner. Walsh. Whalen, and Witt.
Seventh precinct-Lieut. J. A. Swindells,
commanding with Saruoopf, NovI;p on,1