Arizona republican., 1899-03-20
McCullagh Tells How He Or
 sanized Police Force.
IT IS A "WIDE OPEN" TOWN
SflH There Is Almost No Drunken ness and Little Disturbance of inc PeaCe-CubanS Great 10 Talk About what They are Going to do-BeIieVeS Thai inc Stars and Stripes are Up There 10 Stay.

New York, March 19.-John Me
 Cullagh, state superintendent of cleo
 tions for the metropolitan district, and
 formerly chief of police in this city, is
 back from Havana, where he has been
 for the last three months organizing
 police forca fer duty in that city. He
 went at the request Of Adjutant-Gen-
 eral Corbin of the war department. In
 reviewing the situation in Havana up
 10 the time of his departure, MT. Me
 Cullagh said:
 'The American flag is flying over
 Cuba today. It will never come down. l am convinced of that fact. The peo-
 pie of Cuba are easily led and easily
 governed, but they lack resolution and
 ambition to govern themselves. They
 are easy. going, and if managed by a
 strong government will grow prosper
 ous and be contented. but without that
 strong head they will fall back into
 their go-as-you-please habit and will
 make a sorry mess ot the government.
 q am certain the Cubans themselves
 will be separated in 2 bitter strife be-
 fore long It was foreshadowed by the removal of General Gomez by the so-called assembly. The people are at present with Gomez. He is their ideal, their hero. They are great people to talk; one hears all manner of Tum0rs. For instance, fer several days before the time set for Spain to turn the is land over to the United States, all sorts of rumors were heard. The Gu bans were coming in from the interior, and they talked continually of what they were going to do and how they were going to take the reins of govern | ment into their own hands and send the Americans back to their homes. | one hears frequently on the Prado. So while they spend a great deal of time | talking over their plans fer the future and their methods of government, in | my opinion, it is simply talk
 MT. McCullagh spoke of the slowness of the people, their inclination to put | everything off until the next day, and the open way in which certain traffic forbidden in this country-is carried on. The saloons, he said, were open at all times, yet he had been in the city for four weeks before he saw a drunken man. The police force which he has has had nc trouble in deal ing with the liquor question.
 Before attempting to organize the po- lice department Superintendent Me Cullagh had prepared an official map of the city, for none was in existence, md after familiarizing himself with -he streets and the neighborhoods he divided the town into six inspection districts.
 You see l tried as nearly as Dossi- ole to follow the system in vogue m his city" he said "Then I started in o find men who possessed the neces- 'ary qualification for appointment as inspectors, captains and lieutenants. The force now consists of 1000 men, including the officers and the deLect- yes. There is the chief General Men 'cal, deputy chief, eight inspectors, 7 welve captains, eight lieutenaHts, tight sergeants, 843 parolmen, ten de- ective sergeants, fourteen detectives, ( Helve precinct detectives and twelve loormen. Ther are 390 night posts in he city, and 104 miles of streets are { night and day. The city is overed better today than any city in ] he United States, for there are no de- I ails and no politics. No one man nas { nOre of a pull than another, so far. ! All of the men do precinct duty, there 2 -re no roundsmen, as the sergeants 1 re able to serve in both positions The t wings from one watch to another are l he same as in this city, except that I ome of the hours have been changed o conform with the breakfast or sup 1 Ter hours in that city. ;
 The chief of police has absolute l lower over the force He makes all l ppOintments and promotions He I lone has the power to dismiss, though l nly upon written charges and after [ he accused man has been heard. He I lay preside at the hearing himself or ' c may appoint the deputy chief to f ear the charges and report to him. t eneral Menocal is an able, intelligent c nan, and I believe will make an ex- client chief of police after he has had [ lore experience. He was q general in [ he insurgerJt army and seemed to be Y ft1ed for the position. If he I nforces the rules which have been repared for the department, and keeps Y
 firm hold on his men and c0mpel5 L 1em to bey orders, he will certainly 2 ave an excellent fierce of men under I