The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-15
CAPTAINS RULES.
They Are Not Pop
ular With the Men
at Station 2.
HELLO CAP, OLD Boy" DON'T GO
The Regulations Regarding
Smoking and Other
Things.
HELLO CAP, old Boy" DON'T GO

Always salute your superior officer in
a respectful manner.
Report anything of a criminal nature
on your beats.
1t will be considered neglect of duty
if places where liquor is sold illegally
are not reported to your superior Off
GERS.
When detailed for special duty, re-
port promptly at place and be on time
and when you get there attend strictly
to orders.
Remain on your beats until the last
possible moment before reporting for
roll call.
Do not get together on the ends of
your beats.
If you have anything to say to an Of
ficer on adjoining beat, be as brief as
possible.
No lettering at Vernon square.
Pay strict attention to duty while on
your beat.
No smoking in uniform on street or
on street cars.
No smoking in captains office.
Report all defective streets and side
walks.
See that all saloons close up accord
ing to the requirements of the license
Use sleeping rooms and bedding in
proper manner.
No splitting on the floor.
officer making arrests must appear
in court.
David A. Matthews,
Captain Station 2.
The above rules were drawn up by
Capt. Matthews as an essential to good
order at station 2. Previous to his re-
gime nothing in the way of a rule or
regulation graced the walls of the sec
ond station, and while Capt. Matthews
was at station l he never was obliged
to post a set Of rules up on the wall.
Some Of the officers at station do
not understand why the rules should
be pasted up on the wall, but officers
from station 1 who have dropped in on
their brethren down on the Island once
in a while, claim that some of the
things the officers do down there would
be the cause of a mans suspension if
he was up at the central station on
Waldo street.
The first rule, in regard to saluting
superior officers, was always under
stood at the central station, but some
of the officers say that 1t was not an
uncommon thing for an officer at sta
ton to walk In and Familiarity slap
one of the officials on the back and say
Hello, cap, old boy" or Hello, serg-
cant, how is thingS?" Now it is diff
ferent
The rule about smoking in the cap
tain's office is another that used to an
noy station ! officers when they dropped
in on their station brethren. 1t was
not an uncommon sight, they say, to
see one of the finest in the captain
office with his feet resting on some piece
of furniture throwing clouds of smoke
that resembled q locomotive in action.
Rule 10, which relates to the use of
beds and bedding, strikes the station
officers in a soft place. AS far as they
can see there is no call for such a rule,
as they always did use the beds and
bedding in a proper manner as far as
they know, but 1t is a fact that every
thing in the sleeping apartments had to
be renovated a short time ago. Officers
at the central station say that the fell
lows down at station 2 used to play puss
in the corner and other games, and
jumped around the BEDS sometimes
taking short cuts through them.
Rule 3, regarding places where liquor
is sold illegally, is certainly a reflection,
according 20 the officers. Sunday when
a number of drug stores in the station
2 territory were raided and station 1
officers called on to do 1t, shows accord
ing to the ideas of the officers at the
second station, that they are suspected
of winking at the people who dispense
liquor in kitchen dives and other places
without a license.
The repairs on the station which We're
ordered shortly after Capt. Matthews
and Sergt. McMurray were shifted from
the central station on Waldo street are
now nearly finished and have wrought
wonderful change on the inside ap-
pearance of the place.
The old tramp room has been torn out
entirely so that not q single trace OF it
remains, and the guard room enlarged
to nearly twice it's former size. Every
officer is now supplied with a closet
that will compare favorably with the
closets at station l. The sleeping apart
ments have also been renovated and
when the painters get through, which
will be in a day or two, the station will
be greatly improved place.