The times., 1899-03-31
sHAKE-UP AMONG POLICEMEN.
Mnjor Sylvester Announces Changes
in Assignments of the Force.

Mnjor Sylvester Announces Changes
in Assignments of the Force.
Major Richard Sylvester, Chief of Police,
announced a list of changes in the per-
sonel of the police force yesterday which
are to take effect on the 1st of April. The
changes are TO be made with view to bet
tering the conditions now existing and
incidentally to reward merit which has not
failed of recognition. In making some OF
the changes which are practically advances
TO members of the force Major Sylvester
has been compelled to deprive few OF
the privates of choice berths In doing
this he has acted discriminatory, and the
policemen who have given way to those
who are being rewarded are men who have
been guilty of derelictions of duty.
Major Sylvester has for some time had
under consideration the advisability OF
creating a new beat In the Third precinct.
The new beat will be around the Corcoran
Art Gallery and will include New York
Avenue and E Street north and south and
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Streets east
and west. The object of establishing it is
to have a policeman on duty there to look
out for the interests of the many visitors
who traverse that portion of the city, to
preserve order at the two cab stands in
the immediate vicinity, and TO protect the
interests of the residents in the neighbor
hood.
The changes in the force as announced
are as follows: Private n. W. Hall is
transferred from the Eighth to the
Fourth precinct in place of Private Otto
Sontag, who is transferred from the
Fourth to the Eighth precinct; Private G.
b. Willis. from the Third to the Second
precinct. replacing Private j. s. Bryan, of
the Second precinct. who will now do duty
in the Third precinct. The transfer of
Bryan is punishment for leaving his beat
while on duty. Private Edward Curry is
transferred from the Fourth TO the Sixth
precinct Private ]. A. Huntington from
the Ninth to the Third precinct, and de-
tailed at the new beat around the Corcoran
Art Gallery; Private +. T. Auldridge from
the Eighth to the Second precinct. He has
been detailed at the White House from the
Eighth precinct and will now serve as
patrol officer in the Second precinct. Pri-
vate NJ. NJ Miller al his own request, is
transferred from the First to the Fifth pre-
cinct. replacing Private Bicycle Policeman
j. NJ. Austin, transferred from the Fifth
to the First precinct. Private X. l.. Gal
way Is relieved of duty at the White House
and detailed for street duty in the First
precinct and Private Harry Hutton, of the
| Second precinct is detailed for duty at the
| White House.
tinction of being the first man appointed
to the police force when the custom was
in vogue to appoint no one who had not
been honorably discharged either from the
army or the navy. The appointment was
secured only after a bitter fight. which was
carried through the lower courts to the
Supreme Court of the United States Hut
ton is thirty-seven years old and was first
| appointed as an ambulance driver in the
| Fourth precinct in 1884. He secured an
appointment on the force as a frst-class
private January 6. 1890, and was removed
ON August 10 of the same year on the
| ground that as he had never been In either
! the Army or the Navy, his appoint
| ment was illegal. Two days later he was
| appointed station keeper. He fought the
decision providing for his removal as a
/ private and was victorious, being again
appointed private on the 22d of February
| 1892.