The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-21
TENTH PRECINCT OPENED.
Lieut.. John Kenney Takes Com
mand of His New Suburban Post.
Major SyIvestcr's Brief Speech to Of
fccrs and Men COnvenienccs of
the station General RuEg1es'
Courtesy other Police Changes.


Tenth precinct police station, on the
south side of Whitney Avenue. between
Seventh and Eighth Streets northwest.
was thrown open for business yesterday.
Major Sylvester was present and greet
ed the men with a few remarks. to which
Captains Gross and Heffner were inter-
ested listeners.
The men were called to order some min
utes before ] o'clock, the hour set for the
ceremonies to begin. After assigning the
men TO piatoons and squads and inform
ing them as to the territory to he cover
ed by each the flag was dipped on the
staff above the house. and the second sec
ton of the first platoon. constituting the
first officers to leave the station on patrol
duty, marched to their respective beats
under the command of Sergt. C. II.
Bremerman. They were closely followed
by Mounted Sergeant Daniel Slattery, in
charge of the mounted force OF mis- men.
Private ]. Boland was the only one at the
station. as ]. E. Bryarly and j. N. Filled
we're covering their beats at the time. and
could not be spared from that duty
Lieut.. John Kenney was highly com
piimented upon the appearance of his
men, as 1t is believed that he has not only
the handsomest and best equipped station
his men are noteworthy. They are all
men in the prime of manhood. of excel
lent physique and mental qualifications,
and without exception are men experience
ed in police affairs and distinguished for
their good Judgment. From early in the
morning the men, as they were relieved
from duty at the precincts where they
formerly did service. made their way to
the new station, and for several hours in
spected the large and comfortable rooms
OF the new house. Desk Sergeant w. ].
Wagner was early at the station, and
looked after placing the station in ser
vice. Lieutenant Kenney WAS another of
the early arrivals, although his command
of the Eighth precinct was not ended until
i o'clock. when he was formally installed
in command of the Tenth. He found upon
his desk a beautiful bouquet of roses,
whose fragrance scented the entire sta
ton. These were from a lady whose in
itials alone adorned the card accompany
ing the remembrance
All day long the lieutenant busted him
self with the many details that were
pressing upon him and everything had
been completed. and was up to date, when
he issued his first command to the men.
There were but few of the forty-nine who
rcllcaIl. and they were necessarily de-
tained on their beats But one man, J.
A. Mcdonnell, was reported on the sick
list Mounted Sergeant Slattery was an
nounced as the ranking sergeant of the
precinct. and in mounted duty he will
alternate with Sergt. W. w. Easiey.
The foot sergeants. as heretofore an
nounced. are J. A Duvall, J. h Luton.
and c. H. Bremerman. The first pla-
toon will consist OF Policemen J. ID. New
ton. W. A Reith. and J. 4. Kennedy, in
the first section, and J. Cavanaugh, r.
Lynch. c. Crowne. and w. Steurman in
the second section. The second platoon,
which went on duty at o'clock last
evening. consists of T. b Kelley. r. II.
Bergman, J. 5. Boswell. and A. b. Hunt.
in the first section. and w. +. Bollidge,
L. Z. Wright. and Archibald Mellen, in
the second section Mellea is one OF
the best shots in the department, and
wears a medal which he won at the last
The bicycle squad will be required to
do only eight hours duty in the twenty
four. j. +. Wilson end IL. Evans will go
continue until O'Clock in the afternoon
when they will be relieved by A. Z. Lynn
and w. r Berrett They Will serve until
midnight. when they in turn will be re-
lieyed by L. p. Gouiman.
The mounted men have also been divid-
ed into three sections for eight hours
DUTY each The o cicck men are J. b.
land, J. e. Bryariy, and j. y. fineld.
From O'Clock in the AFTERNOON until
midnight y. L. Rhodes, NJ Jennings, and
r. Archibald Will cover the precinct. while
from midnight to clock in the morn
Ing. r. F. Elliott, w. 4. Yetton, and +.
Nj Jett will be on duty. The other as
signments in the precinct are as have
already been printed in The Times. Lieu
tenant henney announced that at present
there would be no changes in The mounted
beats. but several changes We're made in
the foot beats.
An inspection of the building was then
made. The main Office extends across the
entire front of the building with a hall
way leading from the centre of the room
to the stairway on the west end of the
room behind a large brass rail are the
desks of the desk sergeant, the patrol
service, telephones. and general recoi ds.
Back Of this is the large squad room that
will be used tor reading and as a general
assembly room for the men. Still farther
back, on the west side of the building,
are the stairways The lieutenant
room is to the cast of the central hall
way, and opens also into the office. To
the rear of that Is the room for the prt-
vete use OF the sergeants. and still
farther back a witness room that is thor
oughly equipped for the comfort OF those
who may be- detained. Next adjoining
the witness room is the toilet room, back
of which, and reached by d door from
the hail. is the stable, with accommoda-
tions for three horses, the patrol wagon.
and the lieutenants buggy The cell cor
ridor occupies the extreme rear of the
building, and is complete in every re-
spect. There are eight cells. fitted up
with modern accessories, while one of
them will be padded for the care OF in
sane and troublesome prisoners The
cells, constructed of steel. occupy the
centre of the room, which is enceIleaty
lighted and ventilated. In the basement
he 10
well-lighted room that will be fitted uD
as gymnasium whenever the equipment
can be secured. There is also A room
that has been fitted with the nee. ssary
facilities for drying wet clothing furnace
and fuel storage apartments. and a room
for the location Of the electric tatts RIGS
drained. and has an excellent room. on
the north side, that may be equipped as
q library.
On the second floor are the three dorni-
tories occupying the entire front of the
building and provided with well ventilated
lockers for the men. There is 4 large
tiled bathroom provided. with large por-
celain tub. spray, needle and shower
baths. with Thermometers for gaueing the
of the water by the use of
the hot and cold valves Adjoining this
arekthe lavatories and in the rear the
drivers room. with a sliding pole TO the
floor of the stable beneath. There are
also two large rooms on the west side OF
the building. one OF which will be used
as a rDofn ne DtneT mas been de-
signed for the hearing OF cases when the
ma gisfrate system shall have been adopt
ed. Ground will be broken in a few DAYS
for the erection of bowling alley on the
extreme rear of the lot, which is sew
enty-fiye feet wide. and room will still re-
main for outdoor sports of the less violent
kind.
General Ruggles, the Governor of the
Soldiers Home. has placed in the hands
Of the police of the Tenth precinct dupli-
cate keys to the driveway gates of the
Home. so that even after O'Clock. when