The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-05-21
N'GILL is PLEASED
Police Board President En-
thuses Over His Mod
Ell Force.

Inc annual police parade held yesterday
was viewed along the line of march by
iuliy lo,o0o people, and on all sides one
could hear nothing but praise for the de-
partment. The event was probably the
most Impressive one in the history of the
department, as the guardians of the peace
To-Day are more representative and
thoroughly capable looking lot of healthy
men than ever before. These features
Were what appealed particularly to the
citizens and the Board of Police Commits
sioners, and a number of times along the
route the procession elioited rounds of
applause and commendation.
The line formed at Washington and
Grand streets and 1t was well under way
before three o'clock. The arrangements
were carried out exactly as Chief MUIR
phys general order demanded and the
line of march was the same as that pub
lished in The News on Saturday.
When Hamilton Park was reached the
order to keep off the grass was sus-
pended and the men in line formed on the
green and went through several difficult
drills after which they stood at attention
for inspection. Chief Murphy turned the
command over and he and Sergeant Craig
escorted Mayor Hoos and the three mem
bers of the Police Board on the tour of
inspection. Every line of officers was
subjected to careful scrutiny and they
showed up true as gold. The inspectors
were so pleased that they were most
hearty and prolific in their praise of the
men and their congratulations to Chief
Murpny The rolling instruments of the
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lance. BLACK Maria" and bicycles were
as spick and span as a liberal use of soap,
water and elbow grease could make them
and they came in for their full share of
praise.
The cavalry was also highly pleasing.
The horses, thoroughbreds. every one of
them, comported themselves as intelli-
gently as though they feared a breach of
the departments rules while the eye of
DR.. McGill was upon them would result
in arraignment at the next Board meet
ing.
After the inspection the line of march
was resumed to the City Hall, where a
small review stand, over which two
great American flags floated accommo-
dated the reviewing party. In this party
were Mayor Hoos, Commissioners Nc
Gill, Walter and Tflden, City Collector
Robert Davis, Freeholder William Moran,
Police Justice Murphy, Clerk of the First
Criminal Court John P. Mccormick,
Chief of Police Tenny of Elizabeth, Chief
Wright of Railway and Chief Donovan
of Hoboken. The department marched
past this stand with the true military
spirit and the reviewers expressed them
selves as very much pleased.
President McGill said
Am I pleased? Well, of course! am
more than pleased. So should every citi-
zen in the city. Look at THAI line of
meni Don't they speak for themselves?
They are truly the finest. There is no
city in the world that can show up bet
ter comparatively. They are all good,
healthy big young men. and they look
policemen every inch Every one of them
is up to the highest standard. You see
it is not like the old days, when a man
only had to be cousin of somebody s
cousin to get on the force even if he was
a couple of inches below the required
height. What's a couple of inches be-
tween friends, anyhow? Yes, sir, I am
very much pleased and feel very proud
of the department"
Mayor Hoos and Collector Davis also
spoke in warm terms of praise.
After the review the men broke ranks
and returned to their various station
houses