New-York tribune., 1901-11-12
CANNOT PACK THE POLICE FORCE
MURPHY WILL HAVE TO APPOINT FROM
list PREPARED ENTIRELY BY CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION.

| Sixty police sergeants were the rooms of the
Civil Service Commission yesterday to be examined
rs applicants for promotion 10 the rank OF captain
! other applicants will be examined to-day and to-
| morrow. Lee Phillips. the secretary OF the SlNh
Service Commission. said yesterday that the eN-
! aminatons had been arranged for before the cleo
| ton, and that they had not been hastened on ac-
count of the election.
| A similar statement made yesterday ps
George McAneny, the secretary OF the ClFi service
| Reform Association. who said in addition.
The important point about these promotions IN the
point that seems generally TO have escaped pu@DHi @
in have little nothing TO do with them tnat
mulgated since the investigation Of The Police Pc
partment made by the State civil Service 13tiiiii
sion. the system Of promotion VIII be almost auto @
matte Formerly IS per cent OF the MARKING WaS
fixed by the I Pofe NE Iba pnen
while % per cent only was based on the written
changed. Under the new rules 50 per cent OF the
marking Is based upon me M mon the
actual conduct of the candidates for promotion as
ent HoTn IS bssd by l p6H niorFY the rating to be given
candidate has served in the grade and the remain, am
ing % per cent is based upon written eNahliEdoh @
lations or laws and ordinances relating 10 police
duty and of other subjects connected with the city
Of the Police Department in particular ga
the examning board of the civil Service Commits.
sion alone; the Police Commissioner has n9Ihins
his Department is to furnish transcript of the
records of The candidates. and the rating to be
given even for this the examiners are 10 determine
when the eligible list n ade up the Commissioner
will be required to make his appointments suostan-
tiaIly in the order of the standing of the men upon
II which is of course. according to the aggregate
of the marks received by each in the various sub
jects and divisions referred TO; 49,,
The examinations now under way under these
new rules include those for promotion from ser,
sea nj TO CAPTAIN from Toundsman to sergeant, ana
from patroIman roundsman. The first or these
can no doubt be completed before the first OF the
wear thus enabling the Police Commissioner TO nil
me zen existing vacancies in the grade or captain
II IS verv doubtful whether the others can he com
nleted within that time. For promotion 10 rounds
men alone there two thousand applicants; all OF
whom must have equal chance. The eiisinIe ist
for captain which was formed under ne OLD as
credited system has been set aside by the munich
nal commission and the right of the commission so
To treat il has been upheld by the courts The
existing list for promotion to sergeant has not been
formally set aside but II was MADE up IN the
same way as the old list for captain. there Is no
reason to believe that the commission would per
nit further appointments from IT.
Commissioner Murphy has asked the Civil Service
Commission for ar eligible list of candidates for
nolice surgeons 1t is supposed that some physician
who is a friend of the Commissioner wants ap-
pointnent to the office, which yields $3'oD a year
and a pension without interfering with q private
practice.