The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-15


cumber the affairs OF his office.
These are busy days at Pcliee Head
quarters, where Major Sylvester and his
small army of clerks hold forth. As is
usually the. case the police are rushed
almost to death during a session Of Con
gress with complaints, requests or appIi
cations fer membership on the force. The
number Of policemen detailed at the Har-
per Building to act as clerks is anything
but large and consequently they do not
have the time that falls to the lot of
many Government clerks to promenade"
tie corridors CT the building
Among the clerks employed at Police
Headquarters nearly every one has pa
trolled a beat. from Major Sylvester
confidential advisers, Captains HeBner.
Pierson. Gassfcrd- and Cross, all veter-
ans OF the force, down to the clerks. men
employed N taking care OF the police
records
The Police Department Of this city is
indeed about the only ere IN the country
which gives a policeman OF gccd educa-
lion chance 70 secure a position il the
department other than that OF doing a
patTclEan's duty and the effect of such
official has been very beneficial 70 the men
cn the force
Owing to the varied professions Of men
On the police force the Major and Super
: iuteEdent has had an abundance Of. ma
teriaI 10 select from and as a result
. there are not only policemen clerks, bus
policemen printers, telegraph operators,
Snd others
Perhaps IN 10 ether police department
n the country are there 50 Tuany men
who have served IN either the army or
navy Of tais country Nearly every man
who wears the brass buttons has taken
part II some famous expedition OF battIe
and plainly shows soldiers training.
Among the most popular clerks in Head
quarters is Abraham Houghlan- a tall
proportional young man Private
Houghlan. OF Lieutenant H0ughIan, as he
Was-foT he held such d commission dur
-ng the Spaafsh-AmeTican war while serV-
ing with The Fourth ITnnunes-has been
policeman for a number Of years and has
aa excellent record, He was born in
England. but, like many young men,
grew restless OF home life and enlisted
in her MajeSty'S navy He served for
number Of years under the British flag,
and then came to this country eniistinc
in the United States Marine Corps. He
Has Travelled TO various parts Of the
world, is splendidly educated. a thorough
soldier, AID consequently proves himself
a valuable assistant to Chief Clerk Ar
thur Kemp
Another well-known person at Police
Headquarters is Albert Lamb the Hack
Inspector. He Is considered to be one Of
the best-educated men On the force, an
ex-West Pointer, as can he readily seen
from his bearing. and an efficient officer
Lamb secured his entrance te West Point
through 3 competitive examination. held
in ole Tv- h.
attended the academy for one year after
which he "funked" in examination. Dur
/ ing thC Spanish-ABleTicaE war Inspector
/ Lamb WIS on several occasions offered an
/ officers commission in the volunteer serv-
ice, but not TeliShing that branch OF the
/ Government ceryice. declined and made
I determined effort to secure q Iieutenancy
! II the regular service, hut without sue
cess. He is an exceedingly popular Of
feer aud controls the 200 OF more hack
men OF this city in a splendid manner.
It is Just such men As these that Naic-
! Sylvester has surrounded himself with at
} Headquarters. Consequently. despite the
/ heavy rush OF work, il is handled prop
erIy while visitors coming into the build
/ ing are always greatly impressed with
/ the manner IN which they are treated by
/ the Majors suboTdi1Gtes.
One Of the most popular and efieie1r
! members Of the city's detective force IS
/ George Boyd lie is modest, It IS true,
but nevertheless is of the most ac-
complished men that Captain Boardri4a
commands Broad-shouldered. and a man
of powerful physique. Boyd IS not only
one OF the most experienced men in the
bureau. but is rated as being enc Of the
t cIeverest sparrers in the department But
/ this IS one qualification Of which Boyd
/ does not boast, although his proves IN
such lines IS well known BY his brother
/ officers
Boyd was born in Toakers, y. Y. and
/ at an early age ran away from home and
! enlisted IN the navy. For FIVE years
+ ne knocked about" the world, and -
/ the expiration Of his time he came out
/ OF the service a weI-deE eIoped youth OF
/ marvellous strength It is said that Boyd
/ was considered the champion fighter on
his station, and could. if he would give
I the names OF many q tar who had sue
/ cumbed to his pToWess.
/ During the seventeen years Detective
Boyd has served the metropolitan police
/ force he has made many clever captures.
| some CT them At the risk OF his life. 1.
was he and two other policemen who
! several years ago captured the notorious
/ ghost robbeT." well-known negro
tough. who tried 10 shoot Detective Boyd
while the latter was assisting in his az
| rest