The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-06
THE CHIEF
RE'1IRES
JUNE: ,3OT.H|.'|. /
Major B. f. Howard Ten.
derS His Resignation.
BOARD ACCEPTS;
COlMMENDS CHIEF
Resignation in Form Of Letter
Reviewing Long Service
as Officer.
BOARDS ! EsoLUTIoN E:: I! !. u
Il. EMB0DlES TRIBUTE.
The G Commissioners Adjourned
Without Selecting Successor,
# But Will Choose Chief Be
fore Major Howard Re
rcs-Sbinberger Said
to be Man in View.
Resignation IN Form Of Letter
Reviewing Long Service
as Officer.
BOARDS RES SOLUTION Y
..5 EMB0DlES TRIBUTE

Major e. r. Howard has resigned the
rosition OF chief OF police: tho rcs.gna-
ton Is 10 be effective after june 20,
1901, and has been accepted & by the
Board of Police Commissioners. Tie
action OF the board Is embodied In a
resoiution. unanimously adopted. COM
mendlng Major Howard for the hon
esty, fidelity and integrity with which
he has discharged his duties during his
lcng2 service in the department.
K The acton OF tho chief and OF the
board, taken at a meeting held at G:S0
r.. NJ. yesterday, is confirmatory in every
particular OF the story published yester-
day by The Tilnes-D Dispatch. 1t was
ated that the retirement of Major How
ard az chief on July 1st had been al
rready practically determined upon. and
that he himself SO understood.
st The resignation Of tie chief and the
boards acceptance OF It last night II is
nisc confirmatory Of the forecast that
this would be made known before tie
budget for the ensuing year was made
up. White the change does not become
effective until July !, 1904. the announce
ment Of 1T is made now. II the objec-
ftlons az any counc.lmen to the fproposi-
stion 10 increase tho polio g force !werne n
due to any dissatisfaction with Major
Howard as chief. such objection is now
removed 1t is reported that the propo-
sition to Increase the force by ten pa.
t. olmen was opposed by several council
men. unless a new head for the depart-
ment was chosen.
May Enlarge Force.
There is report that the force may
row be Increased by the addition. not
merely OF ten officers but Of twenty
five. The force now consists Of a chief,
two captains in charge of districts and
q third captain as Inspector, ten SER
geants and eighty-seven patrolmen.
The board last night took no action
locking to the choice of a successor 10
Major Howard as chief or as inspector.
a. the position may hereafter be call
ed There seems to be little doubt that
this means that Captain Sh!nberger, the
present inspector, will be the man to
head the depar tment after July 1st next.
Almost no other name Is mentioned
now In this connection. The fact that
Captain Shinberger Is now inspector and
In close touch with, the workings OF the
entire force, taken In connection With
the fact that this officer while not a young
man is very active. well equipped by5en-
dowment equipment ard experience for
the place, seems to leave little doubt that
1t was the ultimate lntentionsof the
board to make him head OF the depart
ment when he was recently made In
spector. That action was but a pre-
lirinary step to the reorganization Of tho
force July 1st.
Major Howard's Letter.
The board met at 6:so 7. NJ. last night
and sat barely an hour, adjournment
tho clerk to the board, Mr.. George Pol
lock- gave out the following letter from
~ 4 AL ctcrn0
tion as chief:
Richmond, Va. Feb. s. 1904.
Hon. Board Of Police Commissioners,
City Of Richmond:
Gcntemen,-Owing to tho fact tnat tho
newspapers and many citizens are crlti-
cislng your honorable board, as we'll as
the entire department, because Of my
continuance in office us chief Of police
on account of my age and resulting In