The San Francisco call., 1904-07-02
Golden Gate Park Station
Will Be His Head
quarters Now.

Chief Whitman has announced the
formation of a new police district to be
designated and known as police dis
trict No. 6, consisting of that section
of the city bounded on the east by
Steiner street, on the north by Broad
way and the Presidio Reservation, on
the south by Thirteenth street, Buena
Vista avenue and Seventeenth street,
thence by a line southwesterly to the
intersection of Ocean avenue and Cor
bett avenue, thence by Ocean avenue,
and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
A new company of police is also form
ed for the district to be designated and
known as Company F, under the COM
mand Of Captain Henry Gleeson with
headquarters at the Golden Gate Park
police station at SOC Stanyan street and
embracing that station and the O'Far-
rell street station. Sergeants ]. H.
Helms and S. Campbell are assigned as
acting lieutenants of the new company,
and Sergeants H. N, O'Day and Mar
Gus Anderson and Corporals George w.
Lake and p H. MCGEE as patrol SER
geants.
The following changes, transfers and
assignments have also been made:
Corporal John Ralnsbury is assigned to take
charge of the day patrol in Golden Gate Park.
Sergeant Helms. Corporal John NJ.
Morrissey is assigned as patrol sergeant in
section . of district D, vice Campbell. Patrol
man Z. j. Mcnamara is assigned to station
duty at the Central police station, vice Nc
Gee. promoted Patrolman John G. Attridge
is assigned TO duty in the corridors of the City
Hail. vice Rainsbury, promoted. Patrolman
o. II. knight is assigned to station duty at
the Harbor police station, vice Lake, pro-
NOTED.
Patrolman William R. Proll is relieved from
duty in the Bureau of Identification OF Crimi-
to Captain Martin for duty as stenographer in
the Bureau of Identification.
Patrolman F. de Grancourt is transferred
from Company and District No 2, and Pa
trolmen Thomas F. Slattery and J. w. Stand
ley are transferred from Company and
3. and will report to Captain Burnett for or
ders. Patrolman Frank NJ. Mahoney, James
r. Welch' arthur a. springett and Philip
District to Company and District No. l..
and will report to Captain Duke for orders
The following named newly appointed pa
trolmen are assigned as follows for duty: J..
p. Mcmahon, w. P. Monohan, H. E. Nolan
and G. A. Sullivan to Company B; F. A.
H. L ns
T. r. Egan and c. F. Ewing to Company d;
T. Kelly, l.. Cornelius E. F. Parquet. p NJ.
MCGEE, F. W. Kerrigan, c. j. Sheble, w.
Murphy and ]. w. Wright to Company E; L.
Fox, z. j. Wiskotchill, j. II. Farweather, A.
H. Johnson, w. I. Burns. V. B. Lewis and
w. S. Neil to Company F.
Captain Gleeson, Corporals Rains
bury, MCGEE, Morrissey and Lake and
the twenty-five new patrolmen were
sworn in by Chief Whitman yesterday
morning. He addressed the new men
in regard to their duties, reminding
them that they must never forget that
they are the servants of the people
and to condlct themselves as gentle
men. He also reminded them that the
revolver they carried was not for Of
fensive but for defensive purposes. One
of the. new men, L. Fox, a few hours
after being sworn in rendered his
resignation to the chief, saying he had
received word that he had fallen heir
to an estate in Michigan.
The new captain was the recipient
of hearty congratulations from his
brother officers and numerous friends
yesterday and it was predicted that his
administration would prove his ability
and intelligence as a leader of men.