The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-28
TO EXAMINE 6 INSPECTORS.
roLICE SURGEONS ORDERED TO
CONVENE AS HEADSMEN.
Procession Begins Next Tuesday-Nine Cap
tains and Fifty Sergeants slated-May
tie bounced on sight-Odd Omissions
o'Bricn starts TO-day-The Trials


o'Bricn starts To-day-The Trials
,r,ther decisive move in Commissioner
u,Aioos crusade for police efficiency
..-f made Yesterday. when he ordered the
n,I hoard Of police surgeons to convene
,,p.,ioe Headquarters. at 10 A. NJ. tuesday
,.i.rln the physical examination OF officers
ubowill - brought beioreit with reference
IN heir fitness for duty
six INSPECTORS come up on the first day
Tiov ar. Chief Inspector Moses Cortright,
"a vrsr4 old and thirty-eight on the force;
Manhattan Borough Inspector Nicholas
urnoh-. O. years old. thirty-eight on the
foroe. p II. Mclaughlin, until noon yester-
tav borough inspector OF Brooklyn. CO
vrers old. thirty-nine on the force; Ebert
~ smith of Harlem, 90 years old. thirty
tlrce in the servioe; Thomas Druhan'
commanding at Grant street, Brooklyn,
al years old, thirty-fve in the service;
lanes Kane Of Jamaica. 5o-odd years
old and twenty-five In the service.
The surgeons may meet continuously
every day until the long list OF officers
A. be brought before them is disposed Of
50 far nine captains in Manhattan and
The Bronx have been selected for eSnmina-
,ion and half hundred sergeants from
ou Ave boroughs. There will DO more
contains from other boroughs. and then.
after the sergeants are disposed OF. come
The roundsmen and patrolmen. The higher
oelocrs ere the Commissioners chief con-
oein. however.
The names Of officers to be brought up
after tho inspectors will be announced
in batohes on the day before each section
Is called 10 appear. There was some ques-
ton as 10 whether IL would not be more
effective TO order the men up without warn
ing. 10 get them exactly as they are in
the habit Of going about their duty but
theCominissioner. though in deadly earnest
istaknRe Extraordinary precautions again st
"A possible accusation of unfairness
All ewes are now turned on the twenty
three police surgeons. who. With DR.. Stephen
G. Cook at their head. will. on Tuesday
begin the important work assigned to
them 1t s perfectly evident that they
could throw out every man named yester-
day if they chose, Defective vision alone
which in the past has come to the aid Of
officials who we're anxious TO get out before
impending charges were formulated. would
relepate most OF them to the retired list
These men do not want to get out, however
They have said so. Now the question will
be whether a majority of the surgeons will
decide that certain men must go on the
hacknumber list for this or other technical
reasons.
None Of the six inspectors admits the
slightest fear as to the outcome. With
their glasses in their hands, they are willing
TO vault rails, play jiu-jitsu with desks, and
read fine print while doing it. The step of
several Of them has been noticeably brisker
than II used to when they have been at
Headquarters since the first hint got out
Of the Commissioner design Some Of
the men really do not chow n sign OF trepida-
ton The words of Others were pitiably
hollow as their fingers twitched while they
were saying how confident they felt.
After the surgeons act, the Commissioner
stl has the power. and will use II in case
some Of the men are pronounced sound OF
wind and limb to send them out on actual
patrol duty to prove the doctors words
bc their own deeds. The Commissioner
will send lot Of the present unif orned
clerical force out on the pavement any
way He eiterated that Diet termination
yesterday, As for the older men Of the
civilian clerical force, ne Is in a quandary
It's a mournful fact Of nature that they
have reached an age when they are not
,arable a the duties for which the city
paws them said be. But | have no in
tention u dealing harshly with them or
with precipi'ate severity. / couldn't II l
thought II my duty. | haven't the heart.
But ! must do in all things the best | can
for the department and the city.
II was remarked yesterday that at least
two oi the remaining nine inspectors who
might have been easily included in the
l-, were not One over in Brooklyn has
been on the force thirty-nine years, longer
than auv Of the six
Acting Inspector OBrien notified tho
Commissioner that he will assn me active
command OF the Detective Bureau at 1
O'Clock this afternoon. Then fur will fly, it
l. expected
In accordance with a plan suggested
week ago 70 have separate detective
bureaus In each of the boroughs, the Com
missioner announced vest erday that he will
probably soon establish a separate bureau
In The Bronx
This win allow the Manhattan bureau
20 concentrate on the Metropolitan dis
trict he said and will also give The Bronx
people an authoritative bureau nearer home.
! shall be influenced in my plan by O'Brien.
The Bronx Office will be absolut ely RESPONSE
NJ" 10 this Office, 1t will have a separate
head independent Of the inspector in The
Bronx
'IcClusky is the inspector in The Bronx
noy
Commissioner McAdoo spoke OF the
u4iNDtr OF commerce meeting CdleO 10
d.-,as police reform on Monday He
spoke a. though he did not expect to at
tend, but said.
Those who call the meeting are all able
men | see Elihu Roots name. He GER
tainly j. able l should like 10 talk with
him With his experience at the head Of
the army organization be must haYe lot
n valuable information | could profit by
here. Most certainly ] shall welcome the
assistance of able and disintensted citizens
IN lettering police conditions. shall be
glad 10 give them all the aid and informa
to1 ] can either 20 a committee or other
wise
The reason the charges against Capt.
OCounor have not been served yet was
tod Yesterday. II was thought that with
Iighe and Titus both coming up next week,
one on Monday and one on Wednesday,
there would not be chance to begin O'Con-
nor- tral during the week and so service
va- delayed O'Connors alleged mis-
conduct in the Mercer street precinct was
subsequent 10 Tghe's Titus's covers the
ii'ne Of both. O'Connor j. charged with
aI-ohodience OF orders and making false
reports as we'll rs the ordinary routine
accusations The Commissioner said he
would sign he charges yesterday, but he
'"i' M" building in the afternoon without
gong -o taking Secretary Howell with him
he -pcut the afternoon and will spend to-
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