The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-05
FIFTY MORE MEN
WILL Be ADDED TO
THE POLICE FORCE
Additional Patrolmen Will Be
Selected from Eligible
List of So.
BOARD MAY NOW ADOPT
THREE PLATOON SYSTEM
Additions to Force Made Pos.
sible by Transferring Money
from One Fund to Another.

AS a result of the action of the Com
mon Council last night in transferring
81. 900 from the contingent fund to the
police department fifty additional men
viii be on the force and there will be
sufficient men in the service to inau-
guarate the three platoon system il the
board sees fit. The men will be put on
a few at a time as soon as they have
passed the physical examination. They
will be selected from lightweight men
who are now on the eligible list.
TIL money, it was igAred, would
pay the men for the last eight days of
the present month, all they would
average before being placed. The fifty
men will be the first on the list of
eighty, and will be subject to physical
reexamination under the ruling of the
Civil Service Commission.
The interpolation system will give
the men time off, leave reserves in the
station in case of trouble, and relieve
the desk s%ergeants from the fear of an
emergency catching them with no men
on hand except those on post.
Thirty More, Maybe.
The new men will be sent to the six
PASSiiStS ny the poICe DOdIu, ana 1t
is understood that one of the first
actions of the Common Council of 1909
will be to add the other thirty men on
the list to the force and provide for all
the additional men in the ]appropria-
ton
The lightweight men from whom the
fifty will be selected are, according to
their average attained at the examina-
tions:
Charles P. Heinrich, John G. Athley.
George j. Redding, Thomas Callahan,
Henry Schroeder, Michael J. Powers,
Peter Puff, Frederick Ch~arpentier,
Charles j.. Lynch, Joseph j.. Donnelly.
Edward Vanegri, William M. Dunn,
William F. Kenney, George Samson,
Thomas F. Brennan, jr., Thomas F.
kinney, Michael j. Helmstetter, Ed
ward j. O'Connor, Stephen A. O'Con-
nor. Anthony c. Helfrich, Patrick J..
Tuite, Fred c. LANCE, William ]. Ker-
rigan, John j. Stanley, Thomas F. Nc
Cabe, Frank Donnelly, William F.
Teutsch, Michael j. CORDIALLY, Frank D..
Williams, Frederick j. Weber, Samuel
s. Rodgers, Frederick G.. Weigand,
George H. Foran, Charles j.. Will
son, Patrick Murphy, Valentine
hempf,, Jonn ", H~eltZenroeder,
Anton G. Kelberg, Patrick r.
Hickey, William H. Connolly,
John Weippert, Peter ]. King, William
j. Murray, John F. Hopkins. John A.
McCabe, Clarence Bass, John A. Sim,
Alfred Spillman, Joseph Zeller, Charles
+. Sheridan, Thomas j. McCarty. Rich
ard Dolan, Martin Reichenbecker, Mat
thew F. Early, John F.. Gilday, Fran
els ]. Farrell, George s. Dipley, John
w. Brown, Francis A.. Smith, John F.
Costello, Thomas J.. Petit, Thomas A.
Fahey, Louis Holzwarth, Frank J. Red
dington, william A. Law, William P.
Golfer, Otto Weippert. Thomas Kelly,
Thomas J. Golden, Frederick w. Baier,
Michael Smith, John ]. McGovern,
Adolf OLSON, William F. Nichols,
Michael B. Kiley, Edward Feely, John
J.. Kelly, Thomas B. McGovern, Philip
]. MacAdam, Henry c. Luby, Emil
Filligan, James J. Gilshiau, John j.
Mentally. Frederick A. Budd, Patrick
J.. O'Connor, Charles Moeller, Henry
Barthkowick, Alfred H. Fischer.