The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
Two New CaptainCieS
Created Sweeping
Changes Oct. |.
BEFORE CIVIL SERVICE
BECOMES OPERATIVE
Promotions Include Two New
Detective Sergeants-L0ng
Will Go to SIenths Bureau.

department made by the Police Board
late yesterday will go into effect oc-
tober /. Just before the new civil serv-
ice law becomes operative. The pro-
motions include two new captains, two
new sergeants. two new detective SER
geants and eleven new roundsmen. In
addition, new detailed men We're de-
cided on and some salaries We're raised.
The promotions are:
Detective Sergeant Michael r. Long,
OF headquarters. to captain.
Sergeant Samuel Brown. of Fourth
Precinct. TO captain.
Roundsman Luke Forsythe, of Third
Precinct, to sergeant.
| Roundsmnn Charles w. BeckIey, OF
Third Precinct. TO sergeant.
Policeman John Harris, Of hcadquar-
ters. to detective sergeant.
| Policeman Dominic Tenore, of head
quarters. to detective sergeant.
/ Policemen George II. Bowers, James
O'Neil. Thomas w. DAILY, John Il. Tighe,
and Thomas TIeaIy, of the Third Pre-
ciDct. 10 rOundsnien.
! Policemen Thomas Wilson, John
/ knoedIer and Patrick }. Troy, OF the
First Precinct, TO roundsmen.
Policeman John J. EARLY, of the Sec
ond Precinct, to rouDdsnan.
I Policeman Owen GiIr0y, of the Fourth
Precinct, to roundsmap.
Policeman John Mcmahon, of the
Firth Precinct. to rOundsman.
/ The greatest interest centres around
! the elevation of Detective Sergeant
.t.p1 r. aall~ Sergeant Brown to captain
J cies i.bng win be associated With
| Captain Carroll IN the detective bu-
reau nnd will have charge at night
/ t-ilI oh f1f ne
| Sixth Precinct. which is TO be formed
as soon as possible in the south end of
| the city, taking in parts of the First
and Fourth precincts.
Beckley will take the place Of Brown
sergeant in the Third Precinct. while
Tenore and Harris will remain con-
nected with the detective bureau. The
new roundsmen were created SO as to
have one for each squad.
PatroImen shifted.
Other changes made were the assign
n-ent Of Patrolman Jaco s. Lunger.
of the First Precinct, to the poor and
aims department: Prtrolman Alexander
/ Mcdonald to Market and Mulberry
streets to take the place Patrolman
Michael Dauth. who was made Il
roundsman lass week; Patrolman WILL
lam Douglass to Broad and Market
streets. to fill the vacancy caused by
the elevation OF Patrolman Emil
Schmidt to roundsman, and Patrolman
Joseph Sweeney to Central avenue and
| Washington street, in accordance with
a request received from the Board Cf
Works
Another important action taken by
the commissioners was the fixing of
| salaries for the clerical force employed
/ st headquarters, and a material in
crease was made in several cases. The
new salaries will be: Joseph Nj. Cox,
secretary of the board $1,000; William
AlcTague, assistant secretary, S1,520 an
( increase Of 5000 in each case; &c. II.
Schwartz. in charge of the Bertillon
system of measurements. $780, an in
crease OF 500 per year. The two tele-
phone operators. Thomas A. Donnellf;
and r. A. Mcnamara together wi ~
Max Weinor and Ernest Banks, VIII
/ are hereafter to be classed as clerks,
will receive 81 020 per wear, an increase
of $120 in each instance Jacob Reul
was assigned to headquarters with aIe
annual salary of SLIGO u,
Police Surgeon clark was appointes
a permanent member of the police de'V
partment. ranking under the civil serv-
/ ice rules, With an annual salary OF
I 81, 200.
Ask Five Platoon system.
Tho patrolmen Were represented at
/ the meeting by three of their NUMBER
+ who asked that the present squad sys-
TEN be changed and that a fiye-platoon
system be instituted in its stead This
/ would nccessitate q roundsman for each
squad, instead of four for each prt-
cinct. the method now in vogue, and 1t
was in compliance with their wishes
that the additional roundsmen were
appointed. This change to the tive
/ platoon system viii be discussed %
morrow afternoon, and there is every
reason TO believe The patrolmen said
today. that the commissioners viii take
4 favorable action ol the proposition. u
such action Is taken the change to the
4 fve-patoor system viii in all prob
ability be made October l5