New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
Police PARADE ST|RS
MAYOR TO HIGH PRAISE
Mover Saw Finer Body of Men,
Ne SAYS, in Address After
Annual Review.
psNs MEDALS ON HEROES
n-est Crowd Cheers Dashing
Eyolutions of the Mounted
Men and Motorcycle
Squad.

~.,- York's policemen never before
-.,u,e5 70 finer advantage on parade
a. Yesterday. when, six thousand
Ing they passed before Mayor Gaynor
+he annual review of the department
: shue 2 great crowd looked on apprecia-
,-i..,,.iv as they went by the reviewing
r...n5 in Madison Square and subse-
I ,,,ently performed evolutions.
s rsve Of the 'fbravest and the finest"
80 their hour Of recognition first, when
he Mayor pinned on their coats the
,s5als of the year.
Tsues A Mulroy. patrolman in the
,.f.b precinct. headed the list Of honor
men He pursued and shot a murder
,,,slv inclined italian after the man had
4-st shot him in the face and in the hip
-,nlrov received the medal of the Police
and THE Brooklyn Citizens"
medal
John F. Dwyer. lieutenant Of the Har-
bo- SQUAD, Station A. and Patrolman
lanes Hughes, Of the same station. re-
.sived the Rhinelander medal for vaIor
sn5 The Peter F. Meyer medal. respective
II. for the difficult rescue Of a drowning
man who had fallen into the North
River
PatroIran John P. a. Taaffe received
the Isaac Bell medal for rescuing two
rnen from a gasolene launch wrecked by
an eTpIosion one hundred feet from shore
on Bergen Beach
:. Patrolman Patrick NcAIahon. who car
NED a sizzling bomb to the street from
The basement Of a building which the
bomb was intended to wreck, was deco
rated with the medal Of the Automobile
Club OF America
Mulroy was particularly honored by
Nayor Gavnor when Commissioner
Baker called the attention OF the chief
executive 70 the scar across his face,
which the policeman will carry for life.
Mayors Speech Left Out.
It was the intention that the Mayor
should make a short address while he
was decorating the honor men. the ad-
dress 10 be directed through them to the
department as 4 whole, but the police
hand, escorting the honor squad. kept
playing throughout the ceremony. How
ever. after the parade the Mayor gave
out an address which he wished pub
lished 10 the men Of the department
through the newspapers It was as fol-
lows:
No one who has pride IN the city of
New York can fail 10 be gratihed with the
spectacle Of this day. Never have I seen
finer body Of men, especially OF young
men.
/ said repeatedly after I became Mayor
that the great majority Of you, probaly 90
lite as are to be found anywhere. / repeat
that this day. after my four months eX-
perience Of working with you. The intelll-
gent way in which you have responded, Oh
fcers and men, TO the special things l have
asked Of you could not be excelled-
When I mapped out new course for you
in excise violations. for instance, you IN
derstood ne in spirit and letter, and were
ready even before the word was given
later. especially the men of the ranks. and
SO in other matters. nave SUN oIher
things 10 suggest for your guidance. ana
nov ! shall be entirely confident OF beng
understood BY you all the time. l under
matter Of doing away with needless arrests
FOR small matters I have Yet to lay before
the Commissioner
alert Let none of you be afraid TO write
70 me or see me. 1 shall always be just
70 yo1. and Of course. every one Of you
who has The riEht spirit wants me to be
reaSCnsD bly, strict. You want 10 get no
of those among you who mistreat citizens
and The strikers as much as do. You are
& splendid body Of men, and do not want
among you those who leave post. Inlsredi
citizens OF otherwise dishonoT you.
With the new decorations pinned on
their breasts, the honor men wheeled and
crossed the street. where they stood with
the honor men Of former years while the
parade passed by. except AIulI-oy, who
Al the express wish Of the Mayor, re-
manned beside the reviewing stand.
Everything connected with the annual
police day passed off promptly and in
precise order. Chief Inspector SchTaitt-
berger led his men from Lafayette
street and Astor Place exactly on the
minute of 1880 o'clock. the scheduled
Starring time Through Broadway to
80 street. 10 Madison avenue, to 10th
street ~ Fifth avenue and down TO
Madison square they swung in perfect
marching order. and began TO pass the
Mayor as the Metropolitan chimes struck
- O'Clock.
Inc spectators fifteen minutes before
1nai We're treated TO . sight of some