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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

good scout and aided him in capturing
buried Filipino rifles gave him large
grasp on the principles and tho practice OF
the detectives task.
Upon his return from Europe Waldo
gave one OF the few newspaper interviews
of his career. In which he stated explicitly
his opinions regarding the proper organiza-
ton OF the New York Police Department.
I'VE have better men. men of higher
and moro intelligent sort. than any police
department in Europe yet We do not get
the results that they do. The London
police are men OF lower grade. Yet they
detect and prevent more crime than we do.
That Is because the New York department
IS an overgrown, Anticipated organization.
The detective system compels one man.
the Chief Inspector, 10 direct the work OF
six hundred detectives. He cannot possibly
use them all 10 the hest advantage. The
result is confusion and a most serious
waste of energy. Every man works for
himself.
There ought to bs uniformed mead Tor
the uniformed police, just as there is I'm
the Fire Department. II is better for the
spirit and discipline OF the force than ~
have II directly under a civilian Commits
sIoner.
The detective force should he divided
and assigned 10 different districts Of the
city. so that the men will become familiar
with the population and the casses of
crime that are locally most prevalent.
Other men will he kept as experts I'm Ger
tais classes Of crime Thus, the man In
command Of each district knows what each
OF his men is doing. and can report II TO
headquarters at a moments notice.
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their clothes they had every kind of cloth
in all the colors there are in the Far East
Afterward the men Of one of the villages
near by took off their clothes-the worst Of
them-and did a tribal dance on the lawn"
1t was with a record like this that
Rhinelandor Waldo was welcomed as a
young society man going into politics"
when he was appointed first deputy police
commissioner under General Bingham, five
years ago He said little about what he
had done, but he found the experience use
full i'm facing the work that he still had
to do He was young and rich, and he had
determined 10 go into the public service
and make a career. instead Of loafinG ''in
society," or patronizing social upift'
work from the grimeless, dignihed outside.
Grimy work. if it was hard work, did not
brighten him in the least. SO lie had gone
into the Police Department Of New York
City.
''Of course, there's a career in it," he
told a friend who was ASKING him about
his ideas. IT'S worth any mans best
work TO he in charge Of four thousand men
as good as the New York policemen are
It's a big business and big responsibility
AS 7 see IT, there are Just two things I
need TO do 10 succeed-work hard and spc-
calize Administration is q speciality IS
much as medicine, and I'm going to make
that my specially The Police Department
needs uniformed head who knows the
police business technically and practically.
Also, il needs another head. who is not in
uniform, who IS good administrator who
understands handling the business end Of 4
IL. al, No. heat
results out of men. how to make promo
lions and recognize ability and how 10 put
spirit into the force"
II was young Waldos earnest specializa-
tion in business administration that led
MAYOR Gaynor to make him his Fire Com
missioner and IL was the same careful
preparation that enabled the new Fire
Commissioner TO save S2OOooo in cold cash
and pay $500 in increased salaries during
the first year he held the office. II was the
same expert knowledge and shrewd sense
for knowing and testing efficiency in men
and machines that led him TO equip the
department with motor fire apparatus the
greatest step which fire fighting has taken
since Chief Croker introduced the high
pressure pipe system.
But Waldo has specialized in other mat
ters than administration. After his depart
ure from the Police Department four years
ago ne set himself seriously TO study police
methods and problems. both in Europe and
America lie spent several months in Lon
don. and for weeks he almost lived with the
detectives in Scotland Yard The same
keenness for information and shrewdness
in piecing IT together which made him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
BREAKING UP AN AMBUSH.

Waldo sized mp the situation IN a sec
ond He took his men quickly through
the woods in the same direction the bullet
had gone. and little TO the rear, anu
there they came on ten brown men lying
fat on their stomachs behind trees ana
rocks with their eyes on the blockhouse'
He cot his men safely behind them, and
then yelled a signal TO the men In the
house and onened fire. The robbers were
surprised and broke. -Four were shot down
In the woods The men from the block
house rushed out and closed in on them
and only two got away. Three were taken
prisoners Waldo set off in pursuit. and
they caught the two refugees next day
after an all night hunt
Then there was one time when two
tribes Of Moros were fighting 2 tribal war
in the hills Waldo took his company mp
there 10 stop IL. and as soon as he sp-
reared both sides pitched into him. lie
charged a mountain where they were max
ing q stand and captured two head men OF
each tribe. That stopped the fighting. and
he left heavy garrison in blockhouse
TO keen order while he took the head men
down 10 the coast for trial.
They travelled down river IN a lone
dugout canoe made Of TWO logs dashed to-
gether and followed. Besides the four
prisoners. who we're tied in the bottom of
the boat, he had ten of his native scouts.
The river was deep and very rapid. with
high banks. and the Jungle hung over and
the leaves met overhead. They hadn't gone
2 mile before the natives began to fire on
them from the banks.
They couldn't stop and hght for they
were overwhelmingly outnumbered, and
they had the prisoners 10 guard. In q few
minutes one of the scouts had been killed
The fire kept up intermttently for ten or
twelve miles.
Then they came TO place where thu
stream bent sharply to the left. There was
clearing with long, low ridge in 1t.
which lay in the inside of the bend. Their
boat was carried close to the farther bank
BY the current. and Just as ii was making
the turn the steersman. who was standing
and leaning with all his weight on the
steering paddle, was shot from the under
brush.
He fell on the gupwale, and the canoe
rolled over When the men came up they
right bank IN deep water. Fifty Or sixty
eavages had appeared on the ridge across
the stream and were firing at them.
They got the canoe close 70 the bank
and righted IT, They had lost their sup
plies and two or three rifles and the bodies
OF their dead Suddenly one Of the priS-
oners. who had managed TO work out Of
his ropes, made "A jump up the bank.
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MET WITH APPROVAL.

We soon found out that Waldo was AZ
right. In spite Of his nev clothes there
wasn't the least BIT OF snob bout him
IN fact he dressed that way because he
YES bashful. and afraid tho West Point
men were going 70 cutshins him. 7 never
heard about his being q millionaire till we
got back 10 Manila, long time afterwsrd.
He was fellow Of tremendous activity.
The bamboo Jungle made the country very
difficult TO reconnojtre His captain told
me that Waldo would nose out streams and
bitches where no one else would think OF
looking. lie would take his sword and
hack his way into a clump Of the stuff
jus to make sure there was nothing there
! remember when one of the guns got
inired not far from the bridge: II takes
. bad bog to stick an army field piece The
men were all lifting at the wheels for all
they were worth. and couldn't bulge her.
Waldo saw US and got down in the mud
with the rest and got a grip on a spoke.
We all gave a heave and they whipped up
the horses. and we managed to boost It
out
During one Of the hottest attack on the
Angeles bridge he nearly got shot. We had
1mprovised an armored car. with n navy six
FOUNDER mounted in II behind a shield. II
was run down close 10 the bridge on the
uack-we had repaired the railroad by this
time-and the two field guns were In posi-
ton on each side OF IL. Waldo was with his
company a few yards in the rear | heard
o bullet strike the steel on the car and go
on singing, and 7 happened to look around
ard cav Waldo picking up his hat The
bullet had put big hole across the top
~ Al
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spouJNG FOR A FIGHT.

...r,,.o. or four years sfterward ! ran
into Waldo at Vancouver Barracks. IN the
cta,e NJ Washington. where his regiment
y.as stationed. He was Just spelling for A
Cob, during that year In the states we
,sed 20 60 off on long rides together. I'm
fond ~ riding. and ! haven't found many
men who want to ride as long as 90 put
he would stay in the saddle TIL the COWS
came hol,e / don't believe he ever gets
tired.
II said he was spelling for action Neh'
when he went back TO the Philippines ne
got it. They had just organized the Phiilp-
nine scouts. a body Of native soldiers with
white officers. and Waldo had command OF
q company. with The rank of captain.
He was stationed down i'm Southern Min
doro. with two hundred thousand naked
MALAY Mahometans TO keep in order. Tie
succeeded as well as any man could, but II
was fight from beginning to end. He had a
big native house OF bamboo and mating
with a huge matched roof, and the whole
business set up on bamboo stills. For SIX
months he never slept in il but twice. The
rest of the time he was out in the hills
once his horse tripped on vine IN the
woods. and he heard n curious noise IN the
underbrush like the blow Of whip. lie
sot down 10 look and found that his horse
was shot in the breast with little AFRO"
as slim as a barley straw and not ten
inches long His men secuted into the
brush and found the spring gun. II was
how of bamboo that had been riSsed 50
that a pull on the vine across the pain
would trip the spring. While they were
looking at il the horse rolled over in con
wilson's. The arrow was poisoned, OF
course
Waldo rode on -ntO the next village De
hind one Of his men. and he stayed there
until they caught two natives setting an
other gun beside the path. and shot them
Another time band from the mountains
had Numbered "A little hamlet Of dozer
houses, and Waldo went out TO punis'
them. They seemed 10 have gone of th'
face of the earth, and he divided ms com
maDd into squads TO hunt for them. IL
had made a camp in a little biockhous'
which had been built in the mountains thre'
or four years before. II was an ORDINARY
Philippine blockhouse, square, with doup''
walls OF bamboo or boards. and the space
between a foot or so, hHed IN With Cd /"
waldo left three men on guard there
and went out with the other four OF hlS
own squad 10 look for the robbers. 'oii'nt
lack at night. they had nearly reached
the bIockhouse when they saw thal 'heI'
Vas no sentry at the door Ihey Stoppe'
AVID drew back into the woods. and the
same moment there was a rife shot from
the blockhouse and they heard the pune
str;l,o a tree FORTY or fifty yards away
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A NARROW ESCAPE.

waldo went up after him. The Malay
got to the top. and then there was shout
and they came rolling down the bank to-
gether. Waldo got up covered with blood.
but ths 5ioro was dead. He had been shot
by his friends from across the river.
They put the other prisoner In the
canoe and kept on. The savages followed
them and picked off the men one by one.
Five of the ten ~ere killed When the
canoe reached the coast Waldo was the
only man in II who had not been hit
He held his Job down for eighteen
months. and when he came 10 go away
they TUNED In and gave him testimonial
ia .quet that was a wonder. ! was there
and ! wished that some Of his society
friends here In New York could have seen
the party. Everybody wore-well at least
trousers. 7 don't believe 50 many pairs Of
trousers were ever working Al the same
time in al Southern Mindanso I know
loaned q pair Of fannes 10 the young son
of Maori chief Nho had been three times
ARRESTED b.. Naldo's men. Fox the rest Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

~HE MAYOR has been looking recent
~ for a landscape architect to draw
Il N,0o a year for attending 10 our
public parks and endowed with "a sub
ordinate disposition" Most Of us can tell
subordinate disposition on those rare
occasions when one is found loose in New
York. But as for the landscape architect
who can care for our parks properly.
which Of us has marked his comings and
soings and how shall his duties be de-
scrlbed? The writer who was assigned to
do il had n picture in his minds eye Of
man in brown duck and Panama hat
threatening a gang of Nheelbarrow men
with pruning hook. Less vivid was q
view Of the park architect in his leisure
hours. helping hold down the lions while
"Bilr' Snyder cut their nails. Both pict-
ures being incorrect they are not repro
duced here. Instead Is submitted sketch
Of the park architect and his duties 1y n
man who knows. Ferruccio whale, n land
scape architect Of this city, who conse rted
10 tell something about the profession I'm
general and the opportunities and limita-
tons Of the New York city park architect
IN particular
There seems TO be an idea" Mr. whale
began. that a Landscape architect is
sort of gardener who has the cffrontery
to charge money for his advice Nothing
could he further from the facts The land
scape architect is 2 trained artist. usually
the graduate Of a professional school By
the rules of the profession he must have
no connection with any nursery or con-
tracing firm He is an architect in pre-
cisely the same sense that the man Who
builds house or library Is an architect.
He works ont broad design in and. trees.
plants. paving. bridges and masonry. lust
- the architect makes the design Of 4
building. and he let's contracts and SUPER
vises construction like any other archi-
tect
But how about The city job he was
asked. VIII the Mayor ind a Landscape
architect with 'subordinat, disposition"
OF course. don't know rs 10 that" he
replied, but, as | understand IT, the Of
fee or landscape architect or park archi-
tect Tor this city j. consulting one:
that is' the municipal landscape architect
acts IN an advisory capaci gives advice.
instead OF serving az foreman or chief
contractor 10 carry out the orders Of his
superiors. That is why tho citv govern
ment has authorized the park architect 10
veto the plans even Of the Park Board
when ne relieves they are Impractical bic OF
frartistic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

10 nj immense value 10 the COM
,,,,nitv for he can prohibit tho introduction
=, fr.akish and inartistc schemes ana
.,,,d;,gs Samuel Parsons. recently us
missed from office. performer great S.'
Vices in this respect. as has been sehe''"S
ADMITTED
"A great deal of this work the city ''c"''
,oct should design himself. but every pro
toe, ON q grand scale ought to be thrown
oren 10 world wide competition '',
ne TOO emphatic on that point. MOI Only
should there be an open competitions wv
the Jury which passes upon the p'a"'
should be made up Of the most e"h'e"'
men OF tho profession Of architecture anu
Isndscape architecture. such a jury WIS
.r,,Ioved in the case OF the Washington
CIV nlan and Charles +. Mckim, OF Nc
Kim Meade g. White. was made its chalr-
non His name alone was guarantee ~
all the world that the competition vas per
fectly fair and that the plans would pe
considered on their merits.
New York park plans have not AWAY
called ont wide competition. II Is an eH'
rapsive business for a Landscape architec'
IA work out and submit park plan. u
in,plies an actual outlay Of $1,000 to s6''V'
for drafting. office work, travelling eA'
renses and 50 forth. end great desi oi
careful thinking and planning on the par
Of the architect himself That Is too rucr
10 stake in a competition where 1t Is gen
orally supposed. whether rightly OF "o'
that the decision will be made according v
rolifical prll and thu jon awarded 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
TREE AND GRASS PROBLEMS

"Then. after the pipes are down III y
soil. which has been stored m piles ."
the places where grading was done. ~"
tributed over the new surface Il = q
business Of the Landscape architect q y
that the soil Of the whole estate Is II ~
condition. He examines il. orders f'''
ers and TOP dressing for the paris y
need such aid. and then has ne VI
ploughed. narrowed and cross-hsrr'"
again and again until il Is ready 10 rs'sa
the seed.
The seeding of a lawn Is delicate ua
and the planting OF trees is still NOR.
Both require the closest attention
Landscape architect. Trees Should
planted while they are small often nv
ever. an owner will insist that ne NJ
grown trees on HIS grounds. and mr.
is quite possible 20 Let him have MS "
Large and small trees are plan'S
much the same way. \ trench -
around the tree AT the outer TIPS o.
roots and the roots are laid bare s'~
ally. with care 10 keep them uhON~
until the larger roots are reached
There remains an earth ball. heo "
IL nv the cluster Of roots around the Ut"
This is carefully saved. The place w
which have been freed from earn
yrapped around the earth BAH aho ""
Mace bv wet mating or canvas. 1ns
tree and the earth ball are hauleo
spot where the planting Is to "a"
Here a hole has been dug TWO o.
feet deeper than the one from
tree was taken and Of suiilcleh' 'a
to allow the root tips 10 be stre'.H :,
their full length The bottom OF y. /.
and the space around tho earn /" >,
filled with earth mixed with nan"' !,
roots are spread ont and buried 81
tree is held in place by guy ropss "a
week or two. until the roots ~
time 70 take hold OF the EARN.
The number Of landscape aici'' =,
America is not large but .,
rapidlv. ~ present there are '''H.
lows. or master architects IN M =.
can Society Of Landscape Arch'',ys !,
they represent nearly all the men ~
tho profession indepenoen., -.
not as subordinates. AZ the pre-" ,.-
There are 2 large number Of lln',
hers who arc giving remarkaor ss q
however. and the schools are 'u'n.
more every year. There are ~ ~.
schools Of landscape AZ Cornen
ward. where tho course rs uSuau' 49, ~.
three wears. and a course has re'7'
opened AT Columbia lie
a municipal park architect '...s,s-
derstsr b. SIS simply landscape |. o4e
who wor FOR the city. HIS "c's 49,
On a era, scale than that 81
estate. bur .ssentially n - me "a. "
sasne IN m, that the man MO ~
once for the second city u "a -
ought to hc one ~ the abies' ~ .s.,,r
b,gh,, skilled IN his profession, eNIr,.-
axe the responsibilities for 'iR ~
# mark design and treatment ~
such man is qualued. \ iu .sI -
gangs might be a u' w.. ~
- %ayo in the clty's employ ."
,o, no a park architect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
Waldo Trained
For His New Job
On Many Fields
A MAN OF COURAGE
Poisoned Arrows and Singing
Bullets an Old Story to
Police Commissioner.

ORTIZ from Manila. through fat
nj wet country. much of 1t deep IN
4 y Jungle. runs the Manila Dagupan
Railroad In the year 1899 VI was the typi-
cal British built narrow gauge line Of the
tropics, British even TO the hyphen IN us
name and the only railroad in the Philip
zine Islands. Correctly speaking 10 Au-
gust lS. 1899. which is the day this story ne
,.ins. the Manila -Dagupsn had been tne
only railroad in the Philippines. Asuiha'oo
rad been there Some OF the rahs heu
cone 70 top his intrenchments. ana most
Of the rest found their way into deep creek
bottoms as his men fell back slowly. STUB
fornlv. fighting the American advance
we had a lively scrap that day" the
man said who told the story. Let him be
nsrneless here though other things than
his name are written TO ms credit In the
War Department 1T began early. too,
Agujnaldo was at Tarlac. up the railroad
r. bout twenty miles, where he had made a
tase Of supplies. His force was said 10 re
SIX thousand rifles. with three or four men
a. every rife. and they held the road from
Irarlac down TO Angeles in our front Gen
oral Macarthur was beating the WOODS on
both sides OF the railroad along front
a FIVE miles. We had just taken Calulut'
on the line. and every day we made
reconnaissance i'm force out toward Angeles.
which was FIVE miles and half further on
on this particular day. as ! said. the
Filipinos started peppering at ms early. be
fore We had gone mile They were out
Of sight i'm the thick bamboo but when
their FIRE got pretty brisk We unlimbered
the guns and went into action. There were
Two Of the guns and four companies Of the
18th Infantry ] was IN command or the
guns
We'll. a. soon as / saw this fellow !
knew he was a new man in the service
He was a tall Young lieutenant of the l1th.
:; pleasant looking sort Of chap. But his
uniform didn't have a spot or a wrinkle
IN il; il looked a. if he had just taken il
out Of a trunk and had it pressed: his hat
was as straight as If il had been starched,
and he had a brand new shave. And I'll be
kicked if he didn't have a shine on his
boots that YOU could sec. in spite OF the
mud we had been through that morning
! heard one of the other lieutenants cali
him Waldo. and | gathered that this was
his first fight.
81 had enough to attend TO around the
gums, so ! lost sight Of him for few
minutes. Then all of sudden ! heard
some one stumble. and this Waldo pitched
forward on his hands right beside where
was standing. ! thought he was shot, but
he started 10 pick himself up. and just at
that instant a bullet hit a puddle under
his nose.
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NOT AT ALL DISCONNECTED.

He hadn't been shot loose tie had
rolled over under his foot and thrown him
down. Even that is a scary thing TO have
happen i'm the middle OF your first engage
lnont. and smaller things have made lots
Of men think they were dead. Waldo never
turned hair. though: he stood there fish
ing a cinder out of his eye with his pocket
handkerchief When he finally got il out
he turned to me and said in q pleasant
sort OF way:
can't we get a chance to do some
thing
Il knew lust how he felt. II makes you
not 10 be shot at by an enemy that you
can't see But I told him we were doing
al NC could Just then. The trenches at
Angeles were ahead of US. and We were
rot TO attack them yet. We were ripping
the bamboo 10 pieces with shrapnel. and
that did the Filipinos some damage and
scared them lot We pushed forward
that dav tin We were almost at Angeles.
and then fell back, under FIRE all the way.
Next day ! happened TO meet Waldo
I'm camp and he had his uniform smart
a. ever. with all the mud prints wiped off
and another shine on his boots. couple
Of DAYS afterward the 18th Infantry. under
Angeles and held ii unsupported for three
or four days Then the nth was sent mp
10 help us. and I saw Waldo again. He
didn't have that wardrobe trunk look any
more. They had had quite a little fight
coming through from Calulut. and he was
muck halfway TO his hips. and his uniform
was striped every which way with bamboo
stains His hat was starting TO SLOUGH q
little too.
II saw good deal Of him after that.
For SIX weeks after VIC got Angeles We
used TO have two good fights a day, an
average. The Filipinos would come Skin
r1ishnc around little after deybresk, and
when YOU woke up YOU would hear shots
scattering along almost anywhere on our
front with only tvo regiments. the colo
mel was holding a town two miles long: so
81 soon as the attack developed any force
troops went rushing 20 that point.
Around II o'clock the Filipinos always
went of and went TO sleep. that from
then until o'clock II was pretty Quiet in
the town But there was almost always a
reconnaissance 10 east or west and every
time It went the party would find some
shooting 70 be done. Then around O'Clock
The Filipinos usually broke up their siesta
and started another attack. which would
kst till shutdown. Hell Roaring Jake kept
things stirred up. II the F1lipnos ever
found out how they outnumbered US they
could have started trouble. It's wonder
fu the noise a good commander can make
with few hundred men. Take thing
with another. nobody died of insction
around that town.